Two-Party Politics Upended in Puerto Rico - Revolutionary Communists of America

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Two-Party Politics Upended in Puerto Rico - Revolutionary Communists of America

Last November, Puerto Rico experienced one of the most intense elections in its history as a left-wing independent alternative upended the dominance of the two traditional capitalist parties. Like the mainland US, Puerto Ricans had faced a perpetual “ping pong” between two bourgeois parties backed by millions of corporate dollars. But a new electoral coalition, Alianza de País (Country Alliance), came second in the gubernatorial race—breaking th…