Help us get Bonaire back!

Press release. November 21, 2022.

Today 21st November 2022 marks 278 days that Bonaire Human Rights Organization. President Davika Bissessar and Nos Kier Boneiru Bek (We want Bonaire Back), President James Finies are on the road with campaign - SOS Bonaire Life Matters, Relisting Bonaire on United Nations Non-Self-Government-Territories. 

Since 16th February 2022, they left Bonaire in search of Political Support and Solidarity with the leadership of Governments, Organizations and Institutions in the Latin America, Caribbean, and the United Nations 77th General Assembly in New York. After completing a successful visit start of November in Guyana with the Government and CARICOM, the delegation headed back to New York to attend meetings with Countries and Members of United Nations who are in Solidarity with Bonaire.

On 17th of November 2022, BHRO and NKBB continued their awareness mission, and attended a Conference in Mexico.  The Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean (COPPPAL), a multilateral non-governmental organization founded in 1979 in Mexico, commemorated last Thursday, November 17, in San Miguel de Allende , Guanajuato north of Mexico City, the 43rd Anniversary of its foundation.

The meeting, in which democracy and integration were discussed, was chaired by Deputy Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas, president of COPPPAL, and from the Mexico political party “Partido Revolucionario Institucional”, who will begin his second term as leader of the organization that is made up of 69 progressive political parties from 30 Countries.

Mr. Finies had the opportunity to speak in this very important conference explaining the illegal annexation and colonization of Bonaire. He revealed how the Netherlands imposed her political system was on our people without our consent, and embedded illegally and un-democratically her Constitution.  Our locally elected government of Bonaire and our Political Parties have no power, as the laws are now made in The Hague. Furthermore, Holland placed non-democratically elected governors, institutions, managers, and directors, to decide over the so-called “elected island government”.

Mr. Finies’ speech was met with a great length of applause.  President Moreno, COPPPAL, and all the countries that participated gave Mr. Finies and the Bonaire People a declaration of solidarity and support. Mr. Finies thanked President Moreno and all COPPPAL Latin American and Caribbean government leaders that adopted the Bonaire case.  Finies speech ended with the quote " Nobody's free until everybody’s free” and vowed to continue to fight as long as it is necessary to give Bonaire's people a future.