Word: ricans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ocasio, who is president of the Puerto Rican student group at Harvard (La Organization) and spokesperson for the Minority Students Alliance (MSA), being in the forefront of movements and at the center of controversy has always been as natural as breathing and speaking...
Ocasio explains the reason for his activitysimply. "Beyond the fact that I am Puerto Rican,which I am very proud of, Harvard is very muchused as a model. [Hiring reform] will help otherschools in their struggle by saying, 'Look,Harvard has a strong affirmative action program...
...first mega-conference of area student minority groups begins at Harvard, bringing together approximately 600 students of Black, Mexican, Asian, Puerto Rican and Native American descent from several Ivy League and New England colleges...
Despite Noriega's violent tactics, the opposition was willing to meet with the Panamanian leader. There were hints that Noriega might also be amenable to talks. One of the general's supporters, former Commerce Minister Mario Rognoni, suggested that possible intermediaries for such an undertaking might be Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez, a Mexican official or a papal envoy. But precisely what would be negotiated at such a session remained unclear. Noriega may plan eventually to schedule another presidential election and find another loyalist to serve as his stand-in. Endara and his allies, for their part, are adamant...
...Mexico refused to turn over to the U.S. William Morales, a Puerto Rican nationalist convicted of illegally transporting explosives. Mexico called Morales a "political fighter for the independence of Puerto Rico" and let him flee to Cuba. The year before, West German officials refused to give up Mohammed Ali Hammadi, who was wanted for the execution of U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem during a 1985 TWA hijacking. Bonn haled him instead into its own juvenile courts (Hammadi claims he was 16 at the time...