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The San Juan Nationalist revolt was one of many uprisings against United States Government rule which occurred in Puerto Rico on October 30, 1950 during the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party revolts. Amongst the uprising's main objectives were an attack on La Fortaleza (the governor's mansion in San Juan), and the U.S. Federal Court House Building ...
During this period of unrest, the electorate increasingly voted for the People's Democratic Party (PPD), which by 1940 controlled a majority in the legislature. It supported the Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950 by the US Congress, which established Puerto Rico as an Estado Libre Asociado ("Free Associated State"), with some autonomy ...
The Puerto Rico Air National Guard used the F-47 Thunderbolt, known prior to 1948 as the P-47 Thunderbolt, against Nationalists in Jayuya and Utuado. Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Muñoz Marín declared martial law. The United States sent ten P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes out of Ramey Air Force Base to bomb the town of Jayuya.
1950s establishments in Puerto Rico (10 C, 2 P) 0–9. 1950 in Puerto Rico (2 C, 4 P) 1951 in Puerto Rico (1 C, 2 P) 1952 in Puerto Rico (3 C, 4 P) 1953 in Puerto ...
Pages in category "1950 in Puerto Rico" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. J. Jayuya Uprising; N.
On July 3, 1950, President Harry Truman signed into law the Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950, as passed by the 81st United States Congress. [15] The law authorized a new status for Puerto Rico, as a "Free Associated State" (Estado Libre Asociado). It provided for popular elections of the governor, a bicameral legislature and bill of ...
The Jayuya Uprising, also known as Jayuya Revolt or Cry of Jayuya (Spanish: Grito de Jayuya), was a Nationalist insurrection that took place on October 30, 1950, in the town of Jayuya, Puerto Rico. The insurrection, led by Blanca Canales , was one of the multiple insurrections that occurred throughout Puerto Rico on that day against the Puerto ...
The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party insurgency was a series of armed protests for independence from United States government rule over Puerto Rico. The Party repudiated the "Free Associated State" (Estado Libre Asociado) status that had been enacted in 1950, as the Nationalists considered it to be a continuation of colonialism. [7] [8]