10:12 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism| Politics| Puerto Rico| Women| history · Comments Off
3 Mar 2008
On March 1st, 1954, while Puerto Rican beauty Rita Moreno graced the cover of LIFE magazine and while the US was exploding the first hydrogen bomb on the bikini atoll in the Marshall islands, another bomb was about to drop at u.s. imperialist headquarters. 4 Puerto Rican Nationalists led by Lolita Lebron, opened fire over a session of the US House of Representatives, demanding independence for Puerto Rico. In the picture are Lolita Lebron, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Irving Flores (RIP), Andres Figueroa Cordero (RIP).
Gracias to Yasmin Hernandez
1:33 pm By Maegan La Mala · Activism| Justice| Puerto Rico · 10 Comments
8 Mar 2006
With all the discussion here on VL around Jen’s post : Is Puerto Rico Latin America?, and in light of today being International Women’s Day I thought it would be appropriate to highlight Latina mujeres who have impacted the world. One of my personal sheros is Lolita Lebron.
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