Puerto Rican independence movement

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independence movement political movement social movement

The Puerto Rican independence movement is a political and social campaign that seeks to end U.S. sovereignty over Puerto Rico and establish the island as a fully independent nation.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Movimiento Independentista Nacional Hostosiano	1
Puerto Rican Nationalist Party revolts of the 1950s	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	independence movement ⓘ political movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ
aimsTo	end U.S. sovereignty over Puerto Rico ⓘ establish Puerto Rico as an independent nation ⓘ
emergedInPeriod	late 19th century ⓘ
hasHistoricalPrecursor	Grito de Lares ⓘ
hasIdeology	Puerto Rican nationalism ⓘ anti-colonialism ⓘ self-determination ⓘ
hasKeyEvent	1950 Jayuya Uprising ⓘ 1950 Utuado Uprising ⓘ 1954 United States Capitol shooting ⓘ Grito de Lares ⓘ Puerto Rican independence movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Puerto Rican Nationalist Party revolts of the 1950s United Nations decolonization hearings on Puerto Rico ⓘ Vieques protests ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
hasNotableFigure	Eugenio María de Hostos ⓘ Filiberto Ojeda Ríos ⓘ Gilberto Concepción de Gracia ⓘ Juan Mari Brás ⓘ Lolita Lebrón ⓘ Oscar López Rivera ⓘ Pedro Albizu Campos ⓘ Rafael Cancel Miranda ⓘ Ramón Emeterio Betances ⓘ Rubén Berríos Martínez ⓘ
hasOrganization	Armed Forces of National Liberation ⓘ Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña ⓘ surface form: Ejército Popular Boricua Federación Universitaria Pro Independencia ⓘ Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña ⓘ Hostosian National Independence Movement ⓘ Puerto Rican independence movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Movimiento Independentista Nacional Hostosiano Puerto Rican Independence Party ⓘ Puerto Rican Nationalist Party ⓘ Puerto Rican Socialist Party ⓘ
hasSymbol	Lares flag ⓘ Puerto Rican flag ⓘ
isAssociatedWith	referendums on Puerto Rico political status ⓘ
isSubjectOf	United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization resolutions ⓘ
operatesIn	Puerto Rico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
opposes	United States territories ⓘ surface form: United States territorial status of Puerto Rico colonialism ⓘ
seeksChangeFrom	unincorporated territory status of Puerto Rico ⓘ
seeksChangeTo	full sovereignty for Puerto Rico ⓘ
usesTactics	armed struggle (historically) ⓘ civil disobedience ⓘ electoral politics ⓘ mass protests ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Gag Law (Ley de la Mordaza) → associatedWith → Puerto Rican independence movement ⓘ

Puerto Rican independence movement → hasKeyEvent → Puerto Rican independence movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puerto Rican Nationalist Party revolts of the 1950s

Puerto Rican independence movement → hasOrganization → Puerto Rican independence movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Movimiento Independentista Nacional Hostosiano

Puerto Rican Revolutionary Committee → movement → Puerto Rican independence movement ⓘ