The Puerto Rican Workers' Revolutionary Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores Puertorriqueños, PRTP) is a

far-left Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars consider ...

political party in

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

. The PRTP was formed in 1976, and in 1978 founded the

Boricua Popular Army The ''Ejército Popular Boricua'' ("Boricua Popular/People's Army"), also known as ''Los Macheteros'' ("The Machete Wielders"), is a clandestine militant and insurgent organization based in Puerto Rico, with cells in the states and other nation ...

(EPB, more commonly known as the ''Macheteros'') as a mass organization. The EPB broke off from the PRTP in 1984. The PRTP is affiliated with the Socialist Front.

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External links

PRTP web site
Political parties in Puerto Rico Political parties established in 1976 Communist parties in Puerto Rico 1976 establishments in Puerto Rico {{Puerto Rico stub