On a cold January 11 night, A Call to Action on Puerto Rico held a final rally in front of 26 Federal Plaza in New York City. Dozens of marchers brought leaflets, a large banner, and their… Read More
Fifty one years ago, Don Pedro Albizu Campos died in San Juan. The US and Gov. Luis Muñoz Marín had broken his body, but not his spirit. Half a century later, all of Don Pedro’s warnings have… Read More
A 39-year-old Milwaukee man shot and killed one of his neighbors, Jesus R. Manso-Perez, for speaking in Spanish to his own son. Mr. Manso-Perez was Puerto Rican, and was accompanying his son to the laundry. It happened on… Read More
Thirty-five years ago Rubén Berríos, the president of the Independence Party of Puerto Rico (PIP) shocked a lot of people. He declared that the two major parties in Puerto Rico (PPD and PNP) were a complete fraud…because… Read More
Puerto Rico v. Sánchez Valle began as a local criminal matter in Puerto Rico, and exploded into a landmark constitutional case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Court is faced with one central question: is Puerto Rico… Read More