1:32 pm By Maegan La Mala · history|Puerto Rico · Comments Off
31 Jul 2011
While today many remain attentive to the debt ceiling theater that is taking place in Congress, in 1936, Puerto Rican nationalists Pedro Albizu Campos, Juan Antonio Corretjer, Clemente Soto Vélez and others were sentenced to six to 10 years in federal prison for for “seditious conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. Government in Puerto Rico.”. This sentence is the result of a second trial against the leaders, ordered because the first trial, where the jury was majority Puerto Rican, found the nationalists innocent.
It is important to note that earlier that year, in the Masacre of Rio Piedras four Nationalists are killed by the Policia Insular de Puerto Rico. The Nationalists avenge the Masacre de Rio Piedras. Hiram Rosado and Elias Beauchamp kill Chief of Police E. Francis Riggs. They are caught and killed in the police headquarters of Old San Juan.
It is important to note that the same charges that imprisoned leaders like Albizu Campos continue to be used against current Puerto Rican political prisoners.
Sources : ProLibertad, PR Dream
10:40 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · history|New York City|Puerto Rico · Comments Off
18 May 2007
Here in NYC, you know that the Puerto Rican parade season has begun when cars drive by with the red, white, and blue one star and stripes on the hood. A walk past an Old Navy store revealed Puerto Rican flags on tank tops for sale. Many Puerto Ricans complain that some of our own wave the flag but once a year and with little knowledge of the history behind the flag. For example did you know that the Puerto Rican flag was designed in New York City and that its inspiration was drawn from the Cuban flag? So before you start singing Que Bonita Bandera make sure you know where the roots of your bandera are.
TatoBrujo over on MySpace gives a great detailed history of the Puerto Rican flag.
8:02 am By Maegan La Mala · Celebrities|Culture|Movies|Puerto Rico · 1 Comment
13 Jun 2006
Rosie Perez’s inspiration for her documentary, Yo Soy Boricua, Pa’que Tu Lo Sepas, may have stemmed from frustration at having to explain her roots, but she sure as hell gave a good explanation. The hour and a half documentary aired last night on the IFC Channel and I was able to watch it, with my immediate Rican family and even gave my 8 year old daughter permission to stay up past her bedtime to watch it. After it was over she turned to me and said, “It’s good to be Puerto Rican”.
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