Puerto Rican Independence Party

Puerto Rican Independence Party
Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño
PresidentRubén Berríos Martínez
Secretary-GeneralJuan Dalmau Ramírez
Manuel Rodríguez Orellana
Vice-presidentMaría de Lourdes Santiago Negrón
Executive PresidentFernando Martín García
RepresentativeVíctor García San Inocencio
FoundedOctober 27, 1946; 78 years ago (1946-10-27)[1]
Split fromPopular Democratic Party
HeadquartersSan Juan, Puerto Rico
Youth wingJuventud PIP
Overseas wingDiáspora PIP
IdeologyProgressivism
Social democracy
Democratic socialism[2][3]
Puerto Rican independence[4]
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationAlianza de País
Regional affiliationCOPPPAL
International affiliationSocialist International
ColorsGreen & White
Seats in the Senate
1 / 27
Seats in the House of Representatives
1 / 51
Municipalities
0 / 78
Party flag
Website
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The Puerto Rican Independence Party (Spanish: Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño, PIP) is a social-democratic[2][3] political party in Puerto Rico that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States.[5]

Those who follow the PIP ideology are usually called independentistas, pipiolos or pro-independence activists.[6]

  1. ^ Reece B. Botwell. Origenes y Desarrollo de los Partidos Politicos de Puerto Rico: 1869-1980. Editorial Edil, Inc. Puerto Rico. 1987. page 186. ISBN 84-398-8538-2
  2. ^ a b Lester McGrath-Andino (2005). "Intifada: Church–State Conflict in Vieques, Puerto Rico". In Gastón Espinosa; Virgilio P. Elizondo; Jesse Miranda (eds.). Latino Religions and Civic Activism in the United States. Oxford University Press. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-19-516228-8.
  3. ^ a b Alfredo Lopez (1987). Dona Licha's Island: Modern Colonialism in Puerto Rico. South End Press. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-89608-257-1.
  4. ^ National Performances: The Politics of Class, Race, and Space in Puerto Rican Chicago. Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas. University of Chicago Press. 2003. Pages 21-22. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  5. ^ Berrios-Martinez, Ruben; "Puerto rico—Lithuania in Reverse?"; The Washington Post, Pg. A23; 23 May 1990.
  6. ^ Wallace, Carol J.; "Translating Laughter: Humor as a Special Challenge in Translating the Stories of Ana Lydia Vega"; The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association (MLA), Vol. 35, No. 2, Translating in and across Cultures (Autumn, 2002), pp. 75-87