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    World Views

    Alicia’s Story

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    Cecilia Vaisman

    World Views

    Alicia’s Story

    Alicia Rodriguez speaks from a federal prison in California, where she is serving an 86-year-prison term for seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to a 1970’s bombing campaign by the Puerto Rican independence group FALN. Four people were killed in one of the bombings, but none of the FALN defendants was charged with murder.

    FALN is the Spanish acronym for “Armed Forces of National Liberation.” This documentary explores how Rodriguez, the U.S.-born, middle-class daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants, became a self-described freedom fighter for an island she first visited at age 21.

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    December 1998

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    Themes: Lives, Peace & Conflict
    Regions: North America
    Media: Audio
    Other Contributors: Cecilia Vaisman
    Other Tags: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional, immigrant, puerto rico, freedom fighter, FALN