Puerto Rico

Puerto Ricans Are Resisting Policing As A Solution To Crisis

April 25, 2019 Anton Woronczuk, Truthout.org Resist! Police, Puerto Rico, State Violence

In Policing Life and Death: Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico, author Marisol LeBrón shows how Puerto Rico’s colonial relationship with the U.S. has shaped policing in the archipelago as a form of “colonial crisis management.” Her new book exposes the ways policing harms marginalized communities and deepens social inequality. In this interview, LeBrón discusses the legacy of punitive “solutions” and the various ways Puerto Ricans are challenging state violence and building alternative forms of justice.

US Senate Fails To Restore Food Assistance For Puerto Rico

April 10, 2019 Julio Patron, Wsws.org Educate! Food and Agriculture, Puerto Rico, Senate

Since a factional battle broke out between Democratic and Republican parties last weekend, the US Senate has failed to pass a disaster relief bill that allocates federal money to recovery projects in all areas of the country recently affected by fires, floods, tropical storms and other natural disasters. The failure to approve this funding has left more than a million Puerto Ricans with drastically-reduced food stamp payments, one year and seven months after Hurricanes Maria and Irma struck the US territory.

Puerto Rico Faces A Flood Of Fracked Gas In Wake Of Hurricane Maria

March 30, 2019 Dimitri Lascaris, Therealnews.com Educate! Fracking, Natural Disasters, Puerto Rico

This is Dimitri Lascars reporting for The Real News Network. Media have descended on Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria devastated the island a year and a half ago, and many reported on its struggle to rebuild its energy grid. But behind the scenes, some policymakers and fossil fuel industry leaders are using the crisis to transform Puerto Rico into a hub for liquefied natural gas–gas obtained from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the mainland United States.

Puerto Rico’s Demand For Independence More Alive Than Ever

March 19, 2019 Nuria Barbosa León, En.granma.cu Create! Nationalism, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico’s demand for independence was reaffirmed by the patriot Oscar López Rivera recently, insisting that this is the inalterable demand of the island’s people. In statements to Granma International, he noted that the only path forward for his homeland is independence, and an end to the U.S. protectorate. He cited, as another other important issue in the struggle, the elimination of Puerto Rico’s exorbitant foreign debt, which according to Wall Street has reached 73 billion dollars, and for which the island’s people bear no responsibility, he said. López Rivera recalled that the Caribbean nation does not have its own public treasury to pay this debt, since all income generated goes straight to the United States, given its status as the reigning colonial power.

Caguas, Puerto Rico: Squatter City

November 24, 2018 Erin Sheridan, Indypendent.org Create! Housing, Puerto Rico, Uneven Development

Against a backdrop of gentrification, austerity and hurricane wreckage, these activists aren’t just rebuilding their city, they’re reimagining it. The main thoroughfare in Caguas, Puerto Rico, a city of nearly 150,000 people, remains desolate for hours at a time. Its buildings, ranging from pale pinks to bright orange and lime green, appear vacant. Many of the storefronts have boarded windows as if the shopkeepers left in a hurry and haven’t looked back. Hurricane Maria hit Caguas, 19 miles south of San Juan, with the same devastating force that met other municipalities on Puerto Rico’s eastern coast. But for locals, it was a common sentiment that life in Caguas was already careening in an unsustainable direction well before last year’s hurricanes — Irma, followed by the even more devastating Maria — were even on the radar.

Puerto Rico Tribunal Verdict: U.S. Is Guilty Of Crimes Against Humanity

October 30, 2018 Puerto Rico Tribunal. Resist! Colonialism, Human Rights, Puerto Rico, US Imperialism

New York, NY - Internationally recognized human rights activists and social movement leaders participated in the Emergency International People’s Tribunal on U.S. Colonial Crimes in Puerto Rico. The Tribunal was convened on Saturday, October 27, beginning at 9 am in New York City. The charges against the United States were leveled by prosecutor Dr. Augusto Zamora, an international lawyer from Nicaragua. He took a case on U.S. violations of Nicaraguan sovereignty to the International Court and won a judgment against the U.S. Testimony was offered in person and via recorded video messages by leading figures in the Puerto Rico independence movement and other social struggles.

Puerto Ricans Want A Clean And Just Energy Future

October 25, 2018 By Nithin Coca, Equaltimes.org Create! Energy, Puerto Rico, Water

One year after Hurricane Maria ravaged the United States territory of Puerto Rico, leaving more than 3000 dead and, at its peak, the entire island of 3.5 million residents without electricity, youth and labour activists are calling for a just energy transition that would better protect the island’s economy and energy system for future climate-related disasters. “The transition to clean energy is very important because in Puerto Rico we suffered the onslaught of Hurricane Maria, and many of the deaths were people with health issues who depended on electric machines,” says Rosalina Alvarado, a science teacher and leader of the local environmental group, PANAS.

How Disaster Capitalism Has Ruined Puerto Rico

October 11, 2018 By Vijay Prashad, Independentmediainstitute.org/globetrotter Educate! Capitalism, Puerto Rico, US Imperialism

Amnesty International’s Secretary General Kumi Naidoo was recently in Puerto Rico. During his trip, Naidoo looked carefully at the aftermath of Hurricane Maria—the Category 4 hurricane in 2017 that tore through the Caribbean. No island in its path was spared, with Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit rightly calling the damage “mindboggling.” Puerto Rico, a part of the United States of America, was struck hard, but not much harder than the other islands. Yet, the relief, rehabilitation and recovery on this island have been slow—paralytically slow. Naidoo’s visit to Puerto Rico comes a year after Hurricane Maria and yet, as he wrote, “it is shocking that so many people are forced to live in such a precarious situation; even worse when they are part of one of the richest nations in the world.”

Call For The Convening Of A People’s Tribunal On US Crimes Against The People Of PR

October 10, 2018 Staff, Puertoricotribunal.org Create! Crime, Puerto Rico, Tribunals, US Imperialism

Puerto Rico is mired in the most momentous crisis in its history as a United States colony. Never before have converged so many edges that to follow the course imposed by imperialism, negatively impact their future as a culturally boricua nation that can be developed for the benefit of its people. Once again, the US wants to use Puerto Rico as a model against the Latin American and Caribbean region. Although in the fifties and sixties he injected resources to establish his "showcase of the Caribbean" giving the appearance that PR was the most developed and prosperous region, to hostilely contrast it with the development of the Cuban Revolution, now also tries to show how the American dominion can - simply because it can...

Puerto Rico Governor Calls For ‘Elimination’ Of Venezuela’s Government

October 7, 2018 Staff, The Morning Star Educate! Puerto Rico, Regime Change, Venezuela

Governor of Puerto Rico Ricardo Rossello has called for the “elimination” of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and announced that a summit of opposition leaders will be held on the occupied US island later this month. Mr Rossello called for the overthrow of the democratically elected Bolivarian government during a joint press conference on Tuesday with ex-mayor of Caracas Antonio Ledezma. The pair signed an agreement to “support the return of democracy” in Venezuela, promising to open “humanitarian channels of support to that country, by land, air, and sea.”

Puerto Rico One Year Later: We’re Fighting For Justice And Prosperity

September 27, 2018 By Amira Odeh, 350.org Create! Crisis, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Puerto Rico

As the wind blew I could hear things falling and breaking outside. The walls of my (concrete-built) home were vibrating and water was coming in through every single window and door. At the moment I could only think of how to prepare for the worst and to be ready to seek refuge inside a closet or a bathroom. On September 20, 2017, I was fighting to keep my home and family safe during those long 24 hours that we endured Hurricane Maria. I would have never imagined what the next year would look like.

Agroecology In Puerto Rico: Building Alternatives To Colonialism And Capitalism

August 6, 2018 Staff, Resumen-english.org Create! Agroecology, Capitalism, Colonialism, New Economy, Puerto Rico

Jesef Reyes Morales: The movement is composed of different collectives that carry out regional work in the island. Collectives of agroecological agriculture, community processes, educational work, artistic initiatives – all these have been brought together under the Movimiento de Agroecología Popular. It was founded about five years ago and is quite a young movement. Our objective, in addition to taking forward initiatives for agroecological production, is to help in the process of the empowerment of our peasantry. They are a sector of society where we can see a lot of cultural resistance but it is still dispersed in other aspects. So currently, it is not a politically organized sector of society but it should be. We see agroecology as resistance in our territories with respect to our seeds and our culture.

Puerto Rico’s Carmen Yulín Cruz Shreds Trump Over New Hurricane Death Toll Study

June 2, 2018 Hayley Miller, Huffingtonpost.com Educate! Hurricane, Puerto Rico, Trump Administration

The mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, tore into President Donald Trump after a study released this week estimated Hurricane Maria’s death toll was at least 70 times higher than the government’s official count. Carmen Yulín Cruz blamed the Trump administration for not doing more to save the 4,645 people estimated by Harvard University researchers to have died as a result of last year’s historic storm. The government’s official death toll remains at 64. “It was about creating a narrative that made him and his administration look good,” Cruz said in an interview on Wednesday with the Latino Rebels radio program. “And many in the political class in Puerto Rico looked the other way, disregarded the truth and played into his narrative, that he gets a 10 out of a 10” for the federal response to the storm.

Puerto Rico’s Uncounted Dead: Study Says Hurricane Maria Toll Far Higher Than Official Count

May 31, 2018 Aaron Maté, Therealnews.com Educate! Hurricane, Puerto Rico

DONALD TRUMP: Every death is a horror. But if you look at a real catastrophe, like Katrina, and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, and you look at what happened here with really a storm that was just totally overpowering, nobody’s ever seen anything like this. What is your death count as of this moment, seventeen? Sixteen people certified, sixteen people, versus in the thousands. You can be very proud of all of your people, all of our people working together. Sixteen versus literally thousands of people.

How Climate Change Impacts Poor People

May 18, 2018 Kate Harveston, Popular Resistance. Educate! Climate Change, Food Security, Poverty, Puerto Rico

“Climate change affects everybody." You'll hear this from time to time, particularly when someone is trying to advocate action on a global scale. It's a way of binding us to a collective issue — letting us know that we're all in this together, so we might as well work together to resolve it. After all, climate change is, by definition, a worldwide phenomenon and issue. The more global temperatures rise, and the ice caps melt, the stranger and less predictable the weather will get for all of us. It is not true, however, to assume that climate change affects us all equally. Those living in poverty find themselves particularly impacted by the changes associated with the rising tides and temperatures.

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