Filiberto Event/PRican PP cd drop party

The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign
ProLibertad@hotmail.com
www.ProLibertadweb.com

¡FILIBERTO OJEDA RIOS VIVE!

Friday Sept 25^th, 2009 at 7pm

St Mary’s Episcopal Church

521 W126th St. (between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue)

Take the 1 train W125th St and Broadway

Come see COMANDANTE FILIBERTO: THE CLANDESTINE INTERVIEW

Hear Filiberto Ojeda Rio’s Last Speech read by local activists

COMANDANTE FILIBERTO OJEDA RIOS
Filiberto Ojeda Rios was founder and leader of the Puerto Rican People’s Army (EPB) also known as the Macheteros. He fought tirelessly his whole life to end US colonial rule in Puerto Rico. September 23rd is a national holiday celebrated and commemorated by Puerto Ricans in remembrance of an 1868 rebellion against Spanish colonial rule. On September 23rd of 2005, the US government assassinated Filiberto in an attempt to kill the spirit of the Puerto Rican liberation struggle.

COMANDANTE FILIBERTO: THE CLANDESTINE INTERVIEW
Filiberto was charged and arrested for his alleged involvement in the Macheteros, $7 million Wells Fargo armored truck robbery of Hartford Connecticut. While awaiting trial an electronic monitoring shackle was placed on his ankle, but on September 23rd of 1990, Filiberto cut it off and went into clandestinity. Shortly after that, Puerto Rican journalist Daisy Sanchez, interviewed him he was while in hiding. Filiberto speaks for himself and the Macheteros on the colonial issues that continue to plague the nation of Puerto Rico. The interview aired uncut on Puerto Rican television and was the most watched television program in the history of Puerto Rico.

www.September23rd.org

www.ProLibertadWeb.com

The Puerto Rican Freedom Project is hosting the release of "The Freedom Album," a musical compilation CD on Oct. 1st of 2009, at 8:00pm. The event will be held at the Julia De Burgos Cultural Center (Taller Boricua space) in East Harlem (1680 Lexington Avenue (between 105 & 106 Sts). Performing that night will be internationally known folk artists, Roy Brown, salsa legend, Yomo Toro with Zon Del Barrio, Puerto Rico's own political Hip Hop sensation, Siete Nueve, and The Welfare Poets. All proceeds from this album will go to aid the Puerto Rican political prisoners and their families. The event will cost $20.

We would love any assistance in getting the word out about this crucial project.

You can find out more information about this project by going to: www.myspace.com/freeourpoliticalprisoners and www.prfreedomproject.org

Thank you so much for your time.

Respectfully,
Ray Ramirez
The Welfare Poets
The Puerto Rican Freedom Project