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• Cecilia Vaisman

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  Alicia’s Story

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  Cecilia Vaisman

  World Views

  Alicia’s Story

  A documentary exploring how Alicia 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.

  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.

  Date

  December 1998

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  All Things Considered

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  Themes: Peace & Conflict, Lives

  Regions: North America

  Media: Audio

  Other Contributors: Cecilia Vaisman

  Other Tags: puerto rico, freedom fighter, FALN, Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional, immigrant