Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Ruben Berrios, Lolita Lebron, Pedro Albizu Campos, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Alejandrina Torres, Oscar Lopez Rivera, Luis Rosa, Alberto Rodriguez, Carmen Valentin, Ricardo Jimenez, Edwin Cortes, Adolfo Matos, Dylcia Noemi Pagan, Alicia Rodriguez, Ida Luz Rodriguez, Juan Enrique Segarra-Palmer, Rafael Perez, Carlos Alberto Torres, Oscar Collazo, Miguel Henriquez, Mariana Bracetti, Casimiro Berenguer, Elizam Escobar, Avelino Gonzalez-Claudio, Jorge Solano Moreta, Antonio Camacho-Negron, Roberto Maldonado Rivera, Norman Ramirez-Talavera. Excerpt: Dolores "Lolita" Lebron Sotomayor (November 19, 1919 - August 1, 2010) was an active advocate for Puerto Rican independence. She was born and raised in Lares, Puerto Rico, where she joined the Liberal Party. In her youth she met Francisco Matos Paoli, a renowned Puerto Rican poet, with whom she had a relationship. In 1941, Lebron migrated to New York City, where she joined the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, gaining influence within the party's leadership. Within the organization she promoted ideals based on socialist and feminist principles. In 1952, after Puerto Rico's official status was changed to "Commonwealth," the Nationalist Party began a series of revolutionary actions, including the Jayuya Uprising. As part of this initiative, Pedro Albizu Campos ordered her to organize attacks in the United States, focusing on locations that were "the most strategic to the enemy." She became the leader of a group of nationalists, who proceeded to attack the United States House of Representatives in 1954. She was incarcerated as a result. Lebron remained imprisoned 25 years, when Jimmy Carter issued pardons to the group involved. After their release in 1981, the nationalists returned to Puerto Rico, where independence movements received them with a celebration. During the following year...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Puerto Rican Prisoners and Detainees: Ruben Berrios, Lolita Lebron, Pedro Albizu Campos, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Alejandrina Torres. To get started finding Puerto Rican Prisoners and Detainees: Ruben Berrios, Lolita Lebron, Pedro Albizu Campos, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Alejandrina Torres, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Puerto Rican Prisoners and Detainees: Ruben Berrios, Lolita Lebron, Pedro Albizu Campos, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Alejandrina Torres
Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Ruben Berrios, Lolita Lebron, Pedro Albizu Campos, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Alejandrina Torres, Oscar Lopez Rivera, Luis Rosa, Alberto Rodriguez, Carmen Valentin, Ricardo Jimenez, Edwin Cortes, Adolfo Matos, Dylcia Noemi Pagan, Alicia Rodriguez, Ida Luz Rodriguez, Juan Enrique Segarra-Palmer, Rafael Perez, Carlos Alberto Torres, Oscar Collazo, Miguel Henriquez, Mariana Bracetti, Casimiro Berenguer, Elizam Escobar, Avelino Gonzalez-Claudio, Jorge Solano Moreta, Antonio Camacho-Negron, Roberto Maldonado Rivera, Norman Ramirez-Talavera. Excerpt: Dolores "Lolita" Lebron Sotomayor (November 19, 1919 - August 1, 2010) was an active advocate for Puerto Rican independence. She was born and raised in Lares, Puerto Rico, where she joined the Liberal Party. In her youth she met Francisco Matos Paoli, a renowned Puerto Rican poet, with whom she had a relationship. In 1941, Lebron migrated to New York City, where she joined the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, gaining influence within the party's leadership. Within the organization she promoted ideals based on socialist and feminist principles. In 1952, after Puerto Rico's official status was changed to "Commonwealth," the Nationalist Party began a series of revolutionary actions, including the Jayuya Uprising. As part of this initiative, Pedro Albizu Campos ordered her to organize attacks in the United States, focusing on locations that were "the most strategic to the enemy." She became the leader of a group of nationalists, who proceeded to attack the United States House of Representatives in 1954. She was incarcerated as a result. Lebron remained imprisoned 25 years, when Jimmy Carter issued pardons to the group involved. After their release in 1981, the nationalists returned to Puerto Rico, where independence movements received them with a celebration. During the following year...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Puerto Rican Prisoners and Detainees: Ruben Berrios, Lolita Lebron, Pedro Albizu Campos, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Alejandrina Torres. To get started finding Puerto Rican Prisoners and Detainees: Ruben Berrios, Lolita Lebron, Pedro Albizu Campos, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Alejandrina Torres, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.