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  2. Utuado uprising - Wikipedia

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    Don Pedro Albizu Campos, leader of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. Albizu Campos was the first Puerto Rican graduate of Harvard Law School. He served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War I, and believed that Puerto Rico should be an independent nation - even if that required an armed confrontation. By 1930, Coll y Cuchi ...

  3. Operation Bootstrap - Wikipedia

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    In the 1950s (the peak of Puerto Rican emigration from the island), as ~470,000 Puerto Ricans emigrated from their country, they went to cities like New York City (where 85% of which people settled), Philadelphia, and others along the East Coast. [17] [21] [22] Through the 60's and 70's, emigration from Puerto Rico declined dramatically.

  4. List of Puerto Rican films - Wikipedia

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    Title Director Cast Genre Notes Ref. 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934: Romance Tropical: Juan Emilio Viguié: Ernestina Canino, Raquel Canino, Jorge Rodríguez, Sixto ...

  5. Puerto Rican Nationalist Party insurgency - Wikipedia

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    The party organized a series of insurrections to take place in various Puerto Rican cities on October 30, 1950. The insurrections were suppressed by strong ground and air military force, including forces of the U.S. military, under the command of Puerto Rico National Guard Major General Luis R. Esteves.

  6. Jayuya Uprising - Wikipedia

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    The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party was formed in 1922 to work for Puerto Rican Independence. By 1930 Pedro Albizu Campos, a lawyer who was the first Puerto Rican graduate from Harvard Law School, was elected president of the party. [1] Don Pedro Albizu Campos, leader of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party

  7. San Juan Nationalist revolt - Wikipedia

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    The San Juan Nationalist revolt was one of many uprisings against United States Government rule which occurred in Puerto Rico on October 30, 1950 during the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party revolts. Amongst the uprising's main objectives were an attack on La Fortaleza (the governor's mansion in San Juan), and the U.S. Federal Court House Building ...

  8. List of films set in Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    This is a partial List of films set in Puerto Rico; either the movie's plot includes that island, the movie has been filmed there, or both.Certain movies that are supposed to be set in Cuba are filmed in Puerto Rico because of the U.S. embargo and similarities between both islands.

  9. Attempted assassination of Harry S. Truman - Wikipedia

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    The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party insurgency was a series of armed protests for independence from United States government rule over Puerto Rico. The Party repudiated the "Free Associated State" (Estado Libre Asociado) status that had been enacted in 1950, as the Nationalists considered it to be a continuation of colonialism. [7] [8]