I usually
get asked when I talk about decolonization, what political status do I want for
Puerto Rico? My response is that I have no right to an opinion as a slave.
The majority
of Boricuas don’t understand that we are slaves of the United States Government
(USG). Boriken has a treaty status, and that is exactly what the Treaty of
Paris of 1898 says.
The Treaty
of Paris says that the rights of the natives ceded by Spain to the USG will be
determined by the United States (US) Congress. What did the US Congress decide
in 1898?
The US
Congress decided that Puerto Ricans belong to an inferior race, and therefore the
US Constitution could not be extended to them. The USG then created the Non-incorporated
Territory law for Puerto Rico. The US Supreme Court said that that means that
Puerto Rico belongs to but is not a part of the US. Therefore, Puerto Ricans
are property of the USG.
It is
important to emphasize that the USG used violence to own Puerto Rico and the
Puerto Ricans. Then, the USG created a network of laws to prohibit Puerto
Ricans from decolonizing themselves from their aggressor.
Part of that
network to keep us colonized is the elections. I just mentioned that the USG didn’t
use elections to colonize the Puerto Ricans. But, in all of the USG’s
recommendations for Puerto Rico decolonization, it insists on a peaceful
election process.
Why must it
be done that way, and not by complying with the United Nations’ Charter (US) of
1945 that prohibits colonialism? And why not by complying with 37 UN
resolutions asking the USG to immediately return Puerto Rico’s sovereignty to
the Puerto Ricans?
The USG
doesn’t do it that way, because Puerto Rico is a goldmine for its interests.
Since the USG has no interest what-so-ever in decolonizing us, it fools us and
the world by insisting that decolonization must proceed via a peaceful election
process that it could control.
The USG puts
Boricuas to fight amongst ourselves by putting the cart before the horse.
We should not
fall into that game! We should all insist that the USG immediately return our
sovereignty, so that we could then, like Leonor Velásquez suggests, design the
Puerto Rico that we all want.
Join our
protest for Puerto Rico decolonization in front of the UN on Monday, August 20,
2018. Click here for more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/512248595904465/
Join our
permanent resistance, or make your own in your community, to force the USG to
comply with the desire of the international community, because those who have used
violence and lies to colonize Boriken don’t believe in LIBERTY AND IN JUSTICE
FOR ALL! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1697349163904877/
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