Sublime

In both English and Spanish America the price of imperial expansion had been de facto colonial autonomy.37 When Nathaniel Bacon, a wealthy Virginia planter, led a rebellion against the governor in 1676 (accusing him of being soft on the Pamunkey people) and burned down the colony’s capital at Jamestown, there was little or nothing that London could

Charles H. Allen, William North Lodge of Lowell, Massachusetts, became the first governor of Puerto Rico after the US freed it from Spanish rule. A man of incredible talent, he was an accomplished artist, musician and cabinet-maker. Also an avid gardener, his home, "The Terraces," boasted showcase gardens featuring fountains, a pergola, and a

el gobierno de Juan José Arévalo lo expulsó del Ejército y los jueces lo condenaron a muerte, una condena diferida varias veces. Su fuga, el 11 de junio de 1951, de la Penitenciaría, lo hizo célebre en todo el país. Había dos versiones sobre ella.

Had Albizu ordered this? Lolita Lebrón, the chief shooter, took full responsibility. Albizu declared the shooting an act of “sublime heroism” and said no more. Yet Muñoz Marín had little doubt Albizu was behind it. Though he’d previously pardoned Albizu for political reasons, he revoked the pardon and sent police once more to the Nationalist

cuando asesinaron al coronel Francisco Javier Arana en esa extraña refriega del 18 de julio de 1949 en el Puente de la Gloria, Carlos, que era ya teniente coronel y jefe de la guarnición de Mazatenango, acusó al gobierno, y sobre todo a Jacobo Árbenz, de complicidad con los asesinos.

August 1876, and Walker died two months later. He was seventy-seven years old. The cause of death, says Bil Gilbert, was nothing more or less than ‘having lived long enough’. How to distil that life into six lines, containing