Primero les imponen una junta de control fiscal para administrar la colonia y ahora su propio gobierno les traiciona.
Espero que abran los ojos (hasta el ojo del culo si pueden) y se den cuenta a quien realmente este gobierno apoya: la Legislatura, la comisaría residente y los municipios. Rosello Jr. ha vendido el derecho de los trabajadores a cambio de mas $$$ para que las susodichas ramas del gobierno se siguan despachando con la cuchara grande atravez de "contratos de servicios profesionales y asesoria" a sus amigotes y batatas politicas. Puerto Rico, a ustedes lo que falta es que un asteroid les caiga encima, si al fin y al cabo ya saben cuales son las prioridades de SU goberno electo atravez de ese beauty contest que llaman democracia.
A celebrar se ha dicho!!
Sunday, May 20, 2018
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Juan R. Torruella's speech in the John Jay College of Criminal Justice
This very good speech was delivered recently by the Hon. Juan R. Torruella addressing many serious concerns about the outstanding constitutional and international Law issue that are raised by the United State- Puerto Rico Relationship. Notice on paragraph's 9, 10, the Hon. Judge hits the nail on the head concerning something many of us already knew, and an inconvenient truth hidden by 117 years of Colonialism and an educational system that NEVER told us the truth concerning our political relationship with Spain during 1898.
http://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/politica/nota/juanrtorruellasspeechinthejohnjaycollegeofcriminaljustice-2190500/
This is the point that anyone who really cares about redressing a remedy for Puerto Rico, should begin with DEMANDING the U.S. Congress to IMMEDIATELY renegotiate the return of Puerto Rico to Spain so the now U.S. Colony could return to its status as a Province of Spain with full delegate representation and rights, something Puerto Rico has NOT achieved during 177 years of U.S. Colonialism. The story we have been told, that Puerto Rico was a colony of Spain is simply NOT true. Puerto Rico at the moment of the negotiation of the infamous Treaty of Paris of 1898 was a Spanish province, the equivalent of what state is in the U.S.A.
Notice how Judge Torruella emphasizes:
"The starting point to this dismal path is the Treaty of Paris of 1898, which ended the Spanish-American War. In providing for the cession of Puerto Rico from Spain to the United States, the Treaty stated, in its Article IX, that "[t]he civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants . . . shall be determined by Congress."[21] This provision was contrary to the unwavering practice and prevalent constitutional law up to then regarding all other territorial acquisitions by the United States. In all prior cases, upon acquiring additional territory, U.S. citizenship and rights were granted to the inhabitants of the newly acquired lands, irrespective of the means used to add those territories to the Nation's domain.[22] "
"The new practice instituted after the Spanish-American War effected not only a departure from past practice by the United State but a retrogression from how things were in Puerto Rico during Spanish rule, under which the Island was a province of Spain (the equivalent of a state under the U.S. form of government), and Puerto Ricans were full Spanish citizens with the right to elect sixteen delegates and three senators to the Spanish Cortes (the equivalent of our Congress).[23] "
"Although shortly after his arrival General Miles had proclaimed to the Puerto Rican population that the United States would "promote their prosperity and bestow the immunities and blessings of [U.S.] enlightenment and liberal institutions and government,"[24] the United States instead imposed a military regime that abolished all forms of democratic representation in local government. Furthermore, despite Miles's bombastic promises, the colonial powers negotiated the Treaty of Paris and enacted Article IX without Puerto Rican participation or even consultation. The treaty and its Article IX were announced to Puerto Rico's inhabitants as a fait accompli, in which they were stripped of their Spanish citizenship and rights and required to give allegiance to a new colonial overseer under whom they would be without any rights except those that Congress, in which they had no vote, chose to grant in the future. As an matter of American constitutional law, Article IX was clearly unconstitutional, for as Justice Kennedy stated in Boumediene v. Bush, "[t]he Constitution grants Congress and the President the power to acquire, dispose of, and govern territory, not the power to decide when and where its terms apply."[25] And, of course, it does not take a rocket scientist to conclude that neither the Treaty of Paris nor any treaty can trump (pardon my language) the Constitution by granting Congress powers that exceed those allowed by that document."
This was and remains as of this day, a historical tragedy that has had sever political and socio-economic consequences for the people of Puerto Rico.
http://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/politica/nota/juanrtorruellasspeechinthejohnjaycollegeofcriminaljustice-2190500/
This is the point that anyone who really cares about redressing a remedy for Puerto Rico, should begin with DEMANDING the U.S. Congress to IMMEDIATELY renegotiate the return of Puerto Rico to Spain so the now U.S. Colony could return to its status as a Province of Spain with full delegate representation and rights, something Puerto Rico has NOT achieved during 177 years of U.S. Colonialism. The story we have been told, that Puerto Rico was a colony of Spain is simply NOT true. Puerto Rico at the moment of the negotiation of the infamous Treaty of Paris of 1898 was a Spanish province, the equivalent of what state is in the U.S.A.
Notice how Judge Torruella emphasizes:
"The starting point to this dismal path is the Treaty of Paris of 1898, which ended the Spanish-American War. In providing for the cession of Puerto Rico from Spain to the United States, the Treaty stated, in its Article IX, that "[t]he civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants . . . shall be determined by Congress."[21] This provision was contrary to the unwavering practice and prevalent constitutional law up to then regarding all other territorial acquisitions by the United States. In all prior cases, upon acquiring additional territory, U.S. citizenship and rights were granted to the inhabitants of the newly acquired lands, irrespective of the means used to add those territories to the Nation's domain.[22] "
"The new practice instituted after the Spanish-American War effected not only a departure from past practice by the United State but a retrogression from how things were in Puerto Rico during Spanish rule, under which the Island was a province of Spain (the equivalent of a state under the U.S. form of government), and Puerto Ricans were full Spanish citizens with the right to elect sixteen delegates and three senators to the Spanish Cortes (the equivalent of our Congress).[23] "
"Although shortly after his arrival General Miles had proclaimed to the Puerto Rican population that the United States would "promote their prosperity and bestow the immunities and blessings of [U.S.] enlightenment and liberal institutions and government,"[24] the United States instead imposed a military regime that abolished all forms of democratic representation in local government. Furthermore, despite Miles's bombastic promises, the colonial powers negotiated the Treaty of Paris and enacted Article IX without Puerto Rican participation or even consultation. The treaty and its Article IX were announced to Puerto Rico's inhabitants as a fait accompli, in which they were stripped of their Spanish citizenship and rights and required to give allegiance to a new colonial overseer under whom they would be without any rights except those that Congress, in which they had no vote, chose to grant in the future. As an matter of American constitutional law, Article IX was clearly unconstitutional, for as Justice Kennedy stated in Boumediene v. Bush, "[t]he Constitution grants Congress and the President the power to acquire, dispose of, and govern territory, not the power to decide when and where its terms apply."[25] And, of course, it does not take a rocket scientist to conclude that neither the Treaty of Paris nor any treaty can trump (pardon my language) the Constitution by granting Congress powers that exceed those allowed by that document."
This was and remains as of this day, a historical tragedy that has had sever political and socio-economic consequences for the people of Puerto Rico.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
The Israeli delusional Democracy without a Constitution
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/.premium-1.652989
One hell of a democracy the Israeli's got there huh? A democracy without a Constitution guaranteeing separation of powers is a sham of a democracy, not a real one. But in a state that each day is getting closer and closer to a theocracy, what else we can expect?
To the Israeli's: Get your act together, create a Constitution guanranteeing separation of powers, TRUE separation of powers. In the mean time keep living under the false impression you got a democracy because you DON'T, it is a state of delusional democracy.
One hell of a democracy the Israeli's got there huh? A democracy without a Constitution guaranteeing separation of powers is a sham of a democracy, not a real one. But in a state that each day is getting closer and closer to a theocracy, what else we can expect?
To the Israeli's: Get your act together, create a Constitution guanranteeing separation of powers, TRUE separation of powers. In the mean time keep living under the false impression you got a democracy because you DON'T, it is a state of delusional democracy.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Back to the Arab-Isaraeli conflict
Well, confirmed, for the millionth time, that neither the Israeli leadership nor the Arab-Palestinian leadership are, were or will be partners in peace.
Abbas scores another huge screw up in an attempt of world sympathy...again. To even the score, our adorable Bibi and his chronies even the score with a proposed construction of 2610 homes in the Givat Hamatos area (more land grab by Israel, less land for a viable Palestinian State, no surprise here since Israel uses the International Community's non-recognition of their presence in the Palestinian territories pretty much like we use toilet paper).
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alon-benmeir/abbas-dismal-failure-at-t_b_5915324.html
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-slams-israeli-settlement-plan-after-barack-obama-meets-benjamin-netanyahu-20141002-10p0gm.html#ixzz3ExxGs0lY
We pretty much anticipated Abu Mazen's discourse, it is a yearly tradition whenever the UN has a major assembly, especially after a devastating war that left Gaza almost flattenned like a pancake. Of course he threatens to take Israel to the ICC at Hague for war crimes while having an episode of short term memory loss totally forgetting that Hamas committed war crimes as well. The problem with Bibi's reaction is that we do not know if he did it out of spite after his latest tea and kosher biscuits with U.S. President Barack Obama that went absolutely nowhere (as usual, if you see at the pictures of their meeting, Obama is ignoring Bibi while Bibi is pretty much fantasizing on how to choke the President) or just to stick it on Abbas face...again.
The Israeli's and Palestinians want a peaceful solution? Learn how to vote!!!
Abbas scores another huge screw up in an attempt of world sympathy...again. To even the score, our adorable Bibi and his chronies even the score with a proposed construction of 2610 homes in the Givat Hamatos area (more land grab by Israel, less land for a viable Palestinian State, no surprise here since Israel uses the International Community's non-recognition of their presence in the Palestinian territories pretty much like we use toilet paper).
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alon-benmeir/abbas-dismal-failure-at-t_b_5915324.html
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-slams-israeli-settlement-plan-after-barack-obama-meets-benjamin-netanyahu-20141002-10p0gm.html#ixzz3ExxGs0lY
We pretty much anticipated Abu Mazen's discourse, it is a yearly tradition whenever the UN has a major assembly, especially after a devastating war that left Gaza almost flattenned like a pancake. Of course he threatens to take Israel to the ICC at Hague for war crimes while having an episode of short term memory loss totally forgetting that Hamas committed war crimes as well. The problem with Bibi's reaction is that we do not know if he did it out of spite after his latest tea and kosher biscuits with U.S. President Barack Obama that went absolutely nowhere (as usual, if you see at the pictures of their meeting, Obama is ignoring Bibi while Bibi is pretty much fantasizing on how to choke the President) or just to stick it on Abbas face...again.
The Israeli's and Palestinians want a peaceful solution? Learn how to vote!!!
Friday, August 22, 2014
Fianlly someone with something tha resembles an idea in the never ending Failed Arab-Israeli conflict
http://www.suntimes.com/news/steinberg/28726634-452/plan-b-gives-glimpse-of-palestines-future.html
"The Israeli/Palestinian standoff is not an area where rational thought is much rewarded. The Israelis seem content to play jailer to a restive, belligerent and growing population of 4.5 million Palestinians jammed into the West Bank and Gaza. It is a failure of empathy on Israel’s part, which I’d fault them for more except it is enlightened benevolence compared to the Palestinians, nearly a third of whom elected a terror group, Hamas, to lead them, which makes their cries of injustice ring hollow. If Israel is locked in the outdated land-equals-security calculus, Palestinians keep returning to the same tattered 1947 game plan — we fight you and win everything someday — that has been losing consistently for the past 67 years. "
You can pretty much summarize the whole problem in that paragraph. Problem is, it takes two to tango, and these two don't want to tango not even for a shotgun wedding.
"The Israeli/Palestinian standoff is not an area where rational thought is much rewarded. The Israelis seem content to play jailer to a restive, belligerent and growing population of 4.5 million Palestinians jammed into the West Bank and Gaza. It is a failure of empathy on Israel’s part, which I’d fault them for more except it is enlightened benevolence compared to the Palestinians, nearly a third of whom elected a terror group, Hamas, to lead them, which makes their cries of injustice ring hollow. If Israel is locked in the outdated land-equals-security calculus, Palestinians keep returning to the same tattered 1947 game plan — we fight you and win everything someday — that has been losing consistently for the past 67 years. "
You can pretty much summarize the whole problem in that paragraph. Problem is, it takes two to tango, and these two don't want to tango not even for a shotgun wedding.
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Leader of Movimiento Reunificacion Puerto Rcio y Espana turns out to be antiSemite
Well, it turns out that the leader of the Movimiento Reunificacion Puerto Rico y Espana has some serious antisemitic views besides his obvious hobby as a history revisionist. I just came across this pathetic piece of garbage. Obviously his level of ignorance and hatred towards Jews and Americans goes beyond limits. Mr. Jose Nieves Seise, you have earned the title of Comandante General de los ignorantes y antisemitas. Felicidades!
http://elobservadordelpueblo.blogspot.com/2010/08/las-pruebas-de-que-el-holocausto-judio.html
http://elobservadordelpueblo.blogspot.com/2010/08/las-pruebas-de-que-el-holocausto-judio.html
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Movimiento de Reunificación de Puerto Rico y España: MRE EN LA PRENSA INTERNACIONAL
Movimiento de Reunificación de Puerto Rico y España: MRE EN LA PRENSA INTERNACIONAL: El trabajo hecho enn los últimos 8 meses ha rendido fruto. La noticia de la existencia de nuestro Movimiento ha sido publicada en la ...
Lo and behold it was about time someone will actually do this, as insane and illusory as it sounds.Why? Mr. Seise obviously thinks that this is as simple as going to the local court in Hato Rey and contest a traffic ticket. In order to take the United States to the Hague Court, it will require another member state to file the petition. The Court’s role is to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized United Nations organs and specialized agencies. The Court decides, in accordance with international law, disputes of a legal nature that are submitted to it by States (jurisdiction in contentious cases); and it gives advisory opinions on legal questions at the request of the organs of the United Nations or specialized agencies authorized to make such a request (advisory jurisdiction). Puerto Rico is NOT a state member, and good luck getting the government filing the case for them. They will need to piggy back ride their case through an organ of the United Nations sympathetic to this cause. Morally speaking, makes some sense since it would be very interesting in see how the United States can justify their taking of Puerto Rico from Spain by force by the use of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. For those of you who do not know about the Treaty of Paris of 1898, basically the United States, at gunpoint forced Spain to relinquish Puerto Rico, Cuba, Philippines, etc. Long story short, it was the threat of an attack to the Canary Islands and a wide spread war what the United States blackmailed Spain with.
This is the same United States that was calling for sanctions against Russia for intervening in Crimea. Just with this slight difference: Over 90% of the population in Crimea are ethnic Russians, plus at least they got to vote on it. In 1898, 90% of the population of Puerto Rico were ethnic Spaniards, and they did not had the luxury of a vote on the matter. Thanks "Uncle Sam", for the convenient hypocrisy.
Realistically, the Reunificacionistas will need a majority of the legal registered voters to advance their cause. If it too 114 years for the Puerto Rico Statehood sympathizers to finally obtain a majority of voters to vote for Statehood in 2013, what makes anyone believe that this movement will achieve any kins of majority within the next 4 years? After all, Congress already legislated a referendum for Puerto Rico to decide among options that Congress already considered are the best possibilities for the Puertorican people to vote on. None of those options include Return to Spain, and if it does by an amendment of the Congressional act, it will doubtful get a pluralistic or significant amount of votes as to make a difference.
In other words Mr. Seise, if it is not in the ballot, the Hague Tribunal cannot undo the will of a majority of voters, just because you want to. Who said we are not allowed to dream? We can, and Mr.Seise has proven to be a resilient dreamer a la Don Quixote.
Lo and behold it was about time someone will actually do this, as insane and illusory as it sounds.Why? Mr. Seise obviously thinks that this is as simple as going to the local court in Hato Rey and contest a traffic ticket. In order to take the United States to the Hague Court, it will require another member state to file the petition. The Court’s role is to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized United Nations organs and specialized agencies. The Court decides, in accordance with international law, disputes of a legal nature that are submitted to it by States (jurisdiction in contentious cases); and it gives advisory opinions on legal questions at the request of the organs of the United Nations or specialized agencies authorized to make such a request (advisory jurisdiction). Puerto Rico is NOT a state member, and good luck getting the government filing the case for them. They will need to piggy back ride their case through an organ of the United Nations sympathetic to this cause. Morally speaking, makes some sense since it would be very interesting in see how the United States can justify their taking of Puerto Rico from Spain by force by the use of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. For those of you who do not know about the Treaty of Paris of 1898, basically the United States, at gunpoint forced Spain to relinquish Puerto Rico, Cuba, Philippines, etc. Long story short, it was the threat of an attack to the Canary Islands and a wide spread war what the United States blackmailed Spain with.
This is the same United States that was calling for sanctions against Russia for intervening in Crimea. Just with this slight difference: Over 90% of the population in Crimea are ethnic Russians, plus at least they got to vote on it. In 1898, 90% of the population of Puerto Rico were ethnic Spaniards, and they did not had the luxury of a vote on the matter. Thanks "Uncle Sam", for the convenient hypocrisy.
Realistically, the Reunificacionistas will need a majority of the legal registered voters to advance their cause. If it too 114 years for the Puerto Rico Statehood sympathizers to finally obtain a majority of voters to vote for Statehood in 2013, what makes anyone believe that this movement will achieve any kins of majority within the next 4 years? After all, Congress already legislated a referendum for Puerto Rico to decide among options that Congress already considered are the best possibilities for the Puertorican people to vote on. None of those options include Return to Spain, and if it does by an amendment of the Congressional act, it will doubtful get a pluralistic or significant amount of votes as to make a difference.
In other words Mr. Seise, if it is not in the ballot, the Hague Tribunal cannot undo the will of a majority of voters, just because you want to. Who said we are not allowed to dream? We can, and Mr.Seise has proven to be a resilient dreamer a la Don Quixote.
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