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Wilfredo Mattos Cintròn (born approx. 1945) is a Puerto Rican author and educator. He has written numerous books, specializing in fiction and Puerto Rican political issues.
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Short biography
Mattos Cintrón was one of the leaders of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party, or PSP, along with Hector Melendez and Juan Mari Bras before leaving due to differences with Mari Bras, who in turn became the party's candidate for governor at Puerto Rico's 1976 and 1980 general elections.
In 1972, a book named "Viva Puerto Rico Libre"-"Long Live Free Puerto Rico", was published in Havana, Cuba. An edition by Mattos Cintrón was published in Mexico during 1980 as part of the "Serie Popular Era" by Ediciones Era, and distributed to other Latin American countries such as Argentina. This book was not sold in Puerto Rico, partly because it (Mattos Cintrón's edition at least) was published during an era in which the island was governed by Carlos Romero Barcelo of the unionist New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico.
During 2010, when Puerto Rican police established their presence at the Universidad de Puerto Rico Rio Piedras campus, Mattos Cintrón, who teaches there, publicly protested the police's presence at the university.
Apart from his political activity and teaching, Mattos Cintrón has also been interviewed on television and the internet.