The Spirit of Lares (1978)

As a tribute to that particular historical moment, to Juan Antonio Corretjer, and to that day of national reaffirmation and re-commitment, the Grito de Lares. The National Boricua Human Rights Network is pleased to make available “The Spirit of Lares”, a speech by Juan Antonio Corretjer at Lares, Puerto Rico on September 23, 1978. Original Spanish is available to read and download here.

English translation below by the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional (MLN) and published in “Towards Peoples War for Independence and Socialism in Puerto Rico: In Defense of Armed Struggle- Documents and Communiques from the Revolutionary Independence Movement and the Armed Clandestine Movement”