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1. Puerto Rico: Free Oscar Lopez Rivera!

   Democracy National liberation Steven Katsineris 879 Puerto Rico May 14, 2011 “I don’t have any ... United States for his activities in support of freedom and independence for Puerto Rico, which is still ... overlooked its own rules in the process. Lopez Rivera has the support of a broad section of Puerto Rico ...

2. Screwed by vulture funds, Puerto Rico is the US's 'Greece'

   that are weaker. A case in point is the US colony of Puerto Rico. In a June 28 New York Times ... math.” Puerto Rico, which remains a territory of the US, has missed a July 1 deadline on a payment of ... debt crisis includes Puerto Rico cutting its minimum wage below the US federal level of $7.50 an hour ...

3. Washington aims for greater exploitation of devastated Puerto Rico

   Economy National liberation Workers & unions Barry Sheppard 1162 United States Puerto Rico ... Hurricane Irma Hurricane Maria November 18, 2017 The humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico continues after ... calculated. This raises the question: What exactly are its aims for Puerto Rico’s future? It is useful to look ...

4. Washington aims for greater exploitation of disaster-hit Puerto Rico

   Puerto Rico continues almost two months after two hurricanes hit. The imperialist centre in Washington ... decade. Mayor of Puerto Rico’s capital of San Juan, Carmen Yulin Cruz, told Democracy Now! on October 31: ... calculated. This raises the question: What exactly are its aims for Puerto Rico’s future? It is useful to look ...

5. Washington drops illusions to rule its colony Puerto Rico with iron hand

   Barry Sheppard 1100 Puerto Rico United States July 3, 2016 The Congressional, executive and judicial ... the contrary — that Puerto Rico is a US colony. A law known as PROMESA was passed by Congress with ... control board that has sweeping powers to take over Puerto Rico's economy. This has occurred during ...

6. Puerto Rico still denied self-determination

   42 February 5, 1992 Puerto Rico still denied self-determination The United Nations Special ... self-determination". Similar resolutions, reaffirming the inalienable rights of the people of Puerto Rico to ... those who believe in independence, today the colonial status of Puerto Rico remains unchanged. Puerto ...

7. Chilean Communist Party’s founding celebrated

   in Gaza, protesters demand Labor cut ties Puerto Rico and Palestine: ‘Our struggles are linked’ News ...

8. Puerto Rico: Debt crisis comes to a head as humanitarian crisis worsens

   liberation Socialism Barry Sheppard Last year, Puerto Rico's governor announced it simply did not have ... pay for basic services has increased. Despite Puerto Rico being poorer than any of the 50 states, ... charge of Medicare and Medicaid announced that it was slashing its allotment to Puerto Rico by 11%, while ...

9. Australian Greens MPs, unionists sign on to demand Russian anti-war activist Boris Kagarlitsky's freedom

   Germany, India, Ireland, Malaysia, Pakistan, Peru, Puerto Rico, Quebec, Russia, Spain and elsewhere. Other ...

10. National strike in Puerto Rico

    325 July 22, 1998 By César Ayala GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico Thousands of demonstrators on 150 picket ... lines across Puerto Rico have popularised the slogan "Puerto Rico no se vende" — "Puerto ... Rico is not for sale", or "Puerto Rico does not sell out". The slogan expresses the ...

11. PUERTO RICO: US Navy clears protesters from Vieques

    Puerto Rico's main island. While US attorney-general Janet Reno said the operation had gone ... military bases in the territory and at the University of Puerto Rico's main campus. Solidarity actions ... also occurred in New York. Formally, Puerto Rico is a commonwealth in free association with the US; in ...

12. Puerto Rico defaults on debt

    Economy National liberation Latin America & the Caribbean 1064 Puerto Rico August 9, 2015 For ... the first time in its history, the US colony of Puerto Rico has gone into default, Moody's ... since the debt is mostly owned by residents through credit unions. Many Puerto Ricans have abandoned the ...

13. PUERTO RICO: US Navy pushed out of Vieques

    539 May 28, 2003 BY ROBERTO BARRETO PUERTO RICO — The people of Vieques have won an important ... — including the highest cancer rate in Puerto Rico. So far, the navy has offered only US$2 million to clean up ... dollars. That is why the struggle for Vieques is not over. The people of Puerto Rico won't even get to ...

14. Political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera’s release highlights Puerto Rico’s liberation struggle

    all political tendencies in Puerto Rico, from the socialist left, to the Green-ish Independence Party, ... suffered under for centuries. Anti-colonial spirit The roots of the FALN lie in Puerto Rico’s violently ... a pro-independence rally to be held at Madison Square Garden and three days before hearings about Puerto Rico ...

15. Puerto Rico: Student strike faces attack

    838 Puerto Rico Students & education issues May 22, 2010 By May 18, students at the University ... of Puerto Rico (UPR) had entered their fourth week of a strike and occupation at the Rio Pedras ... national strike today, convened by the coalition Todo Puerto Rico por Puerto Rico. “The goal is to paralyze ...

16. PUERTO RICO: Water company near collapse

    462 August 29, 2001 BY CARMELO RUIZ-MARRERO SAN JUAN — The Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewers ... This week the Puerto Rico Office of the Comptroller issued a report about PRASA's performance that ... US$6.2 million for various violations of US environmental laws. Puerto Rico is an unincorporated ...

17. Puerto Rico: Students’ strike ends in victory

    Education Eric Ruder 843 Puerto Rico July 3, 2010 A nearly two-month-long student strike that shut ... down all 11 campuses of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) ended in a decisive victory for the ... a large number of Puerto Rico’s unions organised a one-day general strike in solidarity with the students. ...

18. Maduro meets Bronx community leaders, invites Puerto Rico to join ALBA

    Caribbean National liberation Socialism Z.C. Dutka 1028 Puerto Rico United States Venezuela October 1, 2014 ... the reason and the right to continue it.” Other key moments were Maduro’s calls for Puerto Rico to ... Puerto Rico.” ALBA is the anti-imperialist political and economic bloc first set up in 2004 by Venezuela ...

19. International news briefs — Argentina; Puerto Rico

    Women lead protests in Vieques VIEQUES, Puerto Rico — A group of 26 demonstrators, led by women, broke ... threatened the health of all Vieques residents. "As Puerto Rican women, our consciences won't let ... on land which belongs to the Puerto Rican people and the families of Vieques, she said. Also present ...

20. The Young Lords, revolutionary Puerto Ricans in 1960's New York

    Caribbean North America Refugees & migrants Welfare Barry Healy 1367 Australia Puerto Rico Young Lords ... pp., $38.50 The Young Lords, a radical 1960's movement of Puerto Rican youth in the United States, ... spectacularly arose out of the miserable living conditions into which Puerto Rican immigrants were trapped by US ...

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