Olga Viscal Garriga | |
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Born | May 5, 1929 |
Died | June 1, 1995 (aged 65) |
Political party | Puerto Rican Nationalist Party |
Movement | Puerto Rican Independence |
Children | Pedro, Olga, and Maria Luz |
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Olga Isabel Viscal Garriga (May 5, 1929 – June 1, 1995) was a public orator and political activist. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she moved to Puerto Rico, where she was a student leader and spokesperson of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party's branch in Rio Piedras. As an advocate for Puerto Rican independence, she was sentenced to eight years in a U.S. federal penitentiary, for refusing to recognize the sovereign authority of the United States over Puerto Rico.