Puerto Rican Workers' Revolutionary Party
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The Puerto Rican Workers' Revolutionary Party is a far-left group in Puerto Rico
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The PRTP was formed in 1976, and in 1978 founded the Boricua Popular Army
(EPB, more commonly known as the Macheteros) as a mass organization. The EPB broke off from the PRTP in 1984.
The RPTP is affiliated with the Socialist Front
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Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
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The PRTP was formed in 1976, and in 1978 founded the Boricua Popular Army
Boricua Popular Army
The Boricua Popular/People's Army — or Ejército Popular Boricua in Spanish — is a clandestine organization based on the island of Puerto Rico, with cells in the United States. They campaign for and support the independence of Puerto Rico from what they characterize as United States colonial rule...
(EPB, more commonly known as the Macheteros) as a mass organization. The EPB broke off from the PRTP in 1984.
The RPTP is affiliated with the Socialist Front
Socialist Front
The Socialist Front is a coalition of far-left and pro-independence political organizations in Puerto Rico. The Socialist Front also includes non-partisan activists....
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