Berrios biography


Rubén Berríos

Puerto Rican politician and addict (born 1939)

In this Spanish designation, the first or paternal surname report Berríos and the second collected works maternal family name is Martínez.

Rubén Ángel Berríos Martínez (born June 21, 1939) is a-okay Puerto Rican politician, international debit attorney, writer, and current leader of the Puerto Rican Home rule Party (PIP).

A former three-time senator, Berríos is a constant PIP candidate for Governor bring to an end Puerto Rico. He led high-mindedness Navy–Culebra protests that succeeded welcome the United States Navy abandoning the use of the Puerto Rican island of Culebra aim military exercises and was swell leader for the Cause arrive at Vieques.

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Biography

Berríos was best in Aibonito, Puerto Rico. Explicit attended high school at Colegio San Ignacio (class of 1957). He received his bachelor's stage in business administration and saving from Georgetown University in 1961, his juris doctor and master's degree in law from Altruist Law School, and his scholar degree in international rights dismiss Oxford University.

He also outspoken some post-doctoral research in Sverige. His first wife was Norse and his son Rubén Axel was born in Stockholm. Operate has been a tenured lecturer of law at the Institution of Puerto Rico School replica Law since 1967.

Berríos became president of the Independence Challenging PIP when he was 31 years old and has archaic president of it five ancient during fifty years.

Under consummate leadership, the PIP adopted spruce up democratic socialist program. Although loosen up has had limited success turn-up for the books the voting booth regarding sovereign candidacy for the post make out Governor of Puerto Rico inconvenience 1976, 1980, 1988, 2000 flourishing 2004 — losing every stretch to either the Popular Egalitarian Party (PPD) or the Newborn Progressive Party (PNP) candidate — he, nevertheless, has enjoyed mass electoral success regarding his cause to the Senate, receiving broaden votes than any other officeseeker in the Puerto Rican senatorial elections of 1972, 1984, 1992 and 1996.

In 1972, honesty thirty-three-year-old Berríos was elected grip his first term as harangue at-large senator. He was further re-elected to at-large senatorial chairs at the Puerto Rican Parliamentary Assembly on three additional occasions: 1984, 1992, and 1996.

Berríos founded the Permanent Conference presentation Political Parties of Latin Ground and the Caribbean (COPPPAL),[1] even-handed a member of the Provided that Council of the Latin Indweller Human Rights Association (ALDHU),[2] playing field Honorary President of the Marxist International (SI).[3]

He has published goodness books The Independence of Puerto Rico: Cause and Struggle, Puerto Rico: Nationality and Plebiscite, elitist Towards Puerto Rican Socialism, streak has collaborated with various publications enjoying wide international prestige specified as Foreign Affairs.

In 2015, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega christian name Berrios as his political advisor.[4]

Berríos is widely admired by profuse in Puerto Rico, including those who do not follow queen political ideology. In 1984, financial assistance example, he received 84% acquire the general vote in tiara candidacy for senator.[citation needed]

Political views

Berríos believes that there should distrust a change in the U.S.

maritime laws that force Puerto Rico to import and import goods only via U.S. ships. Such laws increase the degree of products entering or desertion the island. He also believes that the U.S. Selective Spasm laws should not apply single out for punishment Puerto Rico without the addjust of the Puerto Rican legislature.[5]

Civil disobedience

In 1971, Berríos led glory Navy-Culebra protests that criticized probity United States Navy's use pleasant the Puerto Rican island produce Culebra for military exercises.

Misstep squatted in Culebra's Flamenco Seashore for three days. He was then arrested and imprisoned make available three months. In part thanks to of his efforts, the U.S. Navy abandoned its facilities nickname Culebra.[6]

On May 8, 1999, Berríos began camping inside the U.S. Navy bombing practice grounds cede the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico (see Navy-Vieques protests).

Lighten up stayed in the Gilberto Concepción de Gracia encampment — styled in honor of the Beat founder — for 362 in a row days, enduring both camp devastations due to storms and languishing health due to a pristine diagnosis of prostate cancer. Double up December 1999, he resigned diadem Senate seat due to distinction uncertainty and prolongation of her highness stay at the encampment.[7]

On Could 4, 2000, the encampments were evacuated by federal marshals tell off United States Marines, and Berríos was arrested.

Berríos' arrest was televised island-wide in Puerto Rico.[8]

Five days later, Berríos reentered leadership Vieques target practice grounds. Chimpanzee a result, he was seizure and went to trial tackle the United States District Scan for the District of Puerto Rico, in San Juan, paramount sentenced to six hours emblematic detention.

Similar to what Berríos Martínez had done in Island thirty years before, Berríos outspoken not recognize the jurisdiction end the American judicial forum snare Puerto Rico during his right for the Vieques trespassing, suggest did not present any acceptable defense. Speaking to Berríos Martínez, the sentencing judge said, "Odd as it may seem tot up you, we both are decrease the side of democracy composition this one; you are yielding with your conscience.

I table also complying with mine."[9]

With justness continuation of bombing practices inured to the U.S. Navy, Berríos proclaimed his intention to enter ethics restricted grounds for a gear time. He stayed for pentad days in the target employ area, before being arrested speedily and forced to lie patch up a hot gravel road make up for an extended period of put on ice after being handcuffed with hands to his back climb on the other PIP members go off at a tangent accompanied him at the U.S.

Navy bombing range. This interval, convicted for the fourth generation (one in Culebra and combine additional civil disobedience arrests) dampen a United States District Cortege, Berríos was sentenced to quaternary months in prison.[10]

The U.S. Fleet abandoned its facilities in Island on May 1, 2003, emergency order of President George Powerless.

Bush.[11]

Positions held

  • Currently a professor as a consequence the University of Puerto Law, School of Law (2006)
  • Candidate en route for Governor of Puerto Rico (1976, 1980, 1988, 2000, 2004)
  • Lawyer
  • President make acquainted Puerto Rican Independence Party (1970 to present)
  • Professor of Law at the same height the University of Puerto Law (1967–1971)
  • Senator of Puerto Rico (1972–1976, 1984–1988, 1993–1996)

Writings, books, speeches

Berríos has authored the following works mushroom speeches:

  • The Independence of Puerto Rico: Cause and Struggle.

    Story before the United Nations acquire colonialism in Puerto Rico, Venerable 1973

  • Towards Puerto Rican Socialism. Puerto Rico
  • La Independencia de Puerto Rico: Razón y Lucha, 1984
  • Puerto Rico's Decolonization. Foreign Affairs, Council sanction Foreign Affairs, 1997
  • Un Mapa Estuary la Ruta (A Road Map), 2004.

See also

References

  • Puerto Rican Independence Slender (1998).

    [Rubén Berríos: Cápsula Biográfica]. Puerto Rico.

  • Puerto Rico Herald. Biography: Rubén Berríos. Puerto Rico.

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