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    New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico) - Wikipedia

    The New Progressive Party (Spanish: Partido Nuevo Progresista, PNP) is a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates statehood. The PNP is one of the two major parties in Puerto Rico with significant political strength and currently holds both the seat of the governor and of the resident commissioner. The party … See more

    Foundation
    The party traces its beginnings to an August, 1967 assembly in a sports complex (which is now known as el Estadio Country Club) … See more

    Three NPP gubernatorial candidates registered nationally as Republicans (Luis A. Ferré, Baltasar Corrada and Luis G. Fortuño) … See more

    Party presidents
    • 1967–1974: Luis A. Ferré
    • 1974–1987: Carlos Romero Barceló
    • 1987–1988: Baltasar Corrada del Río
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    1. ^ Party platform 2012 (in Spanish) p. 248. "El Partido Popular Democrático reafirma que el Estado Libre Asociado es la opción de estatus que mejor representa las aspiraciones del Pueblo de Puerto Rico."
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    The party is strongly associated with the color blue in Puerto Rico because of its logo. Since the logo features a palm tree, many Puerto Ricans call the NPP "La Palma". The use of … See more

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