Republican Union (Puerto Rico)

The Republican Union (Spanish: Unión Republicana) was a pro-statehood political party in Puerto Rico, that also contemplated total autonomy in the case that entry into the American Union was denied.[1]

This article is about the former political party in Puerto Rico. For the 1934 Spanish Republican Union party, see Republican Union (Spain, 1934).
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Founding

The Republican Union was founded in 1932 from the merging of the Partido Republicano Puro (Pure Republican Party) and the conservative wing of the Alianza. Together with the Socialist Party, it was part of an electoral alliance known as Coalición.

References
  1. Bolivar Pagan. Historia de los Partidos Políticos Puertorriqueños (1898-1956). San Juan, Puerto Rico: Litografía Real Hermanos, Inc. 1959. Tomo II. p. 15.

Further reading
  • José Trías Monge, Puerto Rico: The Trials of the Oldest Colony in the World (Yale University Press, 1997) ISBN 0-300-07618-5


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