Your struggle, strength and resilience can only be described as inspirational. For that, I am almost ashamed to write this.

“We should erase that.”

He was never a political prisoner, but rather as an active member of the FALN.

The difference between a “terrorist” and a “revolutionary.”

On Monday, the National Puerto Rican Day Parade’s board of directors issued a statement in response to the news that Goya Foods and other organizations were not participating in the 2017 parade on June 11. After that statement was published, news broke on Tuesday that JetBlue, the New York Yankees, AT&T and Coca-Cola had also all agreed to […]

“The Parade will continue to serve as educational platform, as it works alongside the community in a productive and positive manner.”

Latino Rebels Radio: May 21, 2017

Hoy en Puerto Rico

His plane landed in San Juan on February 9, 2017.

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The question remains.

“And the struggle for me is where I found meaning in life, and I knew that that would keep me strong, and it has.”

Ya es hora. It’s time.

“We cannot let people who are unfamiliar with Puerto Rican history define the narrative and experiences of our community.”

“We Puerto Ricans have the right to do whatever we want.”

“For many of us, Oscar López Rivera is our Nelson Mandela.”

Another thing happened at the nation’s capital today.

“The statehood party is very much threatened by what this parade represents and what Oscar López Rivera represents.”

Everyone seems to understand that Oscar López Rivera, as with the late Fidel Castro and Nelson Mandela, is no saint, and yet he’s still being treated as such.

Ahead of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York on Sunday, members of the Puerto Rico Not For Sale campaign are set to protest on Friday outside National Puerto Rican Day Parade Inc.’s scholarship gala at Gotham Hall in Midtown Manhattan.

In honor of December 10, the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Paris that transferred ownership of the Spanish colony of Puerto Rico to the United States, a look back at the U.S. invasion of the island, what it meant to Puerto Ricans at the time, and what it means today.