Partido Unión Republicana Progresista Explained

Partido Unión Republicana Progresista (Republican Progressive Union Party) was a political party in Puerto Rico that ran in the 1944 elections.^[1] Founded in 1940, it resulted from Partido Unión Republicana. Its president was Celestino Iriarte.^[2] It ceased to exists in 1948 when it changed its name to Partido Estadista Puertorriqueño (Puerto Rican Statehood Party).^[3]

See also

• Socialist Party (Puerto Rico)
• Partido Republicano Puro
• Partido Unión Republicana

Further reading

• José Trías Monge, Puerto Rico: The Trials of the Oldest Colony in the World (Yale University Press, 1997)

External links

• Elecciones en Puerto Rico.
• Coaliciones, alianzas, y uniones entre las colectividades (1896-1945) by CECANGPR
• Entre 1920 y 1924 on Pomarrosas

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=F5ipBgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA2 Elecciones en Puerto Rico -- Tomo II (1952-1964).
2. http://dspace.cai.sg.inter.edu/xmlui/handle/123456789/10094 1946-12-12. Iriarte contra publicidad que hace Gobierno. El Mundo (San Juan, P.R.).
3. Ana Belén Benito Sánchez. "Efectos de la política migratoria en el sistema de partidos en Puerto Rico (siglos XIX y XX)." Revista Iberoamerica Global. Vol 1, No 4. Nov 2008. p. 126.