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Searing indictment delivered of U.S. colonialism in Puerto Rico
November 14, 2018Puerto Ricans and supporters described the disastrous inequities suffered by the people of Puerto Rico as a result of the colonial relationship with the United States.
Read moreLolita Lebron, Puerto Rico independence leader, dies at 90
August 03, 2010Lolita Lebron, a Puerto Rican freedom fighter widely known as the mother of the island's independence movement, died Aug. 1 in San Juan at age 90.
Read moreSpeakers: Five months after hurricane Puerto Rico still a mess
March 02, 2018The federal response to the catastrophe that struck the island commonwealth’s U.S. citizens is terrible and ideologically slanted.
Read moreIndians-Twins series: A much needed break for Puerto Rico
April 20, 2018With an island-wide blackout keeping Puerto Ricans in the dark, at least there was still baseball.
Read moreOn the mainland teachers marched; in Puerto Rico, the students
May 30, 2018On the U.S. mainland, teachers have been marching, organizing at the grassroots, for more money for schools. On Puerto Rico, it was the students – 94 percent of them.
Read moreNew book offers no optimism for a free Puerto Rico
November 12, 2015Nelson A. Denis looks not at earlier colonial history, but rather measures taken to subdue Nationalists before and after their 1950 uprising.
Read moreJustice Dept. exonerates FBI in Puerto Rico killing
August 18, 2006People from different sectors of Puerto Rican society are criticizing a report issued last week by the inspector general of the Justice Department, that absolves the Federal Bureau of Investigation of any wrongdoing in the killing of independence leader Filiberto Ojeda Rios. Ojeda, who was 72 years old and suffered from heart problems, was shot by FBI agents and left to bleed for 18 hours in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico, on...
Read morePlanned gas pipeline in Puerto Rico brings criticism
July 21, 2011The project would cut diagonally through sensitive mountain forest regions, the largest on the island, home to much of Puerto Rico's biodiversity.
Read moreAturdido, Puerto Rico busca reconstruirse tras huracán María
September 21, 2017La red eléctrica puertorriqueña ya estaba al borde del colapso por falta de mantenimiento y personal antes de que llegaran los huracanes. Muchos creen que restaurar el suministro eléctrico tomará semanas, posiblemente meses.
Read morePuerto Rico se niega a doblar la rodilla
May 06, 2018La isla a duras penas se recupera de la peor catástrofe ambiental de su historia en medio de la desidia del gobierno federal mientras los buitres del capitalismo de desastre dan vueltas sobre el alma de la isla.
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