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Libertad

Bi-lingual newsletters produced from 1979-1998 by the Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of war. Libertad’s primary mission was to organize support for Puerto Rican prisoners of war incarcerated by the United States. The newsletter details the incarceration and movement for the release of the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners & POWs.

Documents

LIBERTAD LIBERTAD
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1988Volume Number: Vol. IX-IX SeptemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Libertad
Contents: Alejandrina Has Been Transferred!; While Hundreds Plan Activities in Protest of 2nd Invasion Filiberto Ojeda-Rios Arrested Again!; FALN and EPB-Macheteros Propose Decolonization Plan to the UN; Delegation Formally Presents Political Asylum Petition on Behalf of Puerto Rican Prisoners of War; In Defense of the Cuban Revolution; News briefs.
LIBERTAD LIBERTAD
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1988Volume Number: Vol. IX-V MayFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Libertad
Contents: The Task Before Us; Criminal Negligence and Human Rights; A Farewell to a Patriot; Capture of the Eleven Commemorated; I am Buried in Prison with You: Alejandrina.
Libertad Libertad
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1988Volume Number: Vol. IX-VII JulyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Libertad
Contents: Message from the MLN; Guillermo Morales- Puerto Rican Patriot & Hero; Message for the July 3rd Lexington Control Unit Mobilization and Protest; Independence Leaders Comment on William and Alejandrina; Message from Alejandrina Torres and Silvia Baraldini for the July 3rd Demonstration at Lexington Control Unit; All Out to the United Nations.
Libertad Libertad
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of WarYear: 1988Volume Number: Vol. IX-II FebruaryCollection: Libertad
Contents: Los Companeros Dora Garcia and Jaime Delgado; BOP Henchmen Crack-down on Control Unit- Companeras Take Unified Stand; Was the American War of Independence a Great Social Revolution; 1898- The War After the War; Despite Unstable Conditions Revolutionary Spirits High at Pleasanton.
Libertad Libertad
Year: 1988Volume Number: Vol. IX-I JanuaryCollection: Libertad
Contents: Justice Denied- Jaime, Dora, Oscar, Kojo Guilty of Conspiracy; Victory of Art Censorship; US Efforts to Mount Extradite POW Morales; Latin American Jurists Condemn US Colonization of Puerto Rico- An Interview with Michael Deutsch; Pressure Intensifies to Close Lexington Control Unit; To the Horticulturalist- Dedicated to the Memory of Juan Antonio Corretjer.