Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican independence leader Juan Mari Bras dies at 82
September 14, 2010SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Juan Mari Bras, an elder statesman of Puerto Rico's independence movement who gave up U.S. citizenship in an act that inspired hundreds of other activists, died Friday, Sept. 10. He...
Read moreLolita Lebron, Puerto Rico independence leader, dies at 90
August 3, 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 moreEpic student strike continues in Puerto Rico
June 9, 2010Forty six days into their strike against the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), students were occupying 11 of 12 UPR campuses despite heavy police monitoring and the UPR President's ultimatum to vacate the campuses by June...
Read moreWorld Notes: Somalia, Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico and UN
May 10, 2010In Somalia, soldiers aren't getting paid, Spain's jobless rate soars, Cuba celebrates May Day, students in Puerto Rico strike against privatization, and the United Nations reports on press freedom.
Read moreStudent strike shuts down University of Puerto Rico indefinitely
April 29, 2010Students at the main campus of the University of Puerto Rico, at Río Piedras, on Tuesday, April 13, voted overwhelmingly in favor of a tentative 48-hour campus occupation the following week.
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