Talk:Río Piedras massacre

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I wanted to higlight, about the Tydings project, the whole thing about Puerto Rico not having "economic conditions" for independence is not an objective claim, but political propaganda. Such a claim follows from Muñoz Marin's political views, and the article should reflect that. His opposition, redundantly, opposed his handling of the situation, and there was debate over it. So the reason Muñoz's party opposed it was due to their own, subjective ideological emphasis rather than objective criteria. -- a puertorrican —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.50.157.42 (talk) 17:43, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• Your comments are understandable, however in Wikipedia articles what really matters are verifiable reliable sources and even though Puerto Rico may have had the "economic conditions" for independence, according to the conditions of the Tydings project, had it been approved, the project would not have been favorable to Puerto Rico and would have left the island in a precarious economic situation. Tony the Marine (talk) 18:27, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I wanted to edit out all the parts of the article that do not comply with the NPOV policy, but then realized that there would be little left of it. It's really bad- particularly the bit about Teddy Roosevelt. O would recommend deleting it and starting over. Justiceiro (talk) 17:45, 11 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Articles are written based on reliable verifiable sources. To remove content because we do not like it or because we do not want the truth to be known is an act of Vandalism and is unacceptable in Wikipedia. Sometimes editors add additional information which may seem or which are POV. I agree that some content was written within the scope of this area and have since edited it. Tony the Marine (talk) 21:50, 11 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

One thing that is unclear is whether the Nationalists killed at the university were students there? The discussion covers student unrest, but it is ambiguous as to the status of the men killed. Similarly, were the two cadets who killed the police chief also students at the university?Parkwells (talk) 03:05, 9 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Added that in December 1935, Albizu Campos withdrew the Nationalist Party from electoral politics - until American rule ended.Parkwells (talk) 00:36, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies, but I am deleting this edit. The addition states "Due to the massacre..." I am unable to find any source that supports this contention. In fact, most sources seem to point to a decided lack of popular electoral support for the Nationalists as the reason that Don Pedro chose to withdraw from the electoral process. Hammersbach (talk) 04:06, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

As a person who has continuously studied the historical events that involve Puerto Rico and its people, I too agree with Hammersbach. I have not found any evidence that this single event convinced Albizu Campos to withdrew the Nationalist Party from electoral politics. I believe that Albizu Campos took into account various factors which combined lead him and the party leaders to withdrew the Nationalist Party from the electoral process. Tony the Marine (talk) 00:45, 8 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]