Puerto Rican Nationalist Party

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The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party is a political organization that historically led militant and radical efforts to end U.S. rule and establish Puerto Rico as an independent nation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Puerto Rican Nationalist Party canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nationalist organization
political party
armedWing Cadetes de la República
associatedWith Puerto Rican independence movement
color blue
red
white
coreDemand full national sovereignty for Puerto Rico
release of Puerto Rican political prisoners
country Puerto Rico
demands end of U.S. territorial status for Puerto Rico
founded 1922
foundedBy José Coll y Cuchí
José S. Alegría
goal independence of Puerto Rico from the United States
hasMembershipBase Puerto Rican nationalists
headquartersLocation San Juan, Puerto Rico
historicalPeriodOfProminence 1930s
1940s
1950s
ideology Puerto Rican nationalism
independence movement
influentialLeader Andrés Figueroa Cordero
Blanca Canales
Irvin Flores Rodríguez
Lolita Lebrón
Pedro Albizu Campos
Rafael Cancel Miranda
inspired later Puerto Rican independence organizations
knownFor militant opposition to U.S. colonial rule
symbolic use of the Puerto Rican flag
language Spanish
legalStatus registered political party in Puerto Rico (historically)
notableEvent 1950 assassination attempt on U.S. President Harry S. Truman
1954 attack on the United States Capitol
1950 Jayuya Uprising
surface form: Jayuya Uprising

Ponce massacre
1950 Utuado Uprising
surface form: Utuado Uprising
opposedBy Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico
United States government
surface form: United States federal government
opposes United States rule over Puerto Rico
politicalPosition far-left
radical nationalist
region Caribbean
subjectOf FBI surveillance and repression
symbol Puerto Rican flag
territorialFocus Puerto Rico
typeOfNationalism anti-colonial nationalism
usesMethod armed struggle
insurrection
political mobilization

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Puerto Rican independence movement hasOrganization Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
1950 Jayuya Uprising hasParticipant Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
Pedro Albizu Campos memberOf Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
Lolita Lebrón memberOf Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
1950 Utuado Uprising hasParticipant Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
Margaret Power mainSubjectOfWork Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
Rafael Cancel Miranda movement Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
Rafael Cancel Miranda memberOf Puerto Rican Nationalist Party