Thursday, April 12, 2012

Puerto Rican independence movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Puerto Rican independence movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Puerto Rican independence movement
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Puerto Rican independence movement
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First row
Antonio Valero de BernabeRamón Emeterio BetancesMariana Bracetti
Second row
Antonio Mattei LluberasJosé de DiegoPedro Albizu Campos
Third row
Lolita LebrónGilberto Concepción de GraciaFiliberto Ojeda Ríos
The Puerto Rican independence movement (Movimiento de la Independencia Puertorriqueña) refers to initiatives throughout the history of Puerto Rico aimed at obtaining independence for the Island, first from Spain, and then from the United States. The movement is not localized to one group of individuals or even one organization throughout the years, but represents instead the events and activities of dozens of groups and organizations, and thousands of individuals, that share the common goal of advocating, supporting, or seeking political independence for Puerto Rico.
Since the beginning of the 19th century, the independence movement in Puerto Rico has used both peaceful, political means as well as violent, revolutionary approaches in search of its objectives. Organized political movements have existed since the mid-19th century and have advocated independence of the Island, first from Spain (in the 19th century) and then from the United States (from 1898 to the present day). Today, a spectrum of autonomous, nationalist, and independence sentiments and political parties exist in the Island.

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