Talk:Puerto Rican independence movement

Misnomer

For some reason Puerto Rican statehood redirects to here. Wouldn't statehood in this case refer to movements to make it a US state? If so, where is the artice discussing US statehood with Puerto Rico?Hihellowhatsup 02:32, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Why did you think education was optional? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.7.233.241 (talk) 15:37, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

URGENT MATTER

What the hell is this?!?!? the main independence movement article redirects from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rican_statehood I'm starting to believe that wikipedia is turning out to be a fraud, not an encyclopedia. THE ONLY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THESE TWO PARTIES IS A CONTRARY ONE. By no means an article about independence, and all the "independentistas". FIX THIS MATTER URGENTLY, OTHERWISE I'LL TAKE ACTION.

Removal of merge notice

I'm removing the merge notice because the Puerto Rican Independence movement article and the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party article, even though related are not the same and are two seperate articles. The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party is a political party which believes in the islands independence even if it means an armed revolution. The Puerto Rican Indepedence movement covers the subject of various independence groups from the 1860's (before the founding of the Nationalist Party) to the present and covers other political parties that are pro-independence such as the Puerto Rican Independence Party and the Puerto Rican Socialist Party among others, which believe in gaining the islands independence through the electoral process. Tony the Marine 05:53, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

• In conclusion, The Nationalist Party is a group within the Puerto Rican independence movement and an independent subject itself, while the Puerto Rican independence movement is composed of various political parties and an independent subject itself. Tony the Marine 18:47, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

Merge to Status of Puerto Rico

I believe it would be a good idea to rename this from Puerto Rican independence movement to Status of Puerto Rico, merge in all of Puerto Rican status referendums, and merge in portions of Politics of Puerto Rico. There are several reasons for this suggestion:

1. Puerto Ricans are split on their support for independence versus support for statehood, so focusing on independence is discussing only half the issue. (see WP:POVFORK)
2. It would parallel existing article titles Political status of Taiwan, Kosovo status process, and Legal status of Hawaii.
3. It makes it comfortable for the article to cover all relevant historical status changes (whether they be away, towards, or orthogonal to independence or statehood)

--98.206.221.93 (talk) 17:04, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

That makes little sense, there has been a independence movement since the 19th century, since the times of the Spanish colonial government, more than a century before the first status referendum was held, that is the difference between this and other status movements. - Caribbean~H.Q. 02:05, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I agree with the guy above. The independence movement in Puerto Rico has over 140 years; its a long struggle with its own history, writtings, and figures. Its a different intellectual movement; there isnt an intellectual pro-statehood movement. In fact, there isnt even a "statehood movement"; its just a bunch of people that privately believe in statehood.---Me July 21 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.50.157.66 (talk) 17:00, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Err, no. There has been a statehood movement, it's just doesn't have a large documented history as the independence movement. You'd be surprised how many issues and events affected both the independence and statehood ideologies. The independence movement should have a stand alone article, though a broad article on the Status of Puerto Rico seems a good idea to summarize its history and all ideologies. - Mtmelendez ^(Talk) 18:14, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Plan De Ponce

Can someone expand on the Plan de Ponce, not much available on the internet about these propositions for independence from Spain with alliance before the Treaty of Paris. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.111.19.166 (talk) 17:48, 17 January 2011 (UTC)