"When Puerto Rican Nationalists rose up against the United States in an effort to gain their independence in 1950 during the #GritoDeJayuya, the U.S. responded with incredible brutality, strafing towns by air, murdering many independentistas, imprisoning over 3000 of them, and generally repressing the entire nation. In reponse to massacre, and in an effort to call international attention to the continuing colonialization of Puerto Rico, Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola attacked President Truman's residence. Torresola was killed during the attack. The Communist Party wrote that they were 'profoundly shocked' by the Puerto Ricans' action and that they 'condemn and reject all acts of violence and terror.' The attack on Truman, they said, 'can only be the act of terrorists, deranged men, or agents...'. How interesting then that the nation of Puerto Rico regards these men as national heroes."

https://archive.org/details/albizucampos

Albizu Campos: Puerto Rican Revolutionary by Federico Ribes Tovar; Anthony Rawlings

Topics
#PedroAlbizuCampos, #biography, #PuertoRico, #Boricua, #PuertoRicannationalism, #independence, #armedstruggle, #luchaarmada, #imperialism, #colonialism, #unitedstatesofamerika, #antiblackness, #PuertoRicanNationalistParty, #PuertoRicanindependence, #independentistas, #PartidoNacionalistadePuertoRico, #PNPR, #insurrection, #insurreción, #GritodeJayuya, #JayuyaUprising

PLUS ULTRA • Puerto Rican Heritage Series, #1

source: Freedom Archives