Jorge Farinacci

Jorge Aurelio Farinacci García
Personal details
Born1949
San Germán, Puerto Rico
DiedAugust 26, 2006(2006-08-26) (aged 56–57)
Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
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.