Alleged Machetero is extradited
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Primera Hora Associated Press (Read original article) Puerto Rican Avelino González Claudio was extradited today to Hartford, Connecticut, according to the Tuesday report of Hilton Fernández Diamante, spokesperson for the Committee of Friends and Family. The accused, who was a fugitive for 22 years, was arrested three weeks ago for supposedly [...]
Jornada 100 x 35 • March 3, 2008
On Monday March 3rd, 2008, a special year-long celebration will be launched entitled “Jornada 100 X 35.” The title not only symbolizes the dimensions of the island of Puerto Rico—100 miles by 35 miles—but also pays homage to the life and legacy of Puerto Rican patriot and National Poet Juan Antonio Corretjer on his centennial [...]
Former Black Panther Serves 30 Days for Shooting Cop
Toronto man accused in ’69 cop shooting pleads guilty Fugitive will donate $250,000 to police aid fund, serve 30 days By Kristen Kridel | Tribune reporter 1:43 PM CST, February 22, 2008 A man who shot a Chicago police officer in 1969 and fled to Canada where he lived for more than 30 years will [...]
Sanctuary Begins Again at Adalberto United Methodist Church
Chicago Indymedia “This act of civil disobedience by an undocumented mother today is a proclamation of the ‘State of the Latino Nation.’” Following in the footsteps of her friend Elvira Arellano, Flor Crisotomo announced today that she will refuse to report for deportation as ordered by Homeland Security and will take sanctuary in Adalberto United [...]
Bail denied to presumed Machetero Avelino González Claudio
Bail denied to presumed Machetero Avelino González Claudio: Judge orders immediate transfer to Connecticut By Daniel Rivera Vargas February 21, 2008 (Click here to read the original article) Federal magistrate Marcos López denied bail to presumed Machetero Avelino González Claudio and ordered his immediate transfer to Connecticut, the place where he will be tried for [...]
FBI arrests the patriot Avelino González Claudio
Written by Perla Franco / Claridad February 14 to 20, 2008 (Click here to read the original article) With an image totally different from the one the FBI had created on the computer as part of its propaganda “Wanted by the FBI,” independentist Avelino González Claudio was brought in chains last Monday, February 11, before [...]
Terrorism and Status
Héctor L. Pesquera Sevillano Physician February 16, 2008 El Nuevo Día (Click here for the original article) The mobilization of more than two hundred FBI agents in September of 2005 for the assassination of Filiberto Ojeda Ríos; the searches of homes and offices of independentists by commandos of this agency in February of 2006; the [...]
Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Oscar López Rivera transferred to medium security prison
Victory for NBHRN and Puerto Rican people: Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Oscar López Rivera transferred to medium security prison After 27 years in maximum and super-maximum security prisons, today, Wednesday, February 13, 2008, Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera was moved to a medium security prison. This is a result of his excellent record [...]
Demonstration Supports Recently Detained Puerto Rican Independence Fighter
By Marta Rodríguez (Spanish follows) On February 11 of 2008 at 3:00PM, hundreds of Puerto Rican independence activists congregated in front of the occupation “Federal” court in Hato Rey Puerto Rico. They gathered to express support for Avelino González Claudio, a Puerto Rican independence fighter detained by the FBI on February 7 of 2008. Avelino’s [...]
Extradition ordered: Avelino González Claudio will be tried in Connecticut where the incident occurred
By Daniel Rivera Vargas February 11, 2008 El Nuevo DÃa (Read the original article) Magistrate Marco López today ordered the extradition to Connecticut of the presumed Machetero leader Avelino González Claudio, in spite of his desire to be tried in Puerto Rico. “As a political prisoner, Mr. González Claudio invokes his rights under international law [...]
Comunicado de prensa solidaridad con Avelino González Claudio
The following is a press release sent through the Puerto Rico Indymedia list serve yesterday: Comunicado de Prensa ¡Contra la expatriación y por los derechos del compañero Avelino González Claudio! La Mesa de Solidaridad de Puerto Rico, iniciativa para apoyar a todos/as los perseguidos/as por el FBI, convocamos una manifestación para respaldar al compañero Avelino [...]
Transgenic Ballad: Biotechnology in Puerto Rico
Carmelo Ruiz Marrero spoke last year on his new book, “Transgenic Ballad”, which he presented at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center.
Alleged Machetero leader arrested
EL VOCERO, February 8, 2008 (Click here for the original article) After being weighed down by an arrest warrant for him for a little more than 22 years, for the robbery of the Wells Fargo company in Hartford, Connecticut, agents of the Puerto Rican Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in Manatí yesterday [...]
Avelino González continues the difficult process that began with clandestinity, El Nuevo Día
González continues the difficult process that began with clandestinity:The presumed Machetero, facing federal prosecution, adopted a different identity 22 years ago By Daniel Rivera Vargas / drivera2@elnuevodia.com (Click here for the original article) February 8, 2008 The clandestinity of the presumed Machetero Avelino González Claudio must have been a difficult life process, and the experience [...]
Puerto Rico Groups condemn Avelino González Claudio’s arrest (English)
English translation of the letter sent by Puerto Rico groups condemning Avelino González Claudio’s arrest: We extend to you our cordial greetings from Mayagúez: As we have already denounced, Comrade Avelino Gonzalez Claudio was arrested by the F.B.I. today, and will be confronting charges that will be leveled against him outside of Puerto Rico. Avelino [...]
Puerto Rico Groups condemn Avelino González Claudio’s arrest
The following letter regarding the recent arrest of Avelino González Claudio was sent to the Puerto Rico indymedia list serve on Febraury 8. It condemns his arrest and the U.S.’s anti-terrorism campaign and asserts the right of Puerto Ricans to resist the FBI. It also announces a solidarity demonstration to be held on Monday, February [...]
Letter from Tania Frontera and Christopher Torres
February 6, 2008 Dear compañeros y compañeras in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and our Americas: We want to express our profound thanks and eternal gratitude to you and all the organizations (artists and media included) who for the past two months have generously joined a glorious campaign to support us. However, we know that the [...]
Machetero Leader Arrested In Puerto Rico
Two articles on the resent arrest of alleged Machetero, Avelino Gonzalez Claudio: Machetero Leader Arrested In Puerto Rico Hartford Courant, February 7, 2008 FBI agents in Puerto Rico said Thursday that they arrested Avelino Gonzalez Claudio, a fugitive member of the Puerto Rico pro-independence group Los Macheteros who is charged in the 1983 robbery of [...]
Michael Deutsch on Grand Jury Abuse of Puerto Rican Independence Movement
Educational charla about grand juries with attorney Michael Deutsch of the Peoples’ Law Office
La lucha continúa: Challenges for a Post-Navy Vieques (Part 4)
(By Déborah Santana, continued)
In 1999 a large group of San Juan-based professionals responded to a call from Vieques activists for ongoing technical assistance. The Technical and Professional Support Group (known as GATP for its initials in Spanish) included planners, attorneys, health professionals, ecologists, economists and other individuals with the expertise needed to assist the viequenses in developing their own development and conservation plans.
La lucha continúa: Challenges for a Post-Navy Vieques (Part 2)
(By Déborah Santana, continued)
Decontamination
Several recently published investigations bolster the argument that contamination generated by military activities are largely responsible for a greater—and rising—incidence of environmentally linked diseases in Vieques than in Puerto Rico as a whole, such as cancer, kidney failure and respiratory ailments.
La lucha continúa: Challenges for a Post-Navy Vieques (Part 1)
By Déborah Berman Santana
From Centro Journal, Volume 18 Number 1, Spring 2006
In recent years the decades-long struggle to stop the U.S. Navy from bombing the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, and to end military occupation of three-quarters of the island, has made international headlines. This “David versus Goliath†story—replete with accounts of powerful, creative, and nonviolent resistance to the environmental and social degradation perpetrated by militarism—attracted attention from environmental, peace and social justice activists and gathered support from religious, political and civic leaders in Puerto Rico, the United States and worldwide.
La lucha continúa: Challenges for a Post-Navy Vieques (Part 3)
(By Déborah Santana, continued)
Devolution
Over the years viequenses have struggled to recover lands taken by the military in a variety of ways. For example, during the 1970s many took part in “land invasions†and set up homesteads on lands held by the Navy but essentially unused, particularly lands bordering the civilian sector