Dylcia Pagan, former Puerto Rican political prisoner, who spentnearly 20 years in prison for her involvement in the Puerto Rican Independence Movement;Jan Susler, attorney, distinguished for her work with the Puerto Rican Independence Movement
Puerto Rico has endured over 100 years of colonialism by the US. Today it is still a colony that continues vehemently to ask for its basic democratic right of self-determination. Susler discusses the recent hearings on the status of Puerto Rico at the UN Decolonization Committee Hearings on Puerto Rico and Pagan evaluates the status of the Independence Movement and events on the Island now especially highlighing Governor Fortuño's reneging on the deal made with student protesters at the University of Puerto Rico.
Produced by Mimi Rosenberg and Ken Nash
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