Editing Tito Kayak (section)

==Protest involvement==
===Raising of Puerto Rican flag at Statue of Liberty===
On November 5, 2000, Tito Kayak and five other [[Vieques]] activists stepped onto the top deck of the [[Statue of Liberty]] in [[New York City]] in protest and Kayak then placed a [[Flag of Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican flag]] on the statue's crown.<ref>[http://socialismandliberation.org/mag/index.php?aid=525  Socialism and Liberation: Planted Flag] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107032129/http://socialismandliberation.org/mag/index.php?aid=525 |date=2007-11-07 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.metrosanjuan.com/features_14_02.php |title=Metro San Juan: Planted Flag |access-date=2009-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902135054/http://www.metrosanjuan.com/features_14_02.php |archive-date=2009-09-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://guardian.co.tt/news/general/2009/04/16/puerto-rican-activist-denied-entry |title=Trinidad and Tobago Guardian News: Planted Flag |access-date=2009-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902140241/http://guardian.co.tt/news/general/2009/04/16/puerto-rican-activist-denied-entry |archive-date=2009-09-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/stli/adhi1.htm US National Park Service: Planted Flag]</ref><ref>[http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/small_axe/v008/8.2wilkinson.html  Project Muse: Today's Research, Tomorrow's Inspiration: Planted Flag]</ref><ref>[http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/liberty/solnews/solyah110700.htm  Letter to From Vieques Mayor to Pres. Bill Clinton: Planted Flag] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716000941/http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/liberty/solnews/solyah110700.htm |date=2009-07-16 }}</ref><ref>[http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/703/60/ Upside Down World-Planted Flag]</ref>

===Carolina apartment complex protest===
On March 15, 2005, Kayak chained himself to a vehicle after entering a [[Marriott International|Marriott Hotel]] property on a Carolina, Puerto Rico, beach to protest against the building of an apartment complex. "Like many other Puerto Ricans, they were concerned about the Courtyard Marriott Hotel’s plan to expand in an area contiguous to the terrestrial marine zone and located on a beach area used by families and workers for recreation. If the construction were allowed to continue, it would have had a substantial negative impact on the environment and make the public beach inaccessible, to non-hotel guests."<ref>[http://www.forusa.org/programs/puertorico/pr-update-0705.html Environmental Movement and Peaceful Action.] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120909015323/http://www.forusa.org/programs/puertorico/pr-update-0705.html |date=2012-09-09 }} Retrieved July 22, 2009.</ref>

===Raising of Puerto Rican flag at the United Nations===
On June 13, 2005, Kayak was arrested inside the [[United Nations]] headquarters in New York City after he attempted to switch the [[Flag of the United Nations|United Nations]] flag with the Puerto Rican one, while the United Nations [[Special Committee on Decolonization]] discussed the [[political status of Puerto Rico]]. He was subsequently (October 11, 2013) found not guilty by a Manhattan Criminal Court judge of the filed State charge but was fined $500 for trespassing.<ref>[http://www.workers.org/2005/world/tito-kayak-1027/ Victory as Tito Kayak walks free] Retrieved July 22, 2009.</ref>

===Arrest in Israel while in support of the Palestine cause===
On April 20, 2007, Kayak was arrested in [[Israel]]<ref name="vivirlatino.com"/> after he climbed a surveillance tower near Israel's [[West Bank]] apartheid wall and planted a [[Flag of Palestine|Palestinian]] flag in support of [[Palestine]]. Kayak spent about five hours in the tower, before climbing down. After his arrest, Kayak stated that "All I did was to express my identification with the villagers against the wall which is believed to be evil and illegal by the whole world and many leaders like [[Nelson Mandela]], [[Jimmy Carter]] and the [[United Nations]]".<ref name="vivirlatino.com"/>

===San Juan's Paseo Caribe crane case===
On November 14, 2007, Kayak climbed the construction cranes at the Paseo Caribe project in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]], and remained perched on the crane for one week.  In a daring escape, Kayak rappelled down from the crane and unto a red kayak in the water below while police officers were kept at bay by his supporters. Tito Kayak then rowed himself under a bridge whose clearance was too low for the police powerboats and switched out of the kayak, so when the kayak was apprehended he was no longer on board. Meanwhile, he swam across to the other shore. When he was spotted by the police helicopters, supporters jumped into the water further confusing the police and facilitating Kayak's final getaway.<ref>[http://worcester.indymedia.org/node/16519 Tito Kayak Eludes Police as Paseo Caribe Protest in Puerto Rico Continues] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917142842/http://worcester.indymedia.org/node/16519 |date=2009-09-17 }} Retrieved July 22, 2009.</ref>

===Commemorating David Sanes' death===
On April 14, 2009, during the anniversary celebrations of [[David Sanes]]'s death, Tito Kayak arrived at the former bombing range of [[Vieques, Puerto Rico|Vieques]], a restricted area operated by the [[United States Fish and Wildlife Service|Federal Fish and Wildlife]], and painted a sign saying "Bieke or Death. The Struggle Continues" ("Bieke" was a reference to the [[Taíno language|Taíno name]] for Vieques) on the former navy Operation Post (OP).<ref>[http://www.forusa.org/programs/puertorico/pr-update-0705.html Reclaiming the Beaches.] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120909015323/http://www.forusa.org/programs/puertorico/pr-update-0705.html |date=2012-09-09 }} Retrieved July 22, 2009.</ref>  Sanes, a civilian Navy security guard, had died 10 years earlier victim of a U.S. Navy bomb while on duty at the Operation Post.

===2010–2011 University of Puerto Rico strike activism===
On January 25, 2011, [[Puerto Rico Police]] officers arrested a number of protesters who, using [[Civil Disobedience]], attempted to bar entry and exit from the [[University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus]], during the [[2010–2011 University of Puerto Rico strikes]]. One of the protesters, wearing a hood, was later found to be Tito Kayak.<ref>[http://www.vocero.com/noticias-es/desesmascaran-a-tito-kayak-video ''Desesmascaran a Tito Kayak.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201230014/http://www.vocero.com/noticias-es/desesmascaran-a-tito-kayak-video |date=2011-02-01 }} El Vocero. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Retrieved January 27, 2011.</ref>

===2012 Oscar López Rivera incarceration===
On 7 June 2012, Tito Kayak started a two-leg, lone high seas voyage from [[Ciudad Bolivar]], Venezuela to [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]], and then from San Juan, Puerto Rico to [[Washington, D.C.]], USA, to protest the U.S. incarceration of Puerto Rican political prisoner [[Oscar López Rivera]].<ref>[http://www.noticel.com/noticia/126632/tito-kayak-vuelve-a-enfrentar-problemas-en-el-mar.html ''Tito Kayak vuelve a enfrentar problemas en el mar.''] Noticel. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.</ref><ref>[http://cstytdc.blogspot.com/2012/05/travesia-admirable-por-la-libertad-de.html#!/2012/05/travesia-admirable-por-la-libertad-de.html ''Travesia a remo por la libertad y la paz: Desde Ciudad Bolivar hasta Puerto Rico en solaridad con el preso politico mas antiguo: Oscar López Rivera.''] CCS. (via Cyber News) Bolivar, Venezuela. Year 3. Issue 1002. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012. (originally by Brenda Peña López of El Nuevo Dia, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.)</ref><ref>[http://rosogrimau.blogspot.com/2012/05/en-el-marco-de-los-treinta-anos-de.html ''Unete a la travesia admirable por la libertad de Oscar Lopez Rivera.''] Roso Grimau. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.</ref> López Rivera is said to be "among the longest held political prisoners in the history of Puerto Rico and in the world."<ref>[http://repeatingislands.com/2011/12/02/new-book-oscar-lopez-rivera-entre-la-tortura-y-la-resistencia/ ''“Oscar López Rivera, Entre la Tortura y la Resistencia”, by Luis Nieves Falcón.''] "Repeating Islands: News and commentary on Caribbean culture, literature, and the arts." 2 December 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2012.</ref>