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Alberto Rodríguez: After ten years of freedom, still feels the pain of imprisonment

By miguel • Dec 21st, 2009 • Category: Features, Political Prisoners

“It’s hard to get back lost time, especially when it has to do with the family,” is the first reaction of former Puerto Rican political prisoner Alberto Rodríguez, reflecting on these 10 years after his release in 1999.



Bureau of Prisons: relentless with Carlos Alberto Torres

By miguel • Dec 21st, 2009 • Category: Lead Story, Political Prisoners

On December 9, the SIS lieutenant called him in to notify him that he will not be allowed access to email. Why? Because of “his case and his background,” offered the lieutenant…



Risking the Lives of the Unborn

By miguel • Dec 6th, 2009 • Category: Vieques

…In both Vieques and Camp Leujune, citizens whose health was impacted have sued the government…



Annual Pancake Breakfast Sale to Benefit Oscar & Carlos

By miguel • Nov 24th, 2009 • Category: Events, Political Prisoners

Come, get stuffed, support the Puerto Rican political prisoners & do your holiday shopping all in one shot!



Pair taken into custody after failing to testify

By miguel • Nov 24th, 2009 • Category: Civil Liberties and Repression

The two believe the grand jury is investigating the Animal Liberation Front, which claimed responsibility for a 2004 break-in at a lab at the University of Iowa.



US health agency to take ‘fresh look’ at Vieques

By miguel • Nov 24th, 2009 • Category: Features, Vieques

A U.S. agency has overturned its 2003 research that said no health hazards were caused by decades of military exercises on Vieques, a bombing range-turned-tourist destination off Puerto Rico’s east coast.



Navy’s Vieques Training May Be Tied to Health Risks

By miguel • Nov 24th, 2009 • Category: Lead Story, Vieques

A U.S. agency has overturned its 2003 research that said no health hazards were caused by decades of military exercises on Vieques, a bombing range-turned-tourist destination off Puerto Rico’s east coast.



Jornada de la Libertad: Beautiful Struggle, Love, Compassion and Hope

By miguel • Aug 24th, 2009 • Category: Crime Against Humanity, Political Prisoners

On September 10, 1979, after years of organizing and campaigning, the Puerto Rican Nationalist Five were released. Twenty years to that date, and as a result of a similar demand for freedom, 11 Puerto Rican political prisoners were freed after many years of incarceration.



Agency to revise studies and conclusions on military toxics and health on Vieques

By miguel • Aug 12th, 2009 • Category: Vieques

…ATSDR studies about Vieques have been criticized by several scientists from Puerto Rico and the United States…



A New Battle on Vieques, Over Navy’s Cleanup

By miguel • Aug 6th, 2009 • Category: Vieques

The Navy has begun removing hazardous unexploded munitions from its old training ground by detonating them in the open air…