Carlos Gallisá
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Carlos Gallisá Bisbal (3 October 1933 in Camuy, Puerto Rico – 7 December 2018 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) was a Puerto Rican attorney, politician, and independence movement leader.[1]
Education
After graduating from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law, Gallisá practiced labor law. He became politicized through the Vieques protests against the United States Navy.[1]
Politics
He was elected to the House of Representatives as a member of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) in 1972. In 1973 he left the PIP to join the more radical Puerto Rican Socialist Party (PSP). In 1983, Gallisá became general secretary of the PSP.[1]
Gallisá suffered harassment due to his politics, including a firebombing of his law office. He testified at the United Nations on the decolonization issue.[1]
Following the disbanding of the PSP in 1993, Gallisá became a leader of the New Puerto Rican Independence Movement and later the Hostosian National Independence Movement. He was also a columnist for the newspaper Claridad ("Clarity") and a regular news commentator on "Fuego Cruzado" ("Crossfire"), a radio program aired by WSKN-AM in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[1]
Publications
- La encrucijada colonial. (1991) Dewey Call Number from the Puerto Rican Collection at the University of Puerto Rico 320.97295 G171e
- Desde Lares. (2010) Dewey Call Number from the Puerto Rican Collection at the University of Puerto Rico 972.95 G171d
Death
Gallisá Bisbal died in his home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 7 December 2018. He was 85 years old.[2]
References
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External links
- Gallisá profile from Voices for Independence online book
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- Members of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
- 1933 births
- 2018 deaths
- People from Camuy, Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican journalists
- Puerto Rico Independence Party politicians
- Puerto Rican independence activists
- 20th-century Puerto Rican lawyers
- University of Puerto Rico alumni
- 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico