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“Nosotros No Tenemos Armas Para Echar A Pique Sus Fuerzas Navales,
Pero Tenemos el Arma de Echar a Pique Su Prestigio en El Mundo.” Albizu 1930

HomeThe Campaigns: 1976-2017Puerto Rican Political PrisonersApril 4: 29 years of Struggle, Resistance and Success

April 4: 29 years of Struggle, Resistance and Success

April 4th Commemoration of the Capture of the Patriotas

Join NBHRN on Saturday April 4th, 2009, 6:30pm • Batey Urbano 2620 W. Division
$10 admission

  • Various Cultural and Hip-Hop performances throughout the night!!
  • Updates on the Struggle in Vieques and the campaign to free the remaining Puerto Rican Political Prisoners.
  • Special Guest Speakers former Political Prisoners Lucy Rodriguez and Luis Rosa

In 1999, under immense pressure from the Puerto Rican community President Bill Clinton commuted the prison sentences of 12 of 15 Puerto Rican men and women arrested in the early 1980s. All of the prisoners where long considered political prisoners and prisoners of war. Convicted of seditious conspiracy (that is, of conspiring to use force against the authority of the United States over Puerto Rico), they had served 16 and 19 years of prison sentences ranging from 35 to 90 years. NBHRN continues to struggle for the release of two remaining political prisoners from that grouping, Oscar Lopez Rivera and Carlos Alberto Torres. On April 4th, we commemorate the capture of these prisoners to assure that our community remembers its rich history of resistance.

Purchase your Reyes Magos Plate by Oscar to benefit the children of Vieques

Read "Between Torture and Resistance"

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