The United
Nations (UN) secretary general, Antonio Guterres, as he addressed the UN’s Decolonization
Committee (C-24) in 2018, said that “decolonization is close to his heart”.
Click on the following link to see that news report: https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/02/1004392
5 years
earlier, the then UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon, asked the C-24 for fresh ideas to decolonize the colonies that still remain. I answered Ban Ki Moon’s
call, and got actively involved in Puerto Rico decolonization. https://news.un.org/en/story/2013/02/432522-ban-calls-fresh-ideas-advance-decolonization-un-body-begins-annual-session#.WEMjUeYrKM8
I decided to
approach it like a scientific experiment. I began researching Puerto Rican
history, and the UN’s role in decolonization. What I discovered is that there
is a lot of ignorance on this subject, because the United States Government (USG)
wants it that way. Here are some of the things I discovered.
1. Puerto Rico is not on the UN’s list
of colonies since 1953. That means that the oldest and the most populated colony in the world is not on that list. The USG asked the UN to remove her from the list, because
in 1952, Puerto Rico had allegedly obtained self-government via the “Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico”. The UN bought it, and removed her from its list. The UN has
never returned her back on the list, although every June the UN celebrates a
hearing to discuss Puerto Rico decolonization. This year, it will be on Monday,
June 22, 2020, if the coronavirus permits.
The key to
Puerto Rico decolonization is to realize that Puerto Ricans must educate ourselves,
on our own, about why Puerto Rico has been a United States (US) colony for the past
121 years.
Do you know
that more people are recruited to the US military in Puerto
Rico than in any of the 50 states of the Union, due to the lack of
opportunities for Puerto Ricans in their homeland?
Do you know that
the USG has managed to get more Puerto Ricans to live away, than in our
national territory? Do you know that once enough Puerto Ricans have abandoned
Puerto Rico and constitute a minority in our own homeland, the USG will make
Puerto Rico its 51st state?
Therefore, it
is incumbent on the almost 9 million Puerto Ricans worldwide to engage in permanent
resistance to force the USG to comply with the UN’s Charter that prohibits
colonialism since 1945, and 38 UN resolutions asking it to immediately return
Puerto Rico’s sovereignty to the Puerto Ricans.
If we don’t
take the lead, everybody else will drag their feet.
Let’s
organize ourselves for this great feat, because those who don’t have
decolonization close to their hearts, don’t believe in LIBERTY AND IN JUSTICE
FOR ALL! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1697349163904877/
Is Puerto
Rico decolonization close to your heart too?
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