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 the Liberation Army of Puerto Rico (Ejército Libertador de Puerto Rico)
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.
Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico
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The Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico is a Puerto Rican political party founded on September 17, 1922, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Its primary goal is to work for Puerto Rico's independence. The Party's selection in 1930 of Pedro Albizu Campos as its president brought a radical change to the organization and its tactics.
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
Don Pedro Albizu Campos
The Ponce massacre. Police open fire on unarmed marchers and bystanders on Palm Sunday. The 19 dead included a 7-year-old girl, who was shot in the back.