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Proclamation of the Republic of Puerto Rico

Grito de Lares
Rebellion

 

 

Tomb of Ramón E. Betances in Cabo Rojo, with the Lares flag in front, 2007
The Lares uprising, commonly known as the “Grito de Lares” occurred on September 23, 1868, but was planned well before that date by a group led by Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances and Segundo Ruiz Belvis, who on January 6, [...]

To the Beat of Cultura Profetica

This reggae band from Puerto Rico is one of my all time favorites.  Cultura Profetica always call for new alternatives and new ideas while making it impossible for you to be still to their music. 

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My proletariat heritage

I’ve always been drawn to the underdogs, the raggamuffins, the workers and the unassuming simple people. Perhaps because of my own family history. I grew up in a working barrio in Puerto Rico. My family life was simple, but not the voluntary simplicity option of the middle class, but the un-voluntary simplicity of the [...]

Puerto Rican independence fighters denounce colonial rule

Puerto Rican independence fighters denounce colonial rule
  
BY OLGA RODRÍGUEZ  
UNITED NATIONS—Nearly three dozen people from Puerto Rico, the United States, and several other countries testified on Puerto Rico’s colonial status before the UN Special Committee on Decolonization June 9.
A resolution cosponsored by the Cuban and Venezuelan governments calling on the U.S. government to end colonial rule [...]

spoken word - my people

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we want change

Dear Sen. Obama,
Puerto Rico have been a colony of the USA for 110 years. 110 years! We are practically the oldest colony in the world. That’s quite shameful.
We want change. Puerto Rico want change. We have the right for self-determination. Are you going to stand up for that right, against an oppressive colonial system?
I’m listening…

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Mural #3: LMM

Mural #3: LMM - barriomulas.com

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The Borinqueneers :: The Puerto Rican Soldier, a documentary on 65th Infantry Regiment

The Borinqueneers :: The Puerto Rican Soldier, a documentary on 65th Infantry Regiment

The 65th Infantry Regiment was created in 1899 by the U.S. Congress as a segregated unit composed primarily of Puerto Ricans with mostly continental officers. It went on to serve meritoriously in three wars: World War I, World War II and the Korean [...]

the last supper remixed

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Circo

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Las Olas

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Balún

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