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martes, 13 de octubre de 2015

Call to Action on Puerto Rico / Llamado a la Acción por Puerto Rico


We believe that A Call to Action on Puerto Rico is correct in emphasizing that all Puerto Ricans should seize this historic opportunity to demand the decolonization of Puerto Rico.
The argument by some Puerto Ricans that we should leave Puerto Rico’s colonial status out of the discussions in Florida for the sake of unity is wrong!  That is precisely the root of all of our problems.  Luis Muñoz Marín tried resolving our problems without addressing the fact that we are a colony of the United States government, and we are all living the results of that! 
We should all insist that the United States government immediately comply with the United Nations’ (UN) 34 resolutions asking it to immediately decolonize Puerto Rico. 
We invite A Call to Action on Puerto Rico to join our 3 annual protests to do just that.  We need a tsunami of people demanding Puerto Rico decolonization, because those who maintain colonies after the UN declared them a crime against humanity, don’t believe in JUSTICE FOR ALL!
 
The following is its press release:

Forging an Agenda of Struggle within the Puerto Rican Diaspora

What is wrong with the Puerto Ricans that they do not rebel?
— Ramón Emeterio Betances


In July of this year a group of Puerto Rican activists in New York put forth the position that the present collapse of the economic structure of the Puerto Rican colony, at a time when the financial institutions and Wall Street wolves continue their attacks on working people, created here in New York an opportunity to develop a movement to denounce the attacks of finance capital against our people. 

In addition to stating that the debt was unpayable we said that because this is the Mecca of Wall Street and finance capital and the symbol of world capitalism, there is much we can do here to forge public opinion and denounce what is happening in Puerto Rico. We also put forth that the present is a unique historical moment and offers the opportunity to educate, denounce, and advance the cause of independence and social justice for Puerto Rico. This position is not new and has been a part of the history of struggle of Puerto Ricans here since the US invaded the island.
 
Our historical memory enables us to understand that the great gains made by our communities are a product of decades of militant social struggles led at the street level by community organizations and by political organizations with a pro-independence platform.
 
Now in October a group of Puerto Ricans, that seeks to speak for and develop a working agenda on behalf of the Puerto Rican diaspora (the exile) in the United States, have chosen to hold a meeting in Orlando, Florida. They base this choice on the fact that an enormous amount of compatriots have been moving there within the past 10 years.
 
They say that with this migration the power of Puerto Ricans has been transferred to that region of the United States. Certainly we must define the power that is being referred to and the accuracy, physically speaking of that statement when the diaspora, which has been here for years and now consists of more than 4 million Puerto Ricans, is concentrated in different states and regions of the United States.
 
We can consider ourselves exiles in the sense that we have been pushed out of our country because the colonial regime cannot guarantee food, security, education and health care for its citizens. Thus today’s massive migration, like the ones in the past, serve as an escape valve to try to contain a developing social eruption on the island.
 
It suddenly seems as if the primary purpose of this meeting is to develop a new political-electoral muscle in Florida by registering new voters. This is why Congressmen Gutierrez, Velázquez, Serrano and a large group of elected Puerto Rican officials from different states are heading to this meeting. Another group in attendance at this meeting will consist of dozens of executive directors of community organizations and unions with ties to the Democratic Party. Also present at this meeting will be various elected officials and representatives of the colonial government, especially members of the Federal affairs office of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. This is how the organizers of this event believe the diaspora should be mobilized and according to them, where the Puerto Rican power lies.

We certainly don’t doubt that it is their genuine desire to help Puerto Rico that leads them in that direction. They have expressed that they believe that they will persuade the empire and the bondholders to change their policy towards Puerto Rico and they will use that platform to tell the government of the US that it is their responsibility to rescue Puerto Rico from its fiscal crisis.
 
The case of Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera will also be part of this agenda under the topic of Human Rights and on this point we agree. The freedom of Oscar is a priority for all of our people.
 
And though they recognize that there is a colonial problem, they have stated that for the sake of a greater consensus Puerto Rico’s status will not be a point of discussion. In other words the island’s status is not an issue.
 
We believe it would be unfair to deny that these Puerto Rican brothers and sisters have the right to meet and develop a working agenda, but to go on from there to say that this is the agenda for the Puerto Rican “diaspora” is not entirely correct.
 
In New York and in other cities, platforms are being developed for militant actions and challenges to the vulture funds, the Federal government and the colonial government of Puerto Rico. These actions are becoming a collective effort that begin to unite forces and can develop into an organizational model of social struggle with the banner of national liberation and social justice for our people.
 
There is a growing movement which puts forth the right of Puerto Ricans in exile to struggle for a better Puerto Rico, free of colonial subordination and able to fully exercise its sovereign rights.
Call to Action on Puerto Rico/Llamado a la Acción por Puerto Rico along with the different groups that have been organizing along similar lines declares:
 
1. That Puerto Rico’s debt is unpayable.
 
2.That it is the foreign corporations operating in our country who owe Puerto Rico because in the last 20 years alone they have reaped over 600 billion dollars in tax free profits.
 
3. That the social cost of increasing the sales tax, reducing the work day, education and health services, of eliminating labor rights gained and the dismantling of the retirement system among
other recessionary measures, are a detriment to the quality of life of the people of Puerto Rico and to the strategic development of the country’s economy. Thus, these measures are not beneficial to our country.
 
4. That as a colony of the United States, Puerto Rico’s position of political subordination cuts across the problem and independence would break the stalemate and create the possibilities of a solution benefiting our country.
 
5. That Anne O. Krueger’s report should not be a guideline for the solution as Ms. Krueger comes from the world financial institutions which generated the neo liberal policies from which several of our Latin American countries have now freed themselves. These countries have developed independent economic policies which place social wellbeing over the greedy profits of corporate and finance capital.
 
6. That the root of the problem is the colonial status of Puerto Rico. In this regard the UN resolution on Puerto Rico adopted on June 22, 2015 states that “the condition of political subordination prevents Puerto Rico from taking sovereign decisions to attend to its serious economic and social problems including unemployment, marginalization and poverty.” Understanding that this is a unique and historical moment which offers us the opportunity to educate, denounce, and advance the cause of independence and social justice for Puerto Rico, we will strive to further develop the work that we have begun and to broaden and give continuity to a plan of struggle that will lead us in that direction.
 
“The moment of supreme definition has arrived, either Yankee or Puerto Rican”
–Pedro Albizu Campos
Let us move forward!
Call to Action on Puerto Rico / Llamado a la Acción por Puerto Rico 
For more information contact:
Lourdes García: (917) 650-5189
David Galarza: (917) 573-9250
Manuel E. Melendez: (347) 993-0429


Nosotros pensamos que Un Llamado a la Acción por Puerto Rico está correcto en enfatizar que todos los puertorriqueños debemos aprovechar esta oportunidad histórica para exigir la descolonización de Puerto Rico.   


¡El argumento de algunos puertorriqueños de no discutir nuestra relación colonial en Florida por la unidad puertorriqueña es un error!  Eso es precisamente la raíz de todos nuestros problemas.  Luis Muñoz Marín trató de arreglar nuestros problemas sin tocar el hecho de que somos una colonia del gobierno de Estados Unidos y todos ahora estamos viviendo esos resultados. 

Todos debemos exigir que el gobierno de Estados Unidos inmediatamente cumpla con las 34 resoluciones de la Organización de Naciones Unidas (ONU) pidiéndole que descolonice a Puerto Rico.

Invitamos a Un Llamado a la Acción por Puerto Rico que nos acompañe en 3 protestas anuales para hacer exactamente eso.   ¡Necesitamos un tsunami de gente exigiendo la descolonización de Puerto Rico, porque los que mantienen colonias después que la ONU lo ha declarado un crimen en contra de la humanidad, no creen en la JUSTICIA PARA TODOS!

A  continuación esta su comunicación de prensa:

Forjando una Agenda de Lucha en la Diáspora Boricua

“¿Qué les pasa a los Puertorriqueños, que no se rebelan?”
— Ramón Emeterio Betances

 
En julio de este año un grupo de activistas Puertorriqueños en Nueva York hicimos el planteamiento de que, en estos momentos del colapso de la estructura económica de la colonia en Puerto Rico y cuando las casas financieras y los lobos de Wall Street continúan su ataque a la clase trabajadora y el pueblo en general, se abría la posibilidad de que desde acá en Nueva York generáramos un movimiento de denuncia a los ataques del capital financiero contra nuestro pueblo.

Además de plantear que la deuda es impagable dijimos que siendo esta la Meca de Wall Street, del capital financiero y símbolo del capitalismo mundial, es mucho lo que podemos mover en términos de la denuncia y la opinión pública.  Y que este es un momento histórico único y presenta la oportunidad de educar, denunciar y avanzar en la causa de la lucha por la independencia y la justicia social para Puerto Rico.  Esta posición no es nueva ya que ha sido parte de la historia de lucha de los Boricuas de acá desde que EEUU invadió a Puerto Rico.
 
La memoria histórica nos sirve para valorar que las grandes conquistas alcanzadas por nuestras comunidades son producto de décadas de luchas sociales generadas desde la calle y de manera militante, por organizaciones comunales y por organizaciones políticas con plataforma de independencia.
 
Ahora en octubre un grupo de puertorriqueños que piensa hablar y desarrollar una agenda de trabajo a nombre de la diáspora (exilio) boricua en Estados Unidos, escogen efectuar un encuentro en la ciudad de Orlando, Florida. Esto ante el hecho fáctico de que hay una enorme cantidad de compatriotas que se han radicado por esos lares en los pasados 10 años.
 
Dicen que con ellos se ha traslado el poder boricua a esa región de Estados Unidos.  Ciertamente, habrá que precisar de qué poder estamos hablando y cuan cierta, materialmente hablando, pueda ser esa aseveración cuando la diáspora, que lleva años en este país y que cuenta con mas de 4 millones de Boricuas, se encuentra concentrada en diferentes estados y regiones de los EEUU.
 
Podemos considerarnos exiliados en el sentido de que hemos sido empujados a salir fuera de nuestro país, ya que el régimen colonial no puede garantizar, pan, trabajo, seguridad, educación y salud a sus ciudadanos y la opción de la emigración masiva, hoy como en el pasado, sirve de válvula de escape para tratar de contener una explosión social en ciernes.
 
De pronto parece que el interés primordial es desarrollar un nuevo mollero político-electoral en la Florida mediante la inscripción de votantes.  Es por eso que para allá van los Congresistas Gutiérrez, Velázquez, Serrano y otra cantidad de boricuas electos a puestos políticos en varios estados de EEUU. Se le han sumado decenas de directores ejecutivos de organizaciones comunitarias y  sindicatos, con conocidos vínculos con el Partido Demócrata. Igualmente asistirán varios políticos  electos y representantes del gobierno colonial, especialmente de la oficina de asuntos federales del ELA. Esa es la forma que entienden los organizadores del evento que se debe movilizar la diáspora; ahí estriba el poder boricua, según ellos y ellas.
 
Cierto que no dudamos del interés genuino de ayudar a Puerto Rico que les motiva a caminar en esa dirección. Han expresado que piensan que de esa manera van a persuadir al imperio y a los bonistas de cambiar su política sobre Puerto Rico. Utilizarán esa plataforma para plantear al gobierno de los Estados Unidos que es su responsabilidad rescatar a Puerto Rico de su crisis fiscal.
 
El tema de la excarcelación del prisionero político puertorriqueño Oscar López Rivera también será parte de la agenda en el tópico de los derechos humanos y en este punto estamos todos de acuerdo.  La liberación de Oscar es una prioridad para todo nuestro pueblo.
 
Y aunque reconocen que hay un problema colonial, han dicho que no van a abordar el tema del estatus en aras del mayor de los consensos.  En otras palabras el estatus no está en issue.
No creemos que sea justo negar el derecho que tienen esos hermanos boricuas a reunirse y a desarrollar una agenda de trabajo, pero de ahí a decir que esa es la agenda de la “diáspora” boricua, pues tampoco es precisamente así.
 
También se están gestando en Nueva York y en otras ciudades plataformas de acciones militantes y de desafío a las casas acreditadoras, a los fondos buitres, al gobierno federal y al gobierno colonial del ELA.  Estas acciones se están convirtiendo en un esfuerzo colectivo que comienza a tejer y puede construir un modelo organizativo de lucha social con la bandera de la lucha de liberación nacional y justicia social para nuestro pueblo.
 
Existe un movimiento que crece cada día y que plantea el derecho de los boricuas en el exilio a luchar por un mejor Puerto Rico, libre de la subordinación colonial y en pleno ejercicio de sus poderes como país soberano.

Call to Action on Puerto Rico / Llamado a la Acción por Puerto Rico y los diferentes grupos que se van organizando sobre bases similares planteamos:

1. Que la deuda es impagable
 
2. Que en todo caso son las corporaciones extranjeras que operan en nuestro país las que nos deben, pues en los últimos 20 años se han llevado sobre 600 mil millones de dólares en ganancias de capital, sin tributar por los mismos.
 
3. Que el costo social del aumento en el IVU, reducción de jornada laboral, reducción de servicios de educación y salud al pueblo, eliminación de conquistas laborales, el desmantelamiento del sistema de retiro, entre otras medidas recesivas, van en detrimento de la calidad de vida y del mismo desarrollo estratégico de la economía del país y no sería una solución al problema.
 
4. Que la situación de subordinación política de Puerto Rico como colonia de los Estados Unidos, atraviesa el problema, siendo la Independencia la ficha de destranque para crear las posibilidades de llegar a una solución beneficiosa para nuestro país.
 
5. Que el informe de Anne O. Krueger no debe ser guía para la solución pues ella proviene de las instituciones financieras mundiales que generaron la política neo liberal de la cual algunos de nuestros países ahora se han liberado mediante el desarrollo de políticas económicas soberanas que priman el beneficio social colectivo por encima del lucro avaro del capital  corporativo y financiero.
 
6. Que el problema de fondo es el Estatus colonial de Puerto Rico. A ese respecto la resolución de la ONU adoptada el 22 junio de 2015 plantea que : “la condición de subordinación política impide tomar decisiones soberanas para atender los graves problemas económicos, y sociales de Puerto Rico, incluidos el desempleo, la marginalización y la pobreza.”
 
Entendiendo que este es un momento histórico único que presenta la oportunidad de educar, denunciar y avanzar para lograr la independencia y la justicia social para Puerto Rico nos esforzaremos en concretizar el trabajo iniciado para ampliar y dar continuidad a un plan de lucha escalonado en esa dirección.
 
“Ha llegado el momento de la suprema definición, o Yanqui o Puertorriqueño.”
Don Pedro Albizu Campos
¡Vamos Palante!
 
Call to Action on Puerto Rico / Llamado a la acción por Puerto Rico
Para más información contactar a:
Lourdes García: 917-650-5189
David Galarza: 917-573-9250
Manuel E. Meléndez: 347-993-0429

sábado, 10 de octubre de 2015

The Palestinian – Puerto Rican Connection


http://s63.podbean.com/pb/5cb98a04a6b36cb9fdc730c6c1221d45/56173bfb/data1/blogs49/478674/uploads/marta_rodriques_10_8_2015_podcast.mp3

Marta Rodriguez is a Puerto Rican involved with Palestine’s struggle for a very long time.  Click on
the above link to hear a recent interview about a political prisoner she is involved in trying to liberate.  https://freeamer.wordpress.com/2015/10/12/sample-letter-101215/

She was asked towards the end of the interview, how she got involved with Palestine?  She connected Palestine with Puerto Rico, and Israel with the United States government.  As a colony, Puerto Rico supports the United States government, and it supports Israel. 

This is why we need to protest continuously for Puerto Rico decolonization.  We must, because a government that violates Puerto Ricans' human rights, and also supports another government to do the same in Palestine, doesn’t believe in JUSTICE FOR ALL!
 

jueves, 8 de octubre de 2015

Convening for a National Puerto Rican Agenda


UnidosPorPuertoRico will be meeting next Tuesday and Wednesday in Orlando Florida.  Here are the topics that it will discuss.  All of them have to do with the fact that Puerto Rico has been a colony of the United States government since 1898. 
 
If colonialism is a crime, and the United Nations (UN) has already asked the United States (US)government 34 times to immediately decolonize Puerto Rico, and it has ignored the democratic decision of the international community, why don't we instead have a massive protest to force the US to comply with these UN resolutions? 
 
Wouldn't it be better to fix the problem at the core than picking at the symptoms one by one?  Remember, those who maintain colonies, don't believe in JUSTICE FOR ALL!
 
Read below to know what UnidosPorPuertoRico plans to do:
 
The coalition “Unidos Por Puerto Rico,” in conjunction with leaders of the stateside Puerto Rican community are calling for a national convening in Orlando, Florida on October 13-14, 2015 to develop a National Puerto Rican Agenda in support of Puerto Rico and stateside Puerto Ricans. This national gathering will bring together government and civic leaders from Florida and throughout the US, as well as the Island, who lead Puerto Rican movements and networks aimed at providing solutions for the current crisis issues in Puerto Rico and in the US.
 
The objective of the National Convening is to create a comprehensive National Puerto Rican Agenda which encompasses the problems affecting Puerto Ricans both in the island and in the U.S. The Florida event will focus on the crisis in Puerto Rico. Currently, there are multiple ongoing local initiatives in the United States calling for and in support of Congressional and Presidential action to solve the fiscal and economic crisis in Puerto Rico.

The emergent national coalition will discuss the issues of the Fiscal Crisis, Health Care Crisis, Climate Change and Infrastructure Support, and Human Rights and Civic Engagement, all critical to the revitalization of Puerto Rico. A National Puerto Rican Agenda will serve as a guide for Puerto Ricans interested in taking an active role in the solutions and for elected officials advocating for the interests of Puerto Rico and the Diaspora.

“Unidos Por Puerto Rico,” is the organizing committee which encompasses a broad coalition of Central Florida groups that includes Iniciativa Acción Puertorriqueña, Hispanic Federation, Puerto Rican Bar Association of Florida, PRFAA, Asociación de Puertorriqueños Viviendo en la Florida, and other leaders. Acacia’s El Centro Borinqueño (formerly Asociación Borinqueña) will host the event. Support groups for “Unidos Por Puerto Rico” have been formed in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Orlando and New Jersey though it is expected that delegates from other states will join the event.

The program starts with a Welcome Reception on Tuesday evening (6pm-9pm), where representatives from the local “Unidos Por Puerto Rico” will discuss the impact of the current migratory wave from Puerto Rico is having in the region, the political and social challenges facing the community, and the multiple ongoing initiatives addressing these problems. On Wednesday the program begins with a Congressional Briefing Panel, where Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL), and Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY) will discuss pending legislation in Congress and other ongoing national initiatives.

After the Congressional Briefing Panel concludes, the deliberations proceed in breakout sessions as follows. The expected outcome of these breakout sessions is the action agenda for each of the topics.

Topic 1. – Fiscal CrisisAnchor: Puerto Rican Bar Association of Florida
 Puerto Rico is in a prolonged recession that has resulted in massive migration to the U.S. and declining population in the island, as well as crushing debt obligations. These factors in turn have resulted in a sizeable decline in tax revenues and wide-ranging austerity measures.  Currently, the unemployment rate in Puerto Rico has remained over 11%, and the poverty rate is about 45%; both indicators are substantially higher than any state.
Any understanding of the structural factors contributing to the current economic crisis in Puerto Rico must fully consider its territorial status.  As a U.S. territory, Puerto Rico’s currency and monetary policy, commerce, taxes and other key economic and legal areas are ruled by federal law, in a fashion similar to any other state. The Commonwealth government lacks authority to regulate important economic areas as an independent nation would, such as: manipulation of its currency to satisfy debt obligations, or the transport of products to its ports. Congressional and Presidential action is required to overcome the economic crisis in Puerto Rico.
The discussion of this session will focus deliberations on:
Puerto Rico’s territory status places all responsibility in establishing an orderly legal process for the restructuring of the debt on the U.S. authorities. An orderly bilateral resolution of the crisis between debtors and creditors is unlikely and will only come at an unacceptably high human costs. We shall recognize the gravity of the situation, the threat to the lives and welfare of millions of Puerto Ricans, and support an urgent call for action from the American people.
An urgent call upon the United States Congress to pass and the President to sign legislation allowing an economic hardship exemption for Puerto Rico from the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, commonly known as the “Jones Act.” The goal is to allow vessels built outside of the United States to transport energy supplies, among other bulk cargo, between ports in Puerto Rico and other ports in the United States. We should all recognize the gravity of the situation and that the increase in qualified cargo vessels would lower energy costs and support the economic recovery of Puerto Rico.
 
Topic 2. – Health Care Crisis
Anchor: Iniciativa Acción Puertorriqueña
Puerto Ricans pay the same Medicare taxes as other Americans, yet the federal contribution to territories are capped at 50 percent. Reimbursement to the poorest states is as high as 83 percent, while only the wealthiest states receive 50 percent reimbursement. Considering that “up to 60 percent of the Island’s population receives their health care through Medicare, Medicare Advantage or Medicaid,” Puerto Rico would be among the states with the higher reimbursements if not for the 50 percent cap to territories. This disparity in treatment represent billions of dollars annually for the provision of health services to poor Americans who are Puerto Rico residents.
 
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted by Congress in 2010, provided $6.4 billion to close the disparity in funding to Puerto Rico. Though an improvement when compared to prior transfers to territories, this temporary measures expires in Fiscal Year 2019. ACA funding provides $1.1 to $1.3 billion a year in federal Medicaid funding.  When this provision expires and the territories receive Medicaid funds under the old formula, Puerto Rico will receive less than $400 million a year. In reality, Puerto Rico will run out of funding as early as late 2016 or early 2017. This situation is known in the media as the “Medicare/Medicaid cliff.” Hundreds of thousands of poor families in Puerto Rico will be affected, losing benefits and paying higher premiums. Giving the fiscal crisis in Puerto Rico, it is difficult to foresee that any local public program could mitigate the impact of the upcoming crisis.
The discussion of this session will focus deliberations on:
A call upon the United States Congress and the President to improve the treatment of the United States territories under the Medicare and Medicaid programs and to treat territories as any other state removing the 50 percent cap. American citizens paying similar Medicaid and Medicare taxes as other Americans should not be treated differently because they are residents in a U.S. territory. We should all recognize the gravity of the situation and the threat of the Medicaid/Medicare “cliff” to the lives and welfare of millions of Puerto Ricans, and supports an urgent call for action from the American people.
 
Topic 3. – Human Rights and Civic EngagementAnchor: Latino Justice PRLDEF
 The main goal of this session is the development of an agenda to empower Puerto Ricans to fully participate in the civic life of the nation and the island and to take concrete steps to lower political and other barriers that impede reconciliation among ourselves and with others, whether these barriers are based on race or ethnicity, economic status, gender, age, sexual preference, physical condition, religious or non-religious beliefs, or immigration status.
The discussion of this session will focus deliberations on:
o   Initiatives to vigorously advocate for urgent civil and human rights issues that promote national reconciliation as is the case of Oscar López Rivera, who has become an emblematic figure of Puerto Rican unity across, party, religious and civil society lines.
 
Topic 4. – Climate Change and Infrastructure SupportAnchor: El Puente
This session will start with a discussion of climate change on how our communities in Puerto Rico and the U.S. are affected.
The discussion of this session will focus deliberations on:
Federal support needed to dredge the Caño Martín Peña.
Increase funding to speed up the clean-up efforts in Vieques and Culebra.
 
 Topic 5. – State and Local Political Strategy
Elected officials only, closed door meeting.
This session will discuss initiatives responding to the ongoing crisis in Puerto Rico in several cities and states to help the island.
The discussion of this session will focus deliberations on:
Support local initiatives and legislation calling upon the United States Congress and the President to enact and make available to Puerto Rico bankruptcy processes common under federal law, to make improvements to the treatment of the United States territories under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and to allow an economic hardship exemption for Puerto Rico from the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, commonly known as the “Jones Act.”
 
For more information:
Midwest: Cristina Pacione-Zayas (pacionezayas@gmail.com)
Northeast and Southeast US: Betsy Franceshini (bfranceschini@prfaa.pr.gov)
 

martes, 6 de octubre de 2015

Imperios no mantienen colonias, las explotan / Empires don’t support colonies, they exploit them


Muchos puertorriqueños creen que el gobierno de Estados Unidos (EEUU) mantiene a Puerto Rico (PR).  Nosotros hemos estado continuamente bajo la propaganda estadounidense por 117 años.  El ministro de propaganda en la Alemania Nazi decía que una mentira se convierte en la verdad si se dice suficientemente.  Eso realmente no es verdad, pero la gente si piensa que es la verdad.  Y eso es exactamente lo que busca el abusador.  Esto ha sido impresionantemente efectivo ya que muchos puertorriqueños piensan que Puerto Rico no puede sobrevivir sin el gobierno de Estados Unidos.


La verdad es que los imperios siempre explotan a sus colonias, y nunca las mantienen.  El gobierno de Estados Unidos y las compañías estadounidenses se llevan $14 por cada dólar que invierten en Puerto Rico.  Por eso es que no hay oportunidades para los puertorriqueños en Puerto Rico, y por eso los puertorriqueños se van de Puerto Rico masivamente.  Por primera vez, hay más puertorriqueños fuera de Puerto Rico que dentro. 

Sócrates dijo en la página 141 del libro PLATO THE REPUBLIC que, “Hasta que los filósofos sean reyes, o los reyes y príncipes de este mundo tengan el espíritu y poder de la filosofía, y la grandeza política y la sabiduría es una, y la gente común que lucha a la exclusión de los demás estén motivados a mantenerse aislado, las ciudades nunca descansaran de sus injusticias, -no, ni la raza humana, creo yo, y después solo esto nuestro Estado tendrá la posibilitad de vida y poder ver la luz del día. ”    

El gobierno de Estados Unidos no tiene el espíritu y el poder de la filosofía.  EEUU no tiene interés de obtener sabiduría en la búsqueda de la verdad para hacer justicia.  EEUU solo le interesa la acumulación de riqueza para un grupito privilegiado.    

El gobierno de Estados Unidos ha logrado meterle en la cabeza de sus ciudadanos la idea de que cada cual está por sí mismo.  Hay demasiados ciudadanos que solo se preocupan por ellos mismos.   Esta actitud impide la búsqueda de la verdad para eliminar la injusticia.  Estos son, como dijo Sócrates, los que están inclinados a mantenerse aislado.  ¡El resultado de eso ha sido que el mundo considera actualmente al gobierno de Estados Unidos en la amenaza más grande a paz mundial!

¿Cómo será posible descansar de la injusticia?  ¿Cómo será posible tener la posibilidad de vida y de ver la luz del día?

Tenemos que entender que todos pertenecemos a la raza humana.  Nunca podemos pensar que es correcto que cada cual este por su lado.  Todos debemos tener el espíritu y el poder de la filosofía para continuamente buscar la verdad.  Y tenemos que siempre estar involucrado en lo que hace nuestros gobernantes, y nunca permitirnos quedarnos como espectadores. 

Por eso tenemos que continuamente protestar por la descolonización de Puerto Rico.  Sin la participación activa de todos, nuca podremos descansar de la injusticia.  ¡No podremos, porque los que no les interesa unir la grandeza política con la sabiduría, y continúan manteniendo colonias, no creen en la JUSTICIA PARA TODOS!   


Many Puerto Ricans believe that the United States (US) government supports Puerto Rico.  We have been continuously subjected to US propaganda for 117 years.  Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany, Joseph Goebbels, said that a lie becomes the truth if you repeat it often enough.  It really doesn’t, but people will believe it is the truth.  That is why many Puerto Ricans believe Puerto Rico can’t survive without the US government.

The fact of the matter is that empires always exploit their colonies.  That’s what they are for!  The US government and US Companies get $14 for every dollar they invest in Puerto Rico.  That is why there are no opportunities in Puerto Rico for Puerto Ricans, and why Puerto Ricans are leaving our beautiful island in large numbers.  For the first time, more Puerto Ricans are out of Puerto Rico than in.  Our economic crisis didn’t begin now.  It began with the US military invasion of 1898.

Socrates said in the middle of page 141 in the book PLATO THE REPUBLIC that, “Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils, -no, nor the human race, as I believe, - and then only will this our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day.”

The US government does not have or want the spirit and power of philosophy.  It has no interest in obtaining wisdom by seeking the truth to do justice.  It is only interested in accumulating all of the wealth of the world for a small privileged group.  

The US government has successfully managed to put in its citizen’s mind the notion that, “It’s every man for himself.”  Too many citizens are only concerned with taking care of themselves.  This attitude prevents people from seeking the truth to eliminate injustice.  They, as Socrates said, “are the ones compelled to stand aside”.  The result has been that the world regards the US government as the biggest threat to world peace.

How can we ever “rest from evils”?  How can we ever “have the possibility of life and behold the light of day.”

We must understand that we all belong to the human race.  We cannot permit ourselves to believe that every man for himself is the correct thing to do.  We should all have the spirit and power of philosophy to actively and continuously seek the truth.  And we must all get involved in what our leaders do, and never be compelled to stand aside.

Therefore, we must protest continuously for the decolonization of Puerto Rico.  Without everyone’s participation, we will never rest from evil.  We won’t, because those who are not interested in joining political greatness with wisdom, and continue to maintain colonies, don’t believe in JUSTICE FOR ALL.
 

sábado, 3 de octubre de 2015

Puerto Rico mantiene a EEUU y EEUU mantiene a Israel / Puerto Rico supports USA and USA supports Israel


La mayoría de la gente piensa que el gobierno de Estados Unidos mantiene a Puerto Rico.  Ningún imperio tiene una colonia para mantenerla. 

La realidad es que el gobierno de Estados Unidos le saca $14 por cada dólar que invierte en Puerto Rico.  Oprima el siguiente enlace para saber cómo.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68uPd0aP1X0
 
El país que en verdad el gobierno de Estados Unidos mantiene es Israel.  Oprima el siguiente enlace para aprender cómo y por cuánto.  http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/04/374067/obama-approves-millions-more-for-israel/

Por eso tenemos que protestar continuamente por la descolonización de Puerto Rico.  ¡La protesta es indispensable porque los que tienen colonias y mantienen a países que violan los derechos humanos no creen el LA JUSTICIA PARA TODOS!
 
 
Most people believe that the United States government supports Puerto Rico.  No empire has a colony to support her. 

The truth is that the United States government gets $14 dollars for every dollar it invests in Puerto Rico.  Click on the following link to learn how.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68uPd0aP1X0

The real country that the United States supports in Israel.  Click on the following link to learn how much.  http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/04/374067/obama-approves-millions-more-for-israel/

That’s why we must continuously protest for the decolonization of Puerto Rico.  We must because those who maintain colonies and support countries that violate human rights don’t believe in JUSTICE FOR ALL!
 

jueves, 1 de octubre de 2015

Debate Asamblea General Organización ONU / Debate 70th UN General Assembly

 
Debate General de la Organización de Naciones Unidas (ONU).
Oprima arriba para escuchar lo que todos los presidentes dijeron el la 70 Asamblea General en la ONU esta página cibernética. 
 

General Debate: 28 September - 3 October 2015

This site offers access to the speeches of the Member States delivered from the UN Headquarters in New York during the general debate.  http://gadebate.un.org/

Each speaker has a dedicated page featuring multimedia content: the statement, downloadable audio files (.mp3) in 6 languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) and a video.

Starting with the 70th session, on-demand videos of the floor (original language in which the speaker delivers his/her statement) and the interpretation in English will be available for each speaker.
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La mente colonizada


Aquí tenemos 2 ejemplos de la mente colonizada de muchos puertorriqueños.  Estas 2 cartas de lectores del periódico semanario El Todo del 24 al 30 de 2015.  Oprima la carta para hacerla más grande.

El señor Carlos D. Sánchez de San Juan no puede relacionar el hecho de que “casi el 85% de la población participa y recibe alguna ayuda del gobierno federal como las becas estudiantiles, el Programa de Asistencia Nutricional, el Medicare, el Medicaid y el Seguro Social, entre otros, con 117 años de nuestra explotación en beneficio del gobierno de Estados Unidos (EEUU).   
 
Él pregunta, ¿Cómo el gobierno de la Republica de Borinquén va a auspiciar y sustentar todas estas ayudas?

Obviamente, don Carlos desconoce que de cada dólar que el gobierno de Estados Unidos invierte en Puerto Rico, EEUU le saca $14.  Si logramos nuestra descolonización, ese dinero que el gobierno de Estados Unidos se está robando, la Republica de Borinquén podría utilizarlo para “auspiciar y sustentar todas estas ayudas”.  También se podría utilizar para crear oportunidades en Puerto Rico para los puertorriqueños, para que nuestros jóvenes universitarios no tengan que emigrar de Puerto Rico en busca de una vida mejor.   

Fíjese como don Carlos se refirió al gobierno de Estados Unidos.  Él lo llamó el gobierno federal, como lo haría un residente de Nueva York.  En el caso de Nueva York, ese residente estaría correcto llamarlo así para diferenciarlo del gobierno estatal o municipal.  Pero en el caso de Puerto Rico que ha sido una colonia del gobierno de Estados Unidos desde 1898, don Carlos debe correctamente llamarlo el gobierno imperial o invasor.  Don Carlos no puede ver esta distinción, porque su mente ha sido colonizada por más de un siglo de dominación total de nuestra isla.  Un embuste se convierte en la verdad si se repite suficientemente.

Y por eso mismo tenemos la otra carta del señor Héctor R. Santana de Toa Baja.  Pero, le dejaré esa carta para que usted la analice. 

Por lo tanto, tenemos que seguir informando al mundo sobre nuestra relación colonial con el gobierno de Estados Unidos, y seguir protestando continuamente por nuestra descolonización.  ¡Tenemos que hacerlo porque, los que tienen colonias no creen en la JUSTICIA PARA TODOS!