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Carlos Vélez Rieckehoff : ウィキペディア英語版 | Carlos Vélez Rieckehoff
Carlos Vélez Rieckehoff 〔 〕 (November 18, 1907 – November 19, 2005), was the President of the New York chapter of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party in the 1930s. In the 1990s Rieckehoff was among the protesters who protested against the United States Navy's use of his birthplace, the island of Vieques, as a bombing range. He stood in front of the committee of the U.S. House of Representatives investigating the situation in Vieques and pleaded for the return of Vieques to the people of Puerto Rico. ==Early years==
Rieckehoff was born Máximo Carlos Vélez Rieckehoff in Vieques, Puerto Rico. His maternal ancestors emigrated from Germany and settled in Vieques. He was raised in a homestead owned by his parents whom, although poor farmers ("''jíbaros''") were able to provide him with his basic needs and a good education. He a was a first cousin of German Rieckehoff, a follower of the Puerto Rican independence movement himself, who became the president of the Puerto Rican Olympic committee.〔(Carlos Vélez Rieckehoff )〕
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