Albizu Campos | WAR AGAINST ALL PUERTO RICANS

Luis Ferrao did not kill anyone with a knife…he killed them with a gun!

I have a terrible admission to make. I was starting to feel sorry for Luis Ferrao. He called Albizu Campos a “Fascist” and called me a liar: but after 16 years in New York State politics and 4… Read More

Category: BookTags: Albizu Campos, CIES, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Don Pedro Albizu Campos, Ferrao, Luis A. Ferrao, Luis Ferrao, New York, Paris, Puerto Rican History, Puerto Rico, U.S. Department of State

Historic Photo of the Day: God Bless America

This photo was taken in 1941 in the elegant El Escambrón ballroom/nightclub. El Escambrón was the swankiest “American style” venue in Puerto Rico at the time. With World War II raging, it was also a time of… Read More

Category: BookTags: Albizu Campos, Chief Riggs, Pedro Albizu Campos, Police Chief Riggs, Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rico

The Kubark Manual for CIA Interrogation and Torture

The torture of Pedro Albizu Campos while in La Princesa was part of a wider pattern of US interrogation techniques throughout Latin America. The waterboarding and other tortures that are a “shocking revelation” to Americans today, were… Read More

Category: BookTags: Albizu Campos, CIA, Kubark Manual, La Princesa, Latin America, Pedro Albizu Campos, Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rico, US interrogation

Ruth Mary Reynolds

Ruth Mary Reynolds was an American educator and civil rights activist who developed a profound commitment to Puerto Rican independence – so strong that she went to jail for it. She met Pedro Albizu Campos while he… Read More

Category: BookTags: Albizu Campos, Carmen Perez, La Princesa, New York City, NYC, Olga Viscal, Pedro Albizu Campos, Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rico, Puertorriquenos, Ruth Reynolds

The Riggs National Bank

For over a century, the Riggs National Bank was the largest bank in Washington, D.C. Its headquarters at 1503-1505 Pennsylvania Avenue NW was right across the street from the Treasury Department, a few hundred feet away from… Read More

Category: BookTags: Albizu Campos, Augustín Pinochet, Chief Riggs, Pedro Albizu Campos, Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rico, Riggs National Bank, Rio Piedras Massacre, United Fruit Company

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