A Taina/Boricua Youth's perspective. Keeping the memory of the ancestors alive.
On October 30, 1950 Vidal Santiago Diaz and 41 Police and National guardsmen engaged in a 3 hour gunfight. The police and guardsmen were convionced there were at least 20 to 30 Nationalists inside. Here is the story of how one barber held 41 heavily armed police and National guardsmen at bay for 3 hours, was shot 5 times, once at point blank range in the head and still survived.
José Maldonado Román Many don’t know the story of José Maldonado Román, known as ’El Aguilar Blanca’ (The White Eagle) by his supporters. He was billed a ”bandit” by the Spanish and US governments and was one of those who fought in La Intentona de Yauco. Maldonado was also the original founder of Salon Boricua, …
Voice of the Water Lily 