The violent call for Puerto Rican independence earned Rafael Cancel Miranda 25 years in prison. He is remembered by his wife, María de los Ángeles Vázquez, and their son, Rafael Cancel Vázquez.

Its protagonist, a trans woman named Lolita, is inspired by Puerto Rican nationalist Lolita Lebrón, who 70 years ago led an attack on the U.S. Capitol advocating independence for her nation ...

When President Jimmy Carter commuted the prison sentences of the four Puerto Rican nationalists who attacked members of Congress and President Harry S. Truman in the 1950s, he cited “humane ...

no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria, an exhibition at the Whitney Museum, New York City, November 23, 2022–April 23, 2023. The anniversary of a ...

On March 1, 1954, Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire in the Capitol. Seventy years later, their case is being cited in the prosecution of Jan. 6 insurrectionists.

Dylcia Pagan, a Bronx-born Puerto Rican nationalist who was convicted of seditious conspiracy and spent 19 years in prison before being granted clemency by President Bill Clinton under the ...

Prominent Puerto Rican historian Fernando Picó ... Spanish colonial rule, nationalist movements and class structures. In his 2006 English-language edition, Picó updated the chapters to include ...

In 1975, the Puerto Rican nationalist group known as the FALN carried out a lethal bombing at a New York restaurant, Fraunces Tavern—one of many attacks. (New York Daily News / Getty ...

On March 1st, 1954, Rafael Cancel Miranda, alongside three other Puerto Rican Nationalists, opened fire in the U.S. House of Representatives,calling for the island’s independence, and injuring ...

When President Jimmy Carter commuted the prison sentences of the four Puerto Rican nationalists who attacked members of Congress and President Harry S. Truman in the 1950s, he cited “humane ...

You don't know about 1954? MARTÍNEZ: Seventy years ago today, his father, Rafael Cancel Miranda, and three other Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire in the House of Representatives and injured ...