Erica Gonzalez
Power 4 Puerto Rico Denounce DHS Agents ...

This clear act of intimidation and attempt to use Museum property as a staging site for an assault on Chicago’s Latino and immigrant communities is outrageous.

Erica Gonzalez
Puerto Rican groups, elected officials, allies, ...

We are appalled that elected representatives of the Puerto Rico statehood party and affiliated groups are teaming up with the Heritage Foundation. 

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.

Both Biden and Sanders Policy Proposals for Puerto Rico Still Lacking, Say Puerto Rican Stateside Groups as Florida and Puerto Rico Primaries Approach

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 12, 2020

Both Biden and Sanders Policy Proposals for Puerto Rico Still Lacking,
Say Puerto Rican Stateside Groups as Florida and Puerto Rico Primaries Approach
Candidates have failed to address the impact of the Jones Act on the Island, among other critical issues

Washington DC/Orlando, FL -- The Power 4 Puerto Rico Coalition and partners today discussed the outcomes of a campaign to pressure the presidential candidates to present action plans for the Island and detailed where the Democratic presidential nominee contenders Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden stand on several of the key issues affecting the Island.

PUERTO RICO’S DEBT NEEDS TO BE CANCELLED, RESERVE FUNDS USED TO HELP EARTHQUAKE/HURRICANE VICTIMS, NOT WALL STREET

Jan. 23, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Power 4 Puerto Rico Coalition reiterated its call for Puerto Rico’s debt to be discharged, and for billions in reserve funds meant to pay down the island’s debt to instead be used to rebuild homes and provide shelter for tens of thousands of earthquake and hurricane victims whose homes and communities were destroyed by a series of natural disasters starting in 2017. The diaspora based coalition also called on the Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB or the “Junta”) imposed by Congress on the island to authorize the use of billions of dollars it forced the Commonwealth to set aside to pay down Puerto Rico’s public debts to help the victims of Hurricanes Irma and Maria and the recent earthquakes that have rocked the island.

POWER 4 PUERTO RICO ON 6.4 EARTHQUAKE THAT HIT THE ISLAND THIS MORNING

The Power 4 Puerto Rico coalition issued the following statement:

“We are alarmed by the magnitude of the 6.4 earthquake that shook the island earlier this morning and the series of aftershocks that followed in what has been, so far, two weeks of tremors. We are also alarmed by the lack of a substantive response from federal agencies to this emergency. Patients had to be evacuated from hospitals, a school building collapsed and the island is without power. Immediate assistance is needed from FEMA to support vulnerable populations.

Power 4 Puerto Rico Formally Endorses Warren, Sanders, Velázquez Debt Relief Bill for Puerto Rico

Oct. 30, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources convenes this afternoon for a second round of hearings to examine potential amendments to the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) federal law, the Power 4 Puerto Rico Coalition announced their support for the “U.S. Territorial Relief Act” (S. 1312 / H.R. 2526).

New microsite PRpolicy.org will allow voters to examine candidates’ proposals on Puerto Rico issues

2020 Presidential Candidates Put on Notice by Puerto Ricans
New microsite PRpolicy.org will allow voters
to examine candidates’ proposals on Puerto Rico issues

Washington DC -- This morning, the Power 4 Puerto Rico coalition launched PRpolicy.org to show which policy proposals and positions the #2020 presidential candidates have released so far --or not -- to help resolve longstanding issues for Puerto Rico.

STATEMENT BY POWER 4 PUERTO RICO CALLING ON GOV. ROSSELLÓ TO STEP DOWN

A leader who is truly committed to his patria (homeland in Spanish) and cares about the well-being of his people will forego his ego to allow for a transitional process that is orderly, transparent and begins to restore the confidence of people in the island’s central government.

JOINT STATEMENT BY POWER 4 PUERTO RICO AND AMERICA’S VOICE ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ATTEMPT TO INSERT DHS FUNDING INTO DISASTER AID

“We are calling on the Senate to rise above the president’s Hunger Games approach to disaster aid and his cruel and militaristic approach to punishing refugees. Across the board, we will not relent in demanding support for all disaster-stricken areas that is not politicized, delayed, and muddied by Trump’s attacks hateful rhetoric, division, and fear mongering.”

Power 4 Puerto Rico statement on House Natural Resources Committee Hearing on PROMESA, and deep austerity imposed by unelected Junta it created

May 2, 2019 — “Today’s hearing examining the implementation of PROMESA should reveal how an unelected, imposed fiscal control board (the Junta in Spanish) has by no means prompted the stabilization and economic development that many members of Congress intended for Puerto Rico through this legislation.

POWER 4 PUERTO RICO ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TREATMENT OF PUERTO RICANS

POWER 4 PUERTO RICO ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TREATMENT OF PUERTO RICANS

“President Trump has made clear that the safety and lives of Puerto Ricans do not matter to him nor his administration. He has reportedly and repeatedly expressed that the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico are somehow receiving ‘too much’ money for food, resiliency and recovery. This is outrageous considering the well documented damage, estimates and predicament of Puerto Rico and the thousands of families displaced after Hurricanes Irma and Maria,” said Power 4 Puerto Rico Director Erica Gonzalez. “This is also outrageous given that this month, 1 million Puerto Ricans' emergency nutritional assistance was cut and poor and elderly Island residents are literally struggling to put food on the table while some patients have had to sit in soiled diapers. Now, the President is falsely claiming that no one has taken better care of Puerto Rico than him.”