Puerto Rico
Student 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.
Read moreIn New York, Puerto Ricans show support for island’s public employees
October 26, 2009NEW YORK — Braving the cold, the wind, and the rain, Puerto Ricans and others gathered in front of the offices of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration here Oct. 15 in support of their brothers...
Read moreYoung Lords turn 40
October 11, 2009Many celebrated in August the founding of the Young Lords Party in New York. But the Young Lords started in Chicago. The following is a brief history of that time and place.
Read moreJesús Colón: A Puerto Rican in New York
June 16, 2006Two excerpts from “A Puerto Rican in New York and Other Sketches” by acclaimed author, newspaperman, activist, and communist Jesús Colón (1901-1974).
Read moreThe Vanquished: A Puerto Rican novel
September 19, 2003Book review The Vanquished by César Andreu Iglesias University of North Carolina Press, 2002, 232 pp., Paperback, $19.95 This coming week, on Sept. 23, thousands of Puerto Ricans will converge on the mountain town of Lares...
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