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...demonstration, marching for the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States, hoped to bring a massive group of Puerto Ricans to the United Nations building to demand immediate independence of their homeland, withdrawal of U. S. military forces and nuclear arms for the island, and freedom for the political prisoners involved in independence struggles. October 30 was chosen as the date of the march, commemorating the twentieth anniversary of one such struggle, in which 25 Puerto Ricans were killed, 37 were taken prisoner, and over a thousand were wounded by Americans forces...
...colors reversed-waved from poles or decorated clothing. Berets were of nearly as many colors as there were shades of people present. Hardly a moment was silent between chants-almost exclusively in Spanish-rejecting the draft for Puerto Rican men, supporting "anti-imperialist" revolutions, or simply proclaiming "Viva Puerto Rico libre." The chants were often accompanied by raised fists; but the fists occasionally turned to fingers when the march happened by a United States flag...
...United States flag has flown over Puerto Rico since 1898, when a weakened Spain lost the last traces of her empire. Before that time Puerto Rico had gained partial autonomy form Spain; the island had its own constitution, civil government, and treasury. The United States at first replaced the civil government with a military one and removed a third of the treasury; since that time she has stifled several attempted independence movements...
...march-find it difficult to understand why anyone would want independence from their country. The British must have felt the same way once; and the comparison is not empty. Puerto Ricans pay taxes to the United States of America and they are obliged to serve in her army; Puerto Rico's laws are made ultimately by the United States Congress, to which the island has one non-voting representative. A United Nations resolution requires all countries holding colonies to report periodically their progress toward independence, but Puerto Rico's recent classification as a "commonwealth" frees the United States from such...
...called Rebel, as it had been doing. The company's marketing men conducted many expensive consumer-research polls and found a new name for A.M.C.'s intermediate model: Matador, which the studies found meant virility and excitement to consumers. Last week A.M.C. introduced its Matador in Puerto Rico-and ran right into language trouble. Matador, it turns out, is the Spanish word for killer, hardly a good selling point. In an editorial, the daily San Juan Star tsk-tsked: "We suggest that the name is an unfortunate choice" for Puerto Rico, which has "an unusually high traffic fatality...