Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora

A national advocacy organization of Puerto Ricans in the United States working toward a free, just, and prosperous future for our homeland.

[Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora @BUDPR]

An important op-ed in @archpaper about the proposed Esencia megaresort that will displace Puerto Ricans, consume natural resources, and cause irreparable damage to ecological habitats.

Read it here: https://t.co/GFMuHo8Ott

[Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora @BUDPR]

"The US has ruled Puerto Rico for longer than the British Raj in India."

Thank you @QuaeroBooks for this compelling argument in @tribunemagazine to decolonize Puerto Rico! https://t.co/1JQ7l4b1QZ

[Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora @BUDPR]

A los puertorriqueños nos avergüenza que Donald Trump y el gobierno de Estados Unidos decidan quién puede entrar a nuestra tierra.

¡Solidaridad con @AdaColau e independencia para Puerto Rico, para que sea nuestro pueblo quien decida a quién recibimos! https://t.co/W1Z2ErH6kE

[Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora @BUDPR]

It is shameful that Donald Trump and the U.S. government get to decide who steps foot in Puerto Rico.

But that's one of the consequences of colonialism.

We need independence so we can decide for ourselves who we welcome into our land!

https://t.co/UMLjvCpFAF

[Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora @BUDPR]

Powerful! https://t.co/koq1wb1ceV

[Federico A. de Jesús @fdejesusfebles]

A nombre del @jacprcc comparto las siguientes declaraciones de su director ejecutivo en respuestas a los ataques de @trschatz51 al ex congresista @RepGutierrez 👇

[Alberto C. Medina @AlbertoMedinaPR]

ICYMI: You can also read my latest piece on Puerto Rico in @YahooNews.
https://t.co/LNJVCuYciA

[Steve Howell @QuaeroBooks]

The US has ruled Puerto Rico for longer than the Britain Raj.

As Ghandi was winning independence, Puerto Ricans were browbeaten into accepting only limited self government.

But even that has now been replaced by direct rule - stirring support for independence again, as @AlbertoMedinaPR explains in his @thenation piece.

Note: By "browbeaten", I mean they were threatened with losing their war pensions and with economic disaster, while advocates of independence were imprisoned using draconian laws made in America and targeted for covert disruption by the FBI. My book has the details!

[Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora @BUDPR]

¡Gracias Chuwi por ser una voz talentosa y poderosa por la independencia de Puerto Rico! https://t.co/vWBbFtw9tL

[Hartzell @HartzellForKC]

Free Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

“Notably, support for sovereignty is rising among political leaders outside of Puerto Rican bastions like New York and Pennsylvania. Former Missouri representative @CoriBush and fellow Missouri Democratic primary candidate Hartzell Gray came out in support for Puerto Rican sovereignty. So did @SenadoraJulie, who gave John Hickenlooper a scare in the Democratic primary for US Senate in Colorado.”

[Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora @BUDPR]

The Puerto Rican statehood movement is at one of its weakest moments. In years past, they'd be in Congress pushing an annexation bill.

But they know Republicans would reject them and Democrats would ignore them. So they're sitting on the island passing meaningless resolutions.

[Rafael Lenín López @LeninPR]

PIDEN LA ESTADIDAD.

La Gobernadora @Jenniffer González firmó una Resolución Conjunta, aprobada en la Legislatura, que pide al Congreso de Estados Unidos y al @WhiteHouse la admisión de Puerto Rico como estado.

En la firma estuvieron presentes jefes de agencias como Suzanne Roig, el Secretario del DTOP, el Secretario de Salud, Zoraida Fonalledas y legisladores del PNP.

No aparecen en la foto de Fortaleza los presidentes legislativos.

[Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora @BUDPR]

We continue to engage with these and other American lawmakers who are becoming champions of Puerto Rican sovereignty.

Join us, support this work, and help power our pro-independence advocacy! https://t.co/Hvz68COaXg

[Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora @BUDPR]

Our president @AlbertoMedinaPR writes in @thenation about the growing movement of progressive U.S. political leaders who support Puerto Rico's independence.

Read it here: https://t.co/DmxU9VaSpT

[Steve Howell @QuaeroBooks]

Puerto Rico's independence party (PIP) was formed in 1946 just as the US was sharpening the repressive tools of McCarthyism. Everyone opposed to colonialism was targeted as Washington tightened its grip on its vital military asset.

But a nation's aspirations can't be crushed. Today, PIP is enjoying a surge in support as it celebrates its 80th anniversary.

The status that masqueraded as 'free association' was exposed as a sham in 2016 when Washington used the colony's debt crisis to impose a fiscal board to control its finances. Puerto Rico was not even given the opportunity to file for bankruptcy protection, as a US city would.

The word ‘debt’ is itself a misnomer. US politicians talk of Puerto Rico like it's a burden but colonial powers do not keep their possessions out of charity. It has served as a major US military base and test bed for all manner of nasty weapons. Its economy has been shaped for the coloniser's purposes, first as a supplier of sugar and later as a low-tax, cheap labour producer of pharmaceuticals and electrical goods. Recent years have seen its prime Caribbean coastal land plundered for development, pricing Puerto Ricans out of their own communities.

The US has tried to destroy Puerto Rico's independence movement through repression and covert action for decades - but it has failed.

Congratulations to PIP on its 80th anniversary.

For more on this, read "The colony Washington could not afford to lose" here: https://t.co/HJG49XGbIQ

The clip is from my Q&A for the Center for Puerto Rican Studies in New York. You'll find the full version here: https://t.co/nt4KOqks1u

[Julio E. @jlopezvarona]

¡Ahora! Cientos protestan frente al Capitolio de Puerto Rico en contra de la reforma de permisos que permite el desarrollo descontrolado, destruyendo nuestro ambiente a espaldas de nuestras comunidades.

[Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora @BUDPR]

Political leaders like Chris Rabb increasingly understand that a just and prosperous future for Puerto Rico requires sovereignty.

The movement for Puerto Rican independence keeps growing!

[Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora @BUDPR]

Today we're proud to officially endorse @chrisrabb, the next U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 3rd district!

Rabb has affirmed his support for Puerto Rico's decolonization and independence. We look forward to working with him in Congress to free our nation!

[Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora @BUDPR]

¡Gracias @DarializaforNY por tu apoyo a la descolonización e independencia de Puerto Rico!

Trabajaremos de cerca con la futura congresista y otros aliados que están comprometidos con la libertad de nuestro pueblo tras 128 años de coloniaje estadounidense. https://t.co/EYf4gsN0Py

[Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora @BUDPR]

An incredible night last Thursday screening Mataron a Pedro in Washington, DC, with director Kristian Mercado (@Kris_Merc) and producer Debbie Pérez @BorikenPodcast.

Thanks to our very own @MrChrisSoto for emceeing and @lorddeanington for moderating the panel!

[Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora @BUDPR]

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