New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)
New Progressive Party Partido Nuevo Progresista | |
|---|---|
| President | Jenniffer Gonzalez |
| Secretary | Jorge Santini |
| Founded | August 20, 1967 |
| Split from | Republican Statehood Party |
| Headquarters | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Membership (2020) | 297,998[1] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre[2] to centre-right[8] |
| Colors | Blue, white |
| Seats in the Senate | 19 / 28 |
| Seats in the House of Representatives | 36 / 51 |
| Municipalities | 37 / 78 |
| Seats in the U.S. House | 0 / 1 |
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The New Progressive Party (Spanish: Partido Nuevo Progresista, PNP) is a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates for statehood.[3][4] The PNP is one of the two major parties in Puerto Rico with significant political strength and currently holds the seat of the governor and a majority in both legislative houses.
The party is primarily contrasted by two other political parties: the Popular Democratic Party (PPD), which advocates maintaining the current political status of Puerto Rico as that of an unincorporated territory of the United States with self-government, and the smaller Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), which advocates for the independence of Puerto Rico.[a][b]
In national/mainland politics, members are split, with some party members affiliating with the Republican Party and some with the Democratic Party,[10] although the PNP tends to be seen as slightly more conservative than the PPD overall.[5]
The party traces its history back to 1967. In that year, the Partido Estadista Republicano instructed its members to not participate in a referendum on statehood held that year. Unhappy with the mandate, several dissidents left the Statehood Party and founded the PNP afterwards.[10]
- ^ "Primarias del Partido Nuevo Progresista Gobernador Resultados Isla" [Primaries of the New Progressive Party Governor Island Results]. Puerto Rico State Commission on Elections (in Spanish). 2020-09-02. Archived from the original on 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ^ a b "Is Puerto Rico Our Greece?". Archived from the original on 2023-08-10. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
- ^ a b Political parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies. Charles D. Ameringer. London, England: Greenwood Press, 1992. p. 530.
- ^ a b Blanco, Richard Manuel (Spring 1988). Party Identification in Puerto Rico (Thesis). Florida State University. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ a b Arrarás, Astrid; Power, Timothy J. (August–December 2007). "The social basis of separatism: Explaining support for the Puerto Rican Independence Movement". Revista de Estudos e Pesquisas sobre as Américas. 1 (1): 61–81. Archived from the original on 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
- ^ Eugene Scott (2017-10-03). "Who are Trump's political allies in Puerto Rico? Explaining the island's political factions". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2021-03-20.
- ^ https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/notas/tildan-de-hipocrita-a-pierluisi/&ved=2ahUKEwj2rrLgjdOAAxVeSjABHZxXDq8QFnoECA4QAQ&usg=AOvVaw0oQU-f9ThCqmebJo8H_Zow/
- ^ "The next debt crisis in the United States may require a Puerto Rico bailout | Suffragio". 22 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Plataforma de Gobierno 2012" (in Spanish). Popular Democratic Party. May 2, 2012. Archived from the original on May 5, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ^ a b "Historia del PNP" (in Spanish). WAPA-TV. March 15, 2012. Archived from the original on 2014-01-09. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
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