Puerto Rico, On Drugs
Alberto Morales : Film
Ricardo Mendez Matta and Poli Marichal answer questions about their new film, Ladrones y Mentirosos (Thieves and Liars), which takes a hard look at the price Puerto Ricans are paying for the drug trade.

Alberto Morales : Film
Ricardo Mendez Matta and Poli Marichal answer questions about their new film, Ladrones y Mentirosos (Thieves and Liars), which takes a hard look at the price Puerto Ricans are paying for the drug trade.
The Caribbean island of Vieques is a fitting setting for Captain
of the Sleepers, Cuban novelist Mayra Montero's engrossing story
premised on violations of the dead.
Félix Jiménez : Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
When the FBI hunted down and killed one of its most wanted fugitives in September, outrage over the botched operation may have energized the Puerto Rican independence movement.
Kate M. Levin
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