Cadets of the Republic
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Cadets of the Republic, known in Spanish as Cadetes de la República, was the paramilitary wing of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party in the twentieth century. The organization was also referred to as
Raimundo Díaz Pacheco commanding the Nationalist Cadets
Don Pedro Albizu Campos, 1936
Elias Beauchamp gives a cadet military salute, moments before being summarily executed at police headquarters
Carlos Torres Morales, a photojournalist for the newspaper El Imparcial, was covering the march and took this photograph when the shooting began. The photo was sent to the U.S. Congress.
The Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico was a Puerto Rican political party founded on September 17, 1922, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Its primary goal was to work for Puerto Rico's independence. The Party'
Cadets of the Republic
…Cadets of the Republic, known in Spanish as Cadetes de la República, was the paramilitary wing of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party in the twentieth century. The organization was also referred to as the Liberation Army of Puerto Rico (Ejército Libertador de Puerto Rico). The Cadets…
The first American governor of Puerto Rico resigned to become Puerto Rico's first sugar baron
Pres. Roosevelt wielding his big stick in the Caribbean