Wilfredo Mattos Cintrón


Wilfredo Mattos Cintròn is a Puerto Rican author and educator. He has written numerous books, specializing in fiction and Puerto Rican political issues.

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. Graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1971, with a master of science.
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 was published during an era in which the island was governed by Carlos Romero Barcelo of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico.
In 2010, when Puerto Rican police entered the Universidad de Puerto Rico Rio Piedras in order to repress protests during a student strike, Mattos Cintrón, who teaches there, publicly protested police presence at the university.
Apart from his political activity and teaching, Mattos Cintrón has also been interviewed on television and the internet.

Books written