King of the Towels: The Torture and Murder of Pedro Albizu Campos

by Nelson A. Denis

Latino Rebels

There is a most unusual TV interview of Gov. Luis Muñoz Marín on
YouTube. The interview occurred in March 1954, just after the
Nationalist attack on U.S. Congress that was led by Lolita Lebrón.
(NOTE: This video was shared on Facebook by the Fundación Luis
Muñoz Marín in 2013.)

During that time, Muñoz Marín had rushed up to Washington, D.C.
to assure the world that he (and the rest of Puerto Rico) did  not
condone the actions of these “lunatics, fanatics, fascists and
Communists.” This is how Muñoz Marín described the Nationa-
lists to The New York Times...[CONTINUE READING]

Was Luis Muñoz Marin A Drug Addict?

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Latino Rebels

This essay does not judge or condemn Luis Muñoz Marín.

We all know that President Barack Obama, Governor David Patterson
(New York) and Congressman Trey Radel (Florida) used cocaine, Mayors
 Marion Barry (Washington, D.C.) and Rob Ford (Toronto)  smoked crack,
and innumerable politicians and CEOs do a little “something something”
on the regular. But 70 years ago, a divorce, an abortion, or a drug addiction
could end any political career.

It almost happened to Governor Luis Muñoz Marín of Puerto Rico...
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