Frente Independentista Boricua (Boricua Independence Front) supports Venezuela and denounces US intervention
The FRENTE INDEPENDENTISTA BORICUA (Boricua Independence Front) expresses its rejection of the interventionist and warmongering policies promoted by the government in Washington, DC against the brotherly people of Venezuela.
“We join the calls of the international community, both countries and political bodies, human rights, trade unions and broad social spectrums in the world, in the claim to respect the sovereign right of the people of Venezuela to decide their form of government, who have elected, as it has done through the ballot boxes, the political officers to lead the sister country” stated Eric Ramos, spoke person for the Frente Independentista Boricua.
We reject the campaigns of media, political and economic siege and the escalation of the military presence in the Caribbean and Latin America.
“We condemn, very particularly the positions assumed by the colonial puppet government in Puerto Rico, adding to the shameless attacks against the brotherly people. A country, like Puerto Rico, invaded and occupied militarily since 1898 by a foreign power (read USA), with a collapsed economy, where corruption and pillage of public funds reign and without recognized international legal personality; It is not precisely in the best position to give an opinion on how others should lead their destinies”, continued saying Ramos. In Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans do not rule, because it is in the congress of the United States where the power over the colony resides.
“The colonial government has collapsed and does not represent the best interests of its people. Nearly four thousand Puerto Ricans died due to the criminal negligence of the colonial government and the intervention, after Hurricane María in 2017. More than 50% of the population lives below the poverty level. About 1.7 million people go hungry in Puerto Rico according to official data from the Food Bank. Gender violence against women has reached alarming levels, without the colonial government has been busy declaring a national emergency, as requested by most of the feminist and women's rights organizations in the country” said professor Ana López, also a spoke person for the Frente. “Crime has exploded to alarming levels, as result of social deterioration, the lack of jobs and the resignations of police masses that have seen their salaries and retirement rights dismantled.
The colonial government uses repressive measures against young university students who defend their right to study. They also repress the marches and activities of the teaching profession, of the public service workers who defend their collective agreements and labor rights. Pensioners are also victims of the aggression of the colonial government and the dictatorial Fiscal Control Board, la junta (created pursuant to PROMESA law promulgated in US Congress) in Puerto Rico.” added professor López “We say NO to militarism and to the use of Puerto Rico as a base of operations to militarily attack the brotherly people of Venezuela, or any other brotherly Caribbean or Latin American country. Our people have expressed outright against militarism when they managed to remove the US Navy from Vieques in 2003. Victory was articulated on a country consensus, after an intense political-social struggle” Said Manuel Melendez also in representation of the Frente.
“We call our Puerto Rican people, both in the national territory and in exile, to demonstrate and express in all possible ways the rejection of the policies of war and aggression against the brotherly people of Venezuela. A concrete way to show that solidarity will be to continue the struggle to defeat the dictatorship of the colonial puppet government and the dictatorial junta that do so much damage to our home-land, Puerto Rico”, concluded the press statement.
*For more information, please contact: frenteindependentistaboricua@yahoo.com
“We join the calls of the international community, both countries and political bodies, human rights, trade unions and broad social spectrums in the world, in the claim to respect the sovereign right of the people of Venezuela to decide their form of government, who have elected, as it has done through the ballot boxes, the political officers to lead the sister country” stated Eric Ramos, spoke person for the Frente Independentista Boricua.
We reject the campaigns of media, political and economic siege and the escalation of the military presence in the Caribbean and Latin America.
“We condemn, very particularly the positions assumed by the colonial puppet government in Puerto Rico, adding to the shameless attacks against the brotherly people. A country, like Puerto Rico, invaded and occupied militarily since 1898 by a foreign power (read USA), with a collapsed economy, where corruption and pillage of public funds reign and without recognized international legal personality; It is not precisely in the best position to give an opinion on how others should lead their destinies”, continued saying Ramos. In Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans do not rule, because it is in the congress of the United States where the power over the colony resides.
“The colonial government has collapsed and does not represent the best interests of its people. Nearly four thousand Puerto Ricans died due to the criminal negligence of the colonial government and the intervention, after Hurricane María in 2017. More than 50% of the population lives below the poverty level. About 1.7 million people go hungry in Puerto Rico according to official data from the Food Bank. Gender violence against women has reached alarming levels, without the colonial government has been busy declaring a national emergency, as requested by most of the feminist and women's rights organizations in the country” said professor Ana López, also a spoke person for the Frente. “Crime has exploded to alarming levels, as result of social deterioration, the lack of jobs and the resignations of police masses that have seen their salaries and retirement rights dismantled.
The colonial government uses repressive measures against young university students who defend their right to study. They also repress the marches and activities of the teaching profession, of the public service workers who defend their collective agreements and labor rights. Pensioners are also victims of the aggression of the colonial government and the dictatorial Fiscal Control Board, la junta (created pursuant to PROMESA law promulgated in US Congress) in Puerto Rico.” added professor López “We say NO to militarism and to the use of Puerto Rico as a base of operations to militarily attack the brotherly people of Venezuela, or any other brotherly Caribbean or Latin American country. Our people have expressed outright against militarism when they managed to remove the US Navy from Vieques in 2003. Victory was articulated on a country consensus, after an intense political-social struggle” Said Manuel Melendez also in representation of the Frente.
“We call our Puerto Rican people, both in the national territory and in exile, to demonstrate and express in all possible ways the rejection of the policies of war and aggression against the brotherly people of Venezuela. A concrete way to show that solidarity will be to continue the struggle to defeat the dictatorship of the colonial puppet government and the dictatorial junta that do so much damage to our home-land, Puerto Rico”, concluded the press statement.
*For more information, please contact: frenteindependentistaboricua@yahoo.com
