Carlos Gallisá

Who is Carlos Gallisá?

Carlos Gallisá Bisbal is a Puerto Rican attorney, politician, and independence movement leader.

After graduating from the University of Puerto Rico, Gallisá practiced labor law. He became politicized through the Vieques protests against the United States Navy.

He was elected to the House of Representatives as a member of the Puerto Rican Independence Party in 1972. In 1973 he left the PIP to join the more radical Puerto Rican Socialist Party. In 1983, Gallisá became general secretary of the PSP.

Gallisá has suffered harassment due to his politics, including a firebombing of his law office. He has testified at the United Nations on the decolonization issue.

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 is also a columnist for the newspaper Claridad and a regular news commentator on "Fuego Cruzado", a radio program aired by WSKN-AM in San Juan, Puerto Rico.