The celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Puerto Rican National poet and revolutionary independentista, Juan Antonio Corretjer, roused my memories of this great man. I was privileged to have met and spent time with Don Juan in the 1970’s and early 80’s as a result of my work as an attorney on behalf of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Prisoners.
A federal prosecutor on Monday attempted to link Avelino Gonzalez-Claudio to rocket attacks in Puerto Rico while arguing that the alleged Puerto Rican militant should be detained without bail for a 1983 armored car robbery in Connecticut.
HARTFORD, Conn.—A detention hearing is scheduled Monday for an alleged Puerto Rican militant who is accused of taking part in a robbery of a Wells Fargo armored car depot in West Hartford 25 years ago.
Imagine 27 years of your life living in a space 6 feet by 9 feet. Imagine being confined in isolation with no human contact. Imagine the shakedowns, the strip searches and the complete disregard for your humanity.
On Friday, April 4th, NBHRN celebrated the Centennial of Juan Antonio Corretjer with a concert by Orquesta Mapeyé, who along with the Boricua Hip-Hop star, SieteNueve, came directly from Puerto Rico to Chicago.
This slide show features PRCC images from the 1970s through 2000s.
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
By Samuel Vega
Crime Against Humanity actor Samuel Vega was recently able to visit Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Oscar López Rivera. The play is based on a series of extensive interviews with the Puerto Rican political prisoners excarcerated by President Clinton in 1999. What follows is a short reflection.
I get to the prison. As I walk [...]
Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres was transferred to the Federal Correctional Institution at Pekin, Illinois, approximately 2 hours away from Chicago. Carlos has communicated with the Network and indicated that he is in the process of settling in and has received much help from old and new friends. Please note his new address:
Carlos [...]
Avelino González Claudio is presently incarcerated at the Northern Correctional Institution in Somers, Connecticut, and awaiting trial.
…el verdadero tributo y respeto que le podemos rendir a Juan Antonio Corretjer, al Comandante Juan Antonio Corretjer, no es meramente venir aquà todos los años a hacerle un recordatorio…es estudiar sus obras, poner en práctica sus ideas y difundirlas. Es serle fiel a sus pensamientos y ejecutorias aun después de su muerte.
