The Socialist Front is a coalition

Coalition

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 of far-left and pro-independence

Puerto Rican independence movement

The Puerto Rican independence movement refers to initiatives throughout the history of Puerto Rico aimed at obtaining independence for the Island, first from Spain, and then from the United States...

 political organizations in Puerto Rico

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...

. The Socialist Front also includes non-partisan activists.

The FS was launched on November 4, 1990, as an initiative of the Socialist Workers' Movement (MST). In 2005 the MST officially disaffiliated with the Frente Socialista, and Puerto Rican Workers' Revolutionary Party

Puerto Rican Workers' Revolutionary Party

The Puerto Rican Workers' Revolutionary Party is a far-left group in Puerto Rico.The PRTP was formed in 1976, and in 1978 founded the Boricua Popular Army as a mass organization. The EPB broke off from the PRTP in 1984.The RPTP is affiliated with the Socialist Front.-External links:...

, and the Political Education Workshop did the same in 2008, but the Frente has continued on. The Frente's principal spokespersons were Rafael Bernabe and Jorge Farinacci

Jorge Farinacci

Date of Birth:**, 1949Place of Birth:San Germán, Puerto RicoDate of Death:August 26, 2006Place of Death:San Juan, Puerto RicoRemarks:...

.

Affiliated group:

• Communist Refoundation - a segment of the old Puerto Rican Communist Party
  Puerto Rican Communist Party
  The Puerto Rican Communist Party is a communist party in Puerto Rico.The PCP was formed in 1934 by dissident members of the Free Federation of Workers , the union arm of the Socialist Party. Its Secretary-General was Ramón Mirabal. Its membership always remained small, but it played a major role...
  
  

The FS participates in the São Paulo Forum

Foro de São Paulo

Foro de São Paulo is a conference of left-leaning political parties and other organizations from Latin America and the Caribbean. It was launched by the Workers' Party of Brazil in 1990 in the city of São Paulo....

 and the World Social Forum

World Social Forum

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. Its supporters in New York City

New York City

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 are organized in the Working Group on Puerto Rico.

In the 2000 Puerto Rican elections, the FS endorsed the Puerto Rican Independence Party

Puerto Rican Independence Party

The Puerto Rican Independence Party is a Puerto Rican political party that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from United States suzerainty....

. In the 2004 elections

Puerto Rico General Elections of 2004

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, the Socialist Front promoted a voting boycott

Boycott

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 but condemned the MINH

Minh

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's support for the pro-Commonwealth Popular Democratic Party (PPD). Furthermore, the Socialist Front sustained and nurtured its decades-long alliance with the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party

Puerto Rican Nationalist Party

The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party was founded on September 17, 1922. Its main objective is to work for Puerto Rican Independence.In 1919, José Coll y Cuchí, a member of the Union Party of Puerto Rico, felt that the Union Party was not doing enough for the cause of Puerto Rican independence and he...

 and the Puerto Rican Independence Party

Puerto Rican Independence Party

The Puerto Rican Independence Party is a Puerto Rican political party that campaigns for the independence of Puerto Rico from United States suzerainty....

 (PIP).

External links

Frente Socialista Refundación Comunista Working Group on Puerto Rico

• Jorge Farinacci on the assassination of Filiberto Ojeda Ríos (Democracy Now!
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  , 29 September 2005)