Magna Carta
Fufi Santori January 10, 2012 http://www.elnuevodia.com/blog/1162512/ (Spanish translation follows English) Dear Luis: Pardon the familiarity, but I consider you a young Puerto Rican friend and a decent person. The fact that you are the governor of Puerto Rico, and that I differ with your ideas and beliefs, as well as the way in which you [...]
Oscar López Rivera: circumstances of an incarceration
By Noel Colón Martínez Published: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 http://www.claridadpuertorico.com/content.html?news=C86A262C00AB65CF505F1A5171FAABA2 The unjust incarceration of our dear friend and compañero Oscar López Rivera will have lasted for 31 years as of 2012. As with Don Pedro, he was accused of seditious conspiracy, which is a type of catchall where a lot of acts and circumstances are [...]
Bendición por Oscar López Rivera
Pedro Rafael Ortiz S. Sacerdote Diocesano Comunidad San Francisco Javier-Parcelas/Navarro Salmo 71 en la liturgia del día de Reyes: “Se postrarán ante ti, Señor, todos los reyes de la tierra”. Y continua, “que en sus días florezca la justicia y la paz abunde eternamente”. Me pidieron que viniera a bendecir esta obra, este mural que [...]
18th Annual Pancake & Waffle Breakfast/Artisans Holiday Bazaar Raises $2000 for Puerto Rican Political Prisoners!
More than $2000.00 was raised at the 18th Annual Pancake Waffle Breakfast on Sunday, December 11, 2011. Since 1994, thousands of dollars have been raised and sent to Puerto Rican political prisoners.”We started by raising $300.00 and then made $500.00 a goal, then $800.00 and $1000.00 and now look!” said Dr. Margaret Power, who was [...]
December 22 Ateneo to dedicate flag-raising to Oscar López Rivera
On December 22, the Puerto Rican Ateneo will dedicate its solemn act of raising the Puerto Rican flag to Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera. The activity will take place, as it does every year, at noon in front of the historical headquarters in Old San Juan. The family, including his brother José López, [...]
Pitirre: Insurrección Nacionalista
Este próximo el 30 de octubre de 2011, se cumplirá 61 años de la Insurrección Nacionalista en Puerto Rico comandada por el Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico bajo la egregia y sabia dirigencia de don Pedro Albizu Campos. Le tocó el privilegió a la valiente nacionalista Blanca Canales declarar por segunda vez la República de [...]
15 Years of Giving Voice to Women and Transgender Prisoners in California
An interview with Diana Block, Pam Faden, and Dierdre Wilson –three members of the California Coalition for Women Prisoners, which is celebrating its 15th year with an event in SF on Friday Oct. 14: Silent Arts & Crafts Auction of donations by local artists begins at 6:30 pm; Program at 7 pm; $20 donation, no [...]
Former Political Prisoner Speaks
Puerto Rican Nationalist Carlos Alberto Torres to Lecture on His Incarceration, Political Prisoner Campaigns, and Puerto Rico Thursday, October 6, 2011 by INDY STAFF This week, the UCSB MultiCultural Center (MCC) presents Art as Activism: Political Prisoners, and Puerto Rican Independence, a talk by Puerto Rican independentista Carlos Alberto Torres. Torres will speak about his experiences [...]
Latino Organizations Tight-Lipped On Troy Davis
Author: Adriana Maestas When Troy Davis was executed over two weeks ago, some Latino activists and political observers noticed a deafening silence from the traditional Latino civil rights and legal advocacy organizations. Often, issues that impact the African American community have a similar ring in the Latino community, especially with respect to the criminal justice system. [...]
Officials slam US report on Puerto Rico Police
(AP) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s Justice Department has denounced a scathing U.S. federal report on the island’s police force even though the governor and other officials accepted the findings and pledged improvements. The territory’s attorneys attacked the federal findings in a court motion this week involving a police brutality suit brought by [...]
Rafael Cancel Miranda habla de Betances en Betances
por Millie Gil El nacionalista mayagüezano Rafael Cancel Miranda ofrecerá una charla sobre el Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances, el Grito de Lares y la relevancia para Puerto Rico del Padre de la Patria, en el Café Betances, en el número 100 de la calle del patricio en Mayagüez, el próximo viernes siete, a las 8 [...]
Puerto Rico – Macheteros Claim Evidence Of Police Bugging
Macheteros Claim Evidence Of Police Bugging FBI Interested In Puerto Rican Nationalist Group By EDMUND H. MAHONY and HILDA MUÑOZ, emahony@courant.com The Hartford Courant http://www.courant.com/community/west-hartford/hc-machetero-fbi-0902-20110901,0,3620415.story 7:09 p.m. EDT, September 1, 2011 A high-profile Puerto Rican nationalist claims an apparent electronic tracking device he found attached to his car was placed there by federal authorities in [...]
“Que Viva” Groundbreaking for New Housing
http://www.humboldtparkportal.org/news/3021 John McCarron Published: September 21, 2011 The great Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata battled for 10 years (1909-1919) to win liberty and land reform for his country’s poor … but he never did live to see his dream fully achieved. One got the impression, however, that the spirit of Zapata was alive and in good voice [...]
Remembering Atica
Dennis Cunningham,Michael Deutsch, & Elizabeth Fink: REMEMBERING ATICA Editor’s Note: This article will appear in the September issue of Prison Legal News. It isexcerpted from a longer article available on our website at http://boricuahumanrights.org This year, September 9th will mark the 40th anniversary of the rebellion at Attica State Prison in upstate New York. As [...]
Unknown Boricua: Streaming
Unknown Boricua: Streaming from Juan Sanchez on Vimeo. Juan Sanchez presents a collection of audio clips, images, and transformative ideas of the “Nuyorican state of mind”. The streaming presents the diversity of experiences within the history of Puerto Rico and the United States through a flow of images, languages, and music.
May 29th, 2011-We Walk, Bike, Pray & Rally for Oscar’s Freedom!
URGENT CALL FOR SOLIDARITY! All out to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the arrest and imprisonment of OSCAR LOPEZ RIVERA What you can do: Walk on Saturday and Sunday, May 28 & 29th A group of 20 people will be walking 30 miles from Indiana to Chicago on Saturday and Sunday (15 miles a day). [...]
Harassment of Carlos Alberto and Avelino continues
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) of the United States government continues to obstruct the parole of Puerto Rican political prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres, while Torres is supposedly set for a hearing with the U.S. Parole Commission’s (USPC) hearing examiner next Tuesday, January 19.