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General Elections in Puerto Rico on November 5, Independence Party Could Win (www.telesurenglish.net)

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The two parties that have dominated Puerto Rican politics for decades, the New Progressive Party (PNP) and the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) are losing their influence as the independence fighter Juan Dalmau runs for the alliance of the Puerto Rican Independence Party and the Citizen Victory Movement.

An international Gaither survey this month shows Dalmau approaching NPP and current resident commissioner for Puerto Rico in the US House of Representatives, Jenniffer Gonzalez, and defeated the current governor Pedro Pierluisi in his party’s primary election in June.

Dalmau is a recognized leader and defender of the ideal of independence of Puerto Rico, which after being a Spanish colony in 1898 came under the rule of the USA, a country that is now a Commonwealth.

The Gaither poll shows Dalmau with 29% support compared to González’s 31%, who led with 43% in July. Jesús Manuel Ortiz from the Popular Democratic Party is in third place, followed by Javier Jiménez from the Dignity Project.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Let's fucking go, hell yes to decolonization cat-vibing

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

TBH, even if Puerto Rico achieves independence, USA would immediately fuck them up as hard as they would be able to to set an example.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

inshallah-script

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Xi I don't ask you for much but please just this one time please give nuclear weapons to Puerto Rico.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I hope so, even if just to end the pin-balling between PNP and PPD.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Thank you for posting the info from a non-imperialist news source.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Seriously, someone please explain to me the pnp base. When you move to the mainland US you can't keep voting in Puerto Rican elections I think yet I am pretty sure the PNP has been beating the ppd since the 70s.