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Juan Mari Brás

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Founder of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party (1925-2010)

United StatesJournalistsLived 1927 to 2010 · aged 82
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Juan Mari Brás was a Puerto Rican politician who advocated for Puerto Rican independence. He also founded the Puerto Rican Socialist Party. On October 25, 2006, he became the first person to receive a Puerto Rican citizenship certificate from the Puerto Rico State Department.

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Juan Mari Brás was a Puerto Rican politician who advocated for Puerto Rican independence. He also founded the Puerto Rican Socialist Party. On October 25, 2006, he became the first person to receive a Puerto Rican citizenship certificate from the Puerto Rico State Department. His son, Santiago Mari Pesquera, was assassinated by a suspected far-right activist in 1976. In 2009, documents revealed that the FBI knew of a plot to assassinate Mari Brás but did not share the information with him.

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United States
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Journalists
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Journalist
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deceased
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Lived 1927 to 2010 · aged 82
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