Puerto Rico: Independence Is a Necessity

"Our people are becoming aware of their own strength, which is what the colonial powers fear," explains Puerto Rican independence leader Rafael Cancel Miranda. In two interviews, Cancel Miranda--one of five Puerto Rican Nationalists imprisoned by Washington for more than 25 years until 1979--speaks out on the brutal reality of U.S. colonial domination, the campaign to free Puerto Rican political prisoners, the example of Cuba's socialist revolution, and the resurgence of the independence movement today.

Photos. Appendix: Political prisoners in U.S. prisons in 1998. Now with enlarged type.

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