Juan Antonio Corretjer was born March 3, 1908 into a very political family. His father and uncles were involved in the Ciales Uprising in 1898, which protested the United States occupation of Puerto Rico. Corretjer was introduced to politics early in his life, when he accompanied his father and uncles to political rallies (Wikipedia). His political career continued in elementary school, when Corretjer joined the Literary Society of Jose Gautier Benitez, which was later renamed the Nationalist Youth ("Juan Antonio Correjter"). By eighth grade, Corretjer had more fully assimilated the beliefs of his family and was already demonstrating the beginnings of his career as a political activist; he organized a student protest against American authority in his town (Wikipedia). As result, Corretjer was expelled from school. In fact, Corretjer was not permitted to attend any schools in his municipality. Instead, he had to go to school in Vega Baja.
However, this expulsion did nothing to curb Corretjer's activist nature. In fact, he went to Cuba in 1985, where he joined an anti-Bastita group. Corretjer also traveled around the Carribean in search of support for Puerto Rican independence. After befriending Pedro Albizu Campos, a nationalist leader, Correjter became the Secretary General of the Nationalist Party. The Nationalist party:
Boldly proclaimed that U.S. domination of Puerto Rico was illegal and illegitimate -- and refused to recognize the colonial authorities, their courts or laws. They pointedly accused the U.S. Of causing the ruin and poverty of Puerto Rico's people. And they sought international recognition for Puerto Rico's right to independence. Most daring of all, they taught that Puerto Rican people had a right to wage armed struggle against the U.S. invaders ("Puerto Rico's Fight for Independence").
In fact, Correjter's political activities became increasingly controversial; he was jailed several times for his political beliefs.
However politically active Correjter was, he was also a poet and a journalist. In fact, he emerged as a poet at about the same time as he emerged as...
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