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Vidal Santiago Diaz: How one barber stood up to U.S colonialism

On By Anani KaikeIn Puerto Rican independance, puerto rico, Puerto Rico2 Comments

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.

55 years since the death of Don Pedro Albizu Campos (1892-1965).

On By Anani KaikeIn Birthdays, Puerto Rican independance, puerto rico, Puerto Rico2 Comments

“When tyranny is law, revolution is order.”“A people full of courage and dignity cannot be conquered by any imperialism.”“The Americans have nothing to offer the world unless it be the destruction of their own empire. The American empire is a curse even to it’s own people”“Those who do not respect the ashes of their elders …

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