Macheteros warn of FBI onslaught
Tuesday May 27, 2008 Associated Press Read original article. The Boricua Popular Army The Macheteros warned today that the FBI is preparing for arrests, kidnappings and even acts to “provoke the death” of independentistas and people’s activists. In a communiqué mailed to the Associated Press, The Macheteros indicated that the supposed “great onslaught of the [...]
Navy Continues to Detonate Bombs in Vieques
In the face of dangers posed by the constant detonations in the ex bombing range – an area mined with all types of explosives, including uranium projectiles – the federal and Puerto Rican agencies have allied with the Navy in its desire to eliminate the bombs by bombing us, clean our environment by expelling contaminants into the air and protect our health by increasing the level of military toxics in our geography.
30th Puerto Rican Peoples Parade • June 14
Grand Marshall Lolita Lebrón (invited), Honored Guests Los Tres Reyes Magos de Vieques (invited), Honorary Marshall Flor Crisostomo
Avelino González’s mailing address change
Please note that the mailing address Avelino González Claudio has changed: Avelino González- Claudio # 357422 Unit 1 West Cell 213 PO Box 665 Somers, CT
Clinton clemency flap a non-issue in P.R.
By: Ben Adler May 24, 2008 Puerto Rico, the U.S. territory scheduled to hold a closely watched Democratic presidential primary June 1, is unaccustomed to cutting such a high-profile role in presidential politics. Indeed, you have to look back roughly a decade to find the last time Puerto Rico played a starring role in mainland [...]
Moles Wanted: FBI Infiltrates Local Groups
They were looking for an informant to show up at “vegan potlucks” throughout the Twin Cities and rub shoulders with RNC protestors. Paul Carroll was riding his bike when his cell phone vibrated.
Commemoration of April 4th: Over 200 Delight in Mapeyé Concert of Corretjer Poetry
On April 4, over 200 people crowded into Casa Puertorriqueña for the National Boricua Human Rights Network’s (NBHRN) annual fundraiser, entitled “Legacies of Corretjer: Narratives of Resistance and Struggle.”
In Memorium: Qwusu Yaki Yakubu
Qwusu Yaki Yakubu (aka James Sayles) was an extraordinary human being. He died on March 28, 2008, at age 60 after spending almost 40 years in prison. Yaki was a revolutionary, a nationalist and an internationalist in the spirit of Malcolm X. He was an activist and theoretician, and a writer and editor of several [...]
Community Premiere of Crime Against Humanity
On April, 5, 2008, the Batey Urbano and the National Boricua Human Rights Network (NBHRN) debuted their play Crime Against Humanity to the Humboldt Park community. Over 40 persons attended that opening, with such notables attendees as Miguel Palacio of Association House, ex-political prisoner José Luis Rodríguez, Jan Susler of the People’s Law Office and [...]
New Subpoena Issued to Puerto Rican Activist
On May 13, 2008, the FBI searched and served a Grand Jury subpoena on the compañero attorney and educator Elliot Monteverde Torres. The subpoena orders the activist to appear in the federal court of New York on May 23, 2008. Elliot lives with his wife and daughter in Texas. He was a student leader in [...]
Archbishop interviewed by FBI
The archbishop of San Juan, Roberto González Nieves, confirmed to EL VOCERO that Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents interviewed him with respect to two visits that the religious leader had with the president of the Boricua Popular Army Los Macheteros, Filiberto Ojeda Ríos,
Justice says that evidence reveals Ojeda Ríos was assassinated
Attorney General Roberto Sánchez Ramos revealed today that scientific evidence compiled by the Institute of Forensic Sciences in the death of Machetero leader Filiberto Ojeda Ríos shows that the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agent who fired the fatal shot lied when he justified his act.
Congresswoman Linda Sánchez in Vieques to hear about contamination and health
The Viequenses demand action from the US Congress and the next president, for total and adequate environmental clean up and medical services for these people besieged for over half a century by US Navy and allied military practices.
En recuerdo de Don Juan Antonio Corretjer
Durante nuestros viajes a la prisión, Don Juan me relató la historia del Partido Nacionalista, Albizu Campos, los juicios y la represión durante los años 30. Aquà estaba un hombre en el centro de la tormenta, el secretario general del Partido Nacionalista, compartiendo sus experiencias mientras que viajábamos por las llanuras de la región nor-central de los Estados Unidos.
Not Enough Space in San Francisco Part 2
San Francisco Not Enough Space Exhibit during May 2006. See Part 1.
North American Political Prisoner to receive knee surgery
…Over the years Marilyn’s ability to walk deteriorated requiring her to rely on a cane and then crutches. About a year ago she suffered a nasty fall at the Dublin Federal Correctional Institution where she has been incarcerated…
Bail Denied to Avelino González Claudio
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday, April 15, that Avelino González Claudio, 65 years old, accused of having participated in a 1983 robbery of a deposit from armored cars, might flee, and thus must remain in jail without bail until his trial.