Puerto Rico at Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora

Chair Grijalva Should Lead on Self-Determination for Puerto Rico

The Congressional hearings held on April 14th on the dueling bills to resolve Puerto Rico’s political status, chaired by Rep. Raúl Grijalva, clearly showed one thing: the question of Puerto Rico's future deserves a more serious deliberative process than it will get in the rancorously partisan U.S. Congress.

Hacia la nacionalidad y la erradicación del estatus colonial de Puerto Rico

Los estadounidenses tienen la esperanza de un futuro más prometedor por delante tras las victorias de los Demócratas en las elecciones presidenciales y congresionales, incluyendo los dos escaños al Senado en Georgia. Pero el futuro no es tan alentador para los puertorriqueños, pues la relación política del archipiélago con Estados Unidos sigue siendo una relación colonial muy poco favorable para su recuperación económica, para un desarrollo económico y político autónomo, y para su identidad cultural y nacional.

Toward nationhood and the eradication of Puerto Rico’s colonial status

The people of the United States face a hopefully brighter future with the Democratic victories in the presidential and congressional elections, including the senatorial wins in Georgia. The future is not so bright, however, for the people of Puerto Rico because the archipelago’s political status with the U.S. remains colonial and overwhelmingly unfavorable for its economic recovery, its autonomous economic and political development, and for its national cultural identity.

David Begnaud, We are Puerto Ricans

Days ago, members of the Puerto Rico National Guard arrived in Washington, DC, to protect the presidential swearing in of Joe Biden. Yesterday David Begnaud made viral a Tweet with his pictures saying that it is surreal that Puerto Rican soldiers be activated to guarantee a democratic process from which they are excluded and that as American citizens Puerto Ricans have served in American wars even though they cannot elect the President.

The Importance of Diaspora Activism in Puerto Rico’s Sovereignty Movement

With the upcoming “Statehood: Yes/No” status plebiscite in Puerto Rico, pro-sovereignty advocates within the Puerto Rican diaspora have risen to support the massive and coordinated “NO to Statehood” campaign in Puerto Rico and in the United States. This major uptick in diaspora activism in support of defeating the YES option has led to some calls by other Puerto Ricans, namely statehooders, that such diaspora Puerto Rican activists have no place in opposing statehood for Puerto Rico.

Veteran Advocates for Puerto Rico's Freedom

Antonio Camacho, Esq., a BUDPR Collaborator and Veteran wrote to "The Hill" to answer a condescending opinion column favoring statehood for Puerto Rico:

Ritchie Torres is Wrong About Puerto Rico

Letter sent to the New York Daily News in response to Ritchie Torres' July 14, 2020 Opinion Piece.

Top 5 Reasons to Support NO from the Diaspora

Diasporas are essential in all freedom movements. Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, was a diaspora American living and working abroad in London and Paris advocating for and supporting American interests and independence.

7 reasons why the COVID-19 stimulus package is not a ‘gift’ for Puerto Ricans

After weeks of deliberation and uncertainty, the current administration recently announced that direct cash payments to combat the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will also apply to many low-income residents living in Puerto Rico, a modern U.S. colony in the Caribbean.

Mr. Farrow is Wrong about Puerto Rico

Mr. Jeffrey Farrow’s twelve tweets, of February 9, 2020 [Link] show a lack of an understanding of Puerto Rico and contains errors of fact. They are not coherent as to what he appears to suggest are solutions and misrepresent what we did through the entire week.

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