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WHEN HARRY MET OSCAR Would-be assassin Oscar Collazo shot while attempting to kill President Harry S. Truman on November 1, 1950

The Jayuya Uprising, Puerto Rico (1950)
Lost Cause Much like upper Manhattan on the day of their parade, the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party wanted independence from the United States.
Colorful Conspirator Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos, who was elected President of the Nationalist Party in 1930. Imprisoned by the U.S.-appointed governor of Puerto Rico for "seditious conspiracy," Campos spent 10 years in an Atlanta jail and, upon his release in 1947, went home with plans for an armed revolt. On October 30, 1950, nationalist uprisings sprouted all over the island.
Worth Remembering President Truman prevented news of the uprising from reaching the mainland, claiming the conflict was "between Puerto Ricans."
Why It Flopped After the Nationalists took control of the town of Jayuya, the U.S. declared martial law and attacked the island with air strikes. Revolution crushed.
Aftermath Frustrated with the coup's failure and lack of media attention, Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempted to assassinate Truman at the Blair House in Washington, D.C. In less than 40 seconds the gunfight was over, Torresola was dead, and Collazo arrested.