Erica Gonzalez
Information Denied is Not Decolonization - ...

Any bill that purports to decolonize Puerto Rico must include full information on the controlling language of Puerto Rico, what the transition to federal taxation would be, whether economically stifling maritime restrictions would be eliminated, and much more.

Erica Gonzalez
STATEMENT ON SMITHSONIAN “PAUSING” EXHIBIT ON ...

The Smithsonian should not participate in the dilution, distortion, or omission of the Young Lords and the Chicano and Mexican movements that are part of this exhibit.

Erica Gonzalez
STATEMENT ON THE 125th ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. ...

We reaffirm the right of the Puerto Rican people to lead and choose our own future and decolonize our homeland on transparent and participatory terms.

Erica Gonzalez
Puerto Rico Status Act, HR 8393, Fails to ...

The House of Representatives voted to pass a bill that denies the basic democratic rights of the people of Puerto Rico to have full information

Erica Gonzalez
STATEMENT DENOUNCING PUERTO RICO RESIDENT ...

No one gets to determine the Puerto Ricanness of the daughters and sons of Borikén, especially someone who has actively endorsed and supported white supremacists.

Nydia Velazquez

Power 4 Puerto Rico and Partners Call for Hearings and Addressing Critical, Missing Details in Puerto Rico “Compromise” Status Legislation

After 124 years of US colonialism, Puerto Ricans should not be cheated out of a fair and thorough self-determination process where they chart their future. The decolonization of Puerto Rico must include all details and implications up-front and extensive public hearings.

POWER 4 PUERTO RICO APPLAUDS HOUSE PASSAGE OF BILL TO BAN CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN FEDERAL FISCAL BOARD PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS

Among the conflicts that prompted PRRADA were revelations that McKinsey, contracted by the Junta, had a subsidiary with investments in Puerto Rico debt, while advising the Junta on restructuring that same debt.


100 + GROUPS, LEADERS RALLY FOR ‘PUERTO RICO SELF-DETERMINATION ACT’

More than 100 groups and leaders from Puerto Rico and throughout the United States today announced their support for the Puerto Rico Self-Determination of 2021, introduced last Thursday by Reps. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senators Robert Menéndez (D-NJ) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) with a total of 83, and counting, original Members of Congress and Senators sponsoring the legislation. The announcement at a press conference and rally came on March 22nd, Emancipation Day, the annual holiday commemorating when slavery was legally abolished in in Puerto Rico.