Pierluisi speaks against Puerto Rico colonialism at the United Nations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TmUuT6ycK10

Click on the above link to see a video of Puerto Rico's Resident Commissioner Pierluisi speak to the United Nation's Decolonization Committee in June 2013 .

I think Pierluisi makes an outstanding presentation!  However, I would like to point out the following: 

• He calls Puerto Rico's present political status an unincorporated territory.  That refers to United States constitutional language.  Under international law, Puerto Rico's political relationship to the United States is a colonial one.  He is speaking in this video to the international community of the United Nations, and as such, he should have used the word colony instead of referring to Puerto Rico as an unincorporated territory.

• He claims that even if Puerto Ricans had ever endorsed the current colonial political status at one time, since the November 6, 2012 referendum where 54% rejected it, that endorsement has been withdrawn!  Pierluisi, as a lawyer, knows that, once international law proclaimed colonialism a crime against humanity, even if, 100% of the Puerto Ricans had wanted to remain a colony of the United States, that still wound not have justified this illegal relationship.  He, and his party, should have been protesting since 1960!

• There is a lot of controversy about how many Puerto Ricans actually favor Puerto Rico becoming another state of the United States of America.  Notwithstanding that, the only route for Puerto Rico, according to international law, is to become a self-governing nation.  It is only after that point, that Puerto Rico could decide to petition the United States to become a state of the United States of America.  It will be only then that we will know for sure how many Puerto Ricans favor statehood for Puerto Rico.

Please join in 2 peaceful protests a year until Puerto Rico gets decolonized!  After 115 years of colonialism, it is obvious that the government of the United States has no interest in Puerto Rico decolonization.  That is why it should also be obvious to all that, those who practice colonialism don't believe in justice for all!

Oscar Lopez Rivera, after 32 years in prison

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x10eqxb_oscar-lopez-after-32-years-in-prison-calls-grow-for-his-release_news

Click on the above link to see a video about Oscar Lopez Rivera.  Oscar is in prison for fighting for the decolonization of Puerto Rico.  He has the right under international law to do that, and to use whatever means necessary to achieve decolonization.  The United States government, on the other hand, is the one that commits the crime against humanity by holding Puerto Rico under colonial rule.

Oscar was convicted of seditious conspiracy to overthrow the legitimate authority of the United States over Puerto Rico.  The United States obtained Puerto Rico as a result of a military invasion in 1898.   Seditious conspiracy was a crime used in the United States during the Civil War to prevent states from seceding from the Union.  After that, it was never used again until 1937 to silence Pedro Albizu Campos.  Don Pedro advocated independence for Puerto Rico, and the United States (US) did everything in its power to prevent it.  The US is still doing everything in its power to decolonize Puerto Rico.  This is why, despite the huge domestic and international outcry to release Oscar from prison, the sitting President of the United States, and 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Obama refuse to liberate him.  The US knows that, liberating him means Puerto Rico decolonization.  And that, for the US is out of the question!

Join us in 2 peaceful protest a year until Puerto Rico is decolonize, because those who accept colonialism don't believe in justice for all!    

¿Oscar López Rivera, héroe o conspirador? / Oscar López Rivera, conspirator or hero?

Oscar López Rivera se ganó la Medalla de Honor de Bronce por su servicio militar en el ejército de Estados Unidos durante la guerra en contra de Vietnam.  El gobierno de Estados Unidos nos dijo que estábamos defendiendo la libertad y la democracia.   ¡Oscar era para Estados Unidos en aquel entonces un héroe!

Después de esa guerra, Oscar decidió luchar por la libertad y la democracia de los puertorriqueños. Desde ese tiempo, dejo de ser un héroe para Estados Unidos para convertirse en un conspirador sedicioso para derrocar la autoridad legítima de Estados Unidos sobre Puerto Rico.  ¿Y qué paso con la libertad y la democracia de los pueblos?

¿Sabía usted que Puerto Rico es una colonia de Estados Unidos (EEUU) por resultado de una invasión militar en el 1898, y no por una consulta al pueblo de Puerto Rico? ¿Sabía usted que la Asamblea de Delegados de Puerto Rico rechazó la imposición de su ciudadanía a los puertorriqueños? ¿Sabía usted que Estado Unidos comete un crimen en contra de la humanidad al mantener a Puerto Rico en una relación colonial con ella?  ¿Sabía usted que la Organización de Naciones Unidas le ha pedido a Estados Unidos en 32 resoluciones que descolonice inmediatamente a Puerto Rico y ella ha ignorado estos reclamos internacionales que representa más del 95% de las naciones de esa organización?  ¿Sabía usted que la ley internacional le da el derecho a los países usar cualquier medio necesario para descolonizarse?  ¿Esta Estados Unidos sobre la ley internacional y a democracia internacional por ser la potencia militar número uno?

Únete a 2 protestas pacíficas al año hasta que Puerto Rico se descolonice a través de la ley internacional, que es la que tiene jurisdicción en este asunto.  Pensar por un momento que se pueda descolonizar a Puerto Rico a través de la que nos quiere mantener en el coloniaje para siempre es una locura.  ¡Tenemos que protestar pacíficamente porque la que ha practicado el colonialismo en Puerto Rico por 105 años ciertamente no cree en la justicia para todos!

Oscar López Rivera won the Bronze Medal of Honor for his participation in the Vietnam War as a solider in the United States military.  We were all told by the United States (US) government that we were fighting for liberty and democracy.  Oscar was a hero for the United States!

Then, after the war, Oscar decided to fight for liberty and democracy for Puerto Rico.  Since that time, Oscar has become a seditious conspirator against the legal authority of the United States over Puerto Rico.  And what ever happened to liberty and democracy for countries?

Did you know that Puerto Rico is a colony of the United States by virtue of a military invasion in 1898, and not by a consultation with the People of Puerto Rico?  Did you know that the Puerto Rican Assembly in 1917 rejected the United States’ imposition of her citizenship on Puerto Ricans?  Did you know that the United States government commits an international crime by maintaining Puerto Rico in a colonial relationship with her?  Did you know that the United Nations has asked the United States 32 times to immediately decolonize Puerto Rican, as she has ignored them all despite having the approval of over 95% of the countries represented in this organization? Did you know that international law gives countries that right to use whatever means necessary to decolonize?  Is the United States above international law and international democracy, because she is number one militarily?
 

Join us in 2 peaceful protests a year until Puerto Rico is decolonized under international law, which is the venue that has jurisdiction in this matter!  To think that the United States will ever decolonize Puerto Rico, when this colonial relationship only exists because the US has always wanted it that way is just plain insanity.  We must peacefully protest, because those who have practiced colonialism for 105 years in Puerto Rico certainly don't believe in Justice for all!

Puerto Rico has the second highest percentage of her nation in the United States!

 

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/09/prweb2927124.htm

Click on the above link to read about a book about Pedro Albizu Campo’s involvement with Ireland’s independence from the United Kingdom.

This list reveals the top 20 Diasporas in the United States, and what percentages of each entire nation they represent.  The percentages are calculated based on the number of people of a particular national origin in the United States from the population of that country.  It is interesting to note that the country whose independence Pedro Albizu Campos actively supported, has the unbelievable amount of her people (90%) in the United States!

1.       Ireland 90%

2.       Puerto Rico 66%

3.       Norway 46%

4.       Germany 37%

5.       United Kingdom 34%

6.       Sweden 30%

7.       El Salvador 27%

8.       Mexico 23%

9.       Italy 23%

10.   Netherlands 21%

11.   Poland 20%

12.   Cuba 16%

13.   Dominican Republic 16%

14.   France 12%

15.   Canada 8%

16.   Philippine 4%

17.   Vietnam 2%

18.   Korea 2 %

19.   India .3%

20.   China .3%

In the case of Puerto Rico, it is obvious that if 66% of Puerto Ricans are living in the United States, the government of Puerto Rico has historically not done its job to create the conditions in Puerto Rico to keep them here.  The fact of the matter is that under a colonial relationship with the United States, the government of Puerto Rico does not have the power to govern Puerto Rico for the Puerto Ricans.  This, of course, is by design.

Join in 2 peaceful protests a year until Puerto Rico is decolonized via international law.  Decolonization is impossible through the United States since she was the one that unilaterally created this colonial relationship with Puerto Rico.  Therefore, these protests are indispensable, because those who practice colonialism don’t believe in justice for all!

¡Los puertorriqueños nos podemos gobernar!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0HjS1m6g1UQ

Oprima el enlace para ver un video sobre si los puertorriqueños tenemos la capacidad de administrándonos.

Ángel Collado Schwarz (historiador) escribió un libro comparando algunos países similares a Puerto Rico que han mejorado por mucho sus calidades de vida.  Según don Ángel, Puerto Rico con su soberanía también mejoraría por mucho nuestra calidad de vida.  Yo también estoy totalmente en acuerdo con don Ángel.  ¡Tan pronto dejemos de ser explotado como colonia y trabajemos para nosotros mismos, tenemos que progresar de manera sorprendente!

¡Únete a 2 protestas pacíficas al año hasta descolonizar a Puerto Rico!  El gobierno de Estado Unidos es el que se beneficia de nuestra condición colonial y no tiene razón para cambiarlo.  Nosotros somos los quienes sufrimos.  ¡Tenemos que protestar porque aquellos que practican el colonialismo no creen en la justicia para todos!

Colonial education leaves Puerto Rican children behind

http://indyreader.org/content/colonial-education-leaves-puerto-rican-children-behind

Click on the above link to read a very short article about the damaging effects of colonialism, and its inevitable disastrous effects on a quality education for Puerto Rican children. 

Since a colony is only acquired for exploitation by the empire, the educational system in a colony, even if managed by the ones colonized, is designed to perpetuate the colonial relationship.  This is why, as a people, Puerto Ricans have low self-esteem, and are more comfortable following than leading.  We've had an eternal history of following!

Join in 2 peaceful protests a year until Puerto Rico is decolonized!  Once you have studied Puerto Rican history, you will be convinced that without this protest, we will be a colony forever.  You will also be convinced that, those who practice or accept colonialism don't believe in justice for all!

5,410,000 Puerto Ricans in the United States!

http://diasporaalliance.org/americas-largest-diaspora-populations/

Click on the above link to find out what rank Puerto Ricans hold in the top 20 largest diaspora in the United States.

For an island as small as Puerto Rico, we rank number 8 in the top twenty largest diaspora in the United States.  What does this mean?

It means that the government of Puerto Rico has done a disastrous job at creating good jobs in Puerto Rico.  The fact of the matter is that nobody can under the eternal colonial relationship Puerto Rico has always had with 2 empires.  We were first a colony of Spain for 405 years.  Then, we've been a colony of the United States for the past 115 years.

Colonies are for exploitation.  This is why more Puerto Ricans live outside Puerto Rico than in.

In order for Puerto Ricans to be able to decide what is best for us, we must, on our own, learn what has happened to us since 1493.  If we do this, the decision as to the direction we should go as a people would be much easier!  Don't wait for the government to do this as it is not in its interest to do so.  If you don't know the truth, you will want to remain a colony forever!

Join in 2 peaceful protests a year until Puerto Rico is decolonized.  If we continue to do what we have always done, we will stay exactly where we are.  So, we must peacefully protest, because those who practice colonialism don't believe in justice for all!