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Griselio Torresola Roura (July 19, 1925 –
November 1, 1950) born in Jayuya,
Puerto Rico, was one of two
Puerto Rican nationalists from New York City who...
- 1950,
Puerto Rican pro-independence
activists Oscar Collazo and
Griselio Torresola attempted to ********inate
President Harry S.
Truman at the
Blair House...
- José
Antonio Torresola Ruiz
better known as
Frankie Ruiz (March 10, 1958 –
August 9, 1998) was an
American singer. He was a
major figure in the salsa...
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Nationalist Party.
After he met
Griselio Torresola in New York, the two men soon
became friends. On
October 30, 1950,
Torresola and
Collazo learned that the Jayuya...
- problems.
Torresola approached from the west side
while Collazo engaged Secret Service agents and
White House policemen from the east.
Torresola approached...
- led by
Blanca Canales, a
social worker, and her cousins, Elio and
Doris Torresola.
Canales led the
group into the main town
square and gave a speech, declaring...
- Two
Puerto Rican pro-independence activists,
Oscar Collazo and
Griselio Torresola,
attempted to kill
President Truman at the
Blair House,
where Truman was...
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being renovated. On
November 1, 1950,
Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and
Oscar Collazo attempted to ********inate
President Truman in
Blair House...
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accompanied by Juan José Muñoz Matos,
Doris Torresola Roura (cousin of
Blanca Canales and
sister of
Griselio Torresola), and
Carmen María Pérez Roque. The occupants...
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against United States colonial rule. Her
cousins were Elio
Torresola,
Griselio Torresola one of two
Puerto Rican nationalists who
attempted to ********inate...
