Meaning of independista | Babel Free

Definitions

A member of the Puerto Rican independence movement.

Examples

“The FBI's COINTELPRO was directly responsible for murdering Black Panther Party leaders and other Black activists. FBI terrorism has also been used against the American Indian Movement and Puerto Rican indepenistas ^([sic]).”

“Since the 1930s, a core of "independistas" had agitated for independence for the island, which became a U.S. possession following the Spanish-American War.”

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