Señor Inversionista - Mister Investor (Puerto Rican Communist Song)
A song originally written by Puerto Rican musician Roy Brown and released under a label owned by the Puerto Rican Socialist Party, it later became a symbol of the riots at the University of Puerto Rico that began in 1970. In this version the lyrics were slightly altered to be more revolutionary by the Progressive Labor Party.
Original Version:
Performer: Progressive Labor Party
Year recorded: 1970s
Composer: Roy Brown
Year Composed: 1969
Source: Vinyl Record “A World to Win“
Image: “Dos Alas“ (Two Wings) mural in East Harlem, New York. It was painted in 1999 by the Ricanstruction Netwerk and Puerto Rico Collective and was restored in 2011 in a community effort. It features Pedro Albizu Campos, a leading figure in the Puerto Rican independence movement, alongside Che Guevara, with a quote from Lola Rodríguez de Tió, “Cuba and Puerto Rico are two wings of one bird... they receive flowers and bullets within the same heart.&q
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Señor Inversionista - Mister Investor (Puerto Rican Communist Song)