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June 13, 2020 By Manuel Melendez Lavandero As part of the Boricua National Affirmation Day, the Frente Independentista Boricua (El Frente), projected monumental images under the Brooklyn Bridge on Friday night, June 12, in New York. The projected images contained quotes from leaders of the Puerto Rican national liberation struggle such as Pedro Albizu Campos, Juan Antonio Corretjer, as well as modern day poets/activists like Mariposa Fernández. One of the most impressive images contained the message: From Puerto Rico to New York, #BlackLivesMatter! An affirmation of Puerto Rican blackness and the fight against racism here and there. Likewise, one related to the topic: "Yo soy boricua, pa' que tu lo sepas" ( I am Puerto Rican, just so you know).  These were created as part of the celebration of Boricua National Affirmation Day next Sunday, June 14 in New York City. El Frente is a coalition of Puerto Rican independence organizations that operate in the United States and are...

The organizations of the National Liberation Movement of Puerto Rico, signatories to this statement, express our strongest support to African-American communities that during the past few days have been protesting in the streets of the United States, demanding justice for George Floyd. We also join the demand for the immediate arrest and  prosecution of the policemen who murdered him. The murder of George Floyd, a young African-American worker, in broad daylight and in front of the cameras adds another affront, a direct attack on African-American communities and all oppressed communities in the U.S. The police and far-right forces have been emboldened by the sectarian policies of the racist president and the forces of America's corporate-financial elite in power, who want to rewrite history by ripping off conquered rights, even if it means taking the American people back into a civil war. Puerto Ricans, Latinos, Native Americans, and all oppressed communities, as an important compo...