Jorge Farinacci

Jorge Aurelio Farinacci García
Personal details
Born1949
DiedAugust 26, 2006(2006-08-26) (aged 56–57)
Alma materUniversity of Puerto Rico (BA)
University of Puerto Rico School of Law (JD)
OccupationFormer spokesperson of the Socialist Front

Jorge Aurelio Farinacci García (1949 – August 26, 2006) was a Puerto Rican politician and socialist. He held a strong pro-independence stance of Puerto Rico from the U.S. Farinacci died in the morning of August 26, 2006 from complications due to a brain tumor. Farinacci, spokesman of the Socialist Front, suffered from a lymphoma in the brain that had previously affected his kidneys and heart, but was unable to survive this third stage.