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<font size=3>Every year the Puerto Rican Nationalist Youth of New York
(youth wing of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Junta of New York)
sends a delegation from the states to Lares, Puerto Rico to participate
in the “Grito de Lares” celebration. El Grito de Lares was a
rebellion against Spanish rule on Sept. 23<sup>rd</sup>, 1898. It
was the first cry for independence, and the beginning of the Puerto Rican
independence movement. The PRNY-NY leads a delegation of youths
from the states on pilgrimage to Lares to reaffirm our dedication to the
struggle for independence and to maintain and establish strong
connections to our roots, culture, and nation. <br>
This past Grito de Lares celebration ended on a sad note, due to the FBI
assassination of el Comandante Filiberto Ojeda Rios. In an attempt
to silence the independence movement, the U.S. sent their own terrorist
organization (the F.B.I.) to assassinate Filiberto Ojeda Rios.
Instead of silence, what they did was leave the movement with our very
own “Che Guevara” and gave way for the unity amongst independence
organizations that Filiberto asked for in his final message to
Lares. <br>
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Below is a link to a clip from the film the Puerto Rican Nationalist
Youth of NY are in the process of producing of our trip to Lares ’05 and
the events that followed.<br>
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Windows Media:<br>
<a href="http://pnpr.org/youth/Larestrip05.wmv">
http://pnpr.org/youth/Larestrip05.wmv</a><br>
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For more info on the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Junta of NY visit our
site at:<br>
<a href="http://www.pnpr.org/">www.pnpr.org</a><br>
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To contact the PR Nationalist Youth of NY directly:<br>
<a href="mailto:info@jnp-ny.org">info@jnp-ny.org</a><br>
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