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1. Puerto Rico: A one-party state

   Puerto Rican elections Alianza Pais (Puerto Rico) Puerto Rico Independence Party (PIP) Citizen Victory ... Movement (MVC) The New Progressive Party (PNP), Puerto Rico’s right-wing pro-statehood faction, has ... electoral alliance between the Puerto Rico Independence Party (PIP) and the Citizen Victory Movement (MVC) ...

2. Puerto Rico: Strong showing by pro-independence party in elections

   elections were held on November 5 in the United States colony of Puerto Rico. The US has occupied the ... when the Cuban Revolution broke from imperialist domination, Washington sought to make Puerto Rico ... rolled back, factories have closed down, jobs have disappeared and Puerto Rico has been forced to rely on ...

3. 10 new albums to spark hope as the world burns

   que pasó a Hawaii [I don’t want what happened in Hawaii to happen to you].” In 1898, Puerto Rico and ... significantly Americanised. But Puerto Rico remains an unincorporated territory and retains its own language and ... would have been the Puerto Ricans labelled “garbage”  by a comedian at a Trump rally before the ...

4. Puerto Rico and Palestine: ‘Our struggles are linked’

   States-occupied Puerto Rico, the movement for Palestinian liberation has been growing. A demonstration organised ... island following October 7. Like Palestine, Puerto Rico has a history of militant, organised resistance. ... colonialist intermediaries.” [Abridged from peoplesdispatch.org.] Puerto Rico January 31, 2024 1398 ...

5. New book profiles Cuba’s internationalism

   colony of Puerto Rico fared when Hurricane Maria struck in 2017. Cuba had prepared for it, and its ... Puerto Rico, on the other hand, was left waiting for help from Washington, which didn’t come. ...

6. Meet disaster gentrification: The other face of Puerto Rico’s devastating hurricanes

   Capitalism gentrification Loíza Five years ago, Hurricanes Irma and María wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico ... in Puerto Rico — and the picture becomes clearer. Act 60’s purpose is to “promote investment in ... Puerto Rico by providing investment residents with tax breaks”. Among these is the exclusion of tax on ...

7. First hit by privatisation, Puerto Rico in 'total blackout' as hurricane makes landfall

   Fiona Energy privatisation A "total blackout" was reported on the island of Puerto Rico on ... times since LUMA began operating Puerto Rico's transmission and distribution system on June 1, ... news of the blackout: "Puerto Rico is 100% without electrical power," she tweeted. "The ...

8. US colonial policies behind Hurricane Fiona power blackout in Puerto Rico

   colony of Puerto Rico were exposed five years ago — in the aftermath of two Category Five hurricanes: ... invest in Puerto Rico, towards the end of the 20 th century, by granting them tax breaks. This policy ... By that time, the market price of the debt had drastically fallen, due to Puerto Rico’s inability to ...

9. Puerto Rico: 400,000 flood streets to demand governor resign

   representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — whose mother was born in Puerto Rico — tweeted in response to video ... progressive coalition Power 4 Puerto Rico said in a statement on July 22. "As worldwide demonstrations ... calling for the governor to step down continue, the legislature of Puerto Rico must now commence an ...

10. Puerto Rico: The people rise up against oppression and exploitation

    Barry Sheppard 2019 Puerto Rican uprising One of the largest mass mobilisations in Puerto Rico ... Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico in 2017. More than 3000 people died — estimates go as high as ... he doesn’t leave, there’s going to be stronger consequences.” Many of Puerto Rico’s well-known ...

11. Call to end Puerto Rico's colonial status amid ongoing power shortage, privatisation plans

    Caribbean colony of Puerto Rico, swaths of the island still have no electricity, while food and water ... territory — the longest blackout in U.S. history — the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) said ... failed to deliver a single tarp to Puerto Rico. Speaking to Democracy Now!, mayor of Puerto Rico ...

12. Puerto Rico: General strike called against lay-offs

    Workers & unions Firuzeh Shokooh Vall Puerto Rico Puerto Rico, a "self-governing" ... is a Puerto Rican journalist specialised in human rights issues. Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuno ... general strike. paro_nacional_de_puerto_rico-_parte_2_15-oct-2009 Video: Paro Nacional de Puerto Rico ...

13. Puerto Rico devastation badly worsened by US treatment — before and after the hurricanes

    Hurricane Maria Donald Trump Letter from the US San Francisco Puerto Rico is facing a huge humanitarian ... and Irma, reflects a racist attitude to the largely Latino population of Puerto Rico. Trump “dog ... other countries to reach Puerto Rico. Even in normal times, this law greatly increases prices in the ...

14. Puerto Rico: Billionaire hedge fund managers demand schools close to pay debt

    Imperialism banks US imperialism hedge funds “Billionaire hedge fund managers have called on Puerto Rico to ... funds called for Puerto Rico to avoid financial default — and repay its debts — by collecting more ... (IMF) economists to come up with a solution to Puerto Rico’s debt crisis after the island’s governor ...

15. Puerto Rico suspends debt payments amid anti-austerity protests

    sued to freeze the assets of Puerto Rico's Government Development Bank. Democracy Now! said the ... Democracy Now! said. On April 5, students at the University of Puerto Rico campus in Bayamon voted to start ... the University of Puerto Rico at Utuado have also shut down the campus. In March, students held ...

16. US militarisation of Puerto Rico increases

    independence. It was the 17th UN resolution supporting self-determination for Puerto Rico. According to the ... resolution's sponsor, Cuban ambassador Rafael Dausá, "Puerto Rico must be demilitarised and the political ... ignored all calls to withdraw its troops from the island. Puerto Rico's pro-annexation Governor Pedro ...

17. United States grinding down its Puerto Rico colony

    Climate crisis Barry Sheppard Puerto Rico Letter from the US Privatisation Five months after ... Hurricane Maria devastated the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico, 25% of the US colony’s people are still ... US-appointed board that controls the colony’s finances, together with the compliant government of Puerto Rico ...

18. Thousands protest Puerto Rico telephone sale

    Thousands protest Puerto Rico telephone sale On October 1, more than 100,000 people came from all ... over Puerto Rico to a protest in San Juan to demand that the government cancel its plans to sell the ... Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC). The protest was part of a national 24-hour general strike, which ...

19. 'Puerto Rico is not for sale'

    By César Ayala GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico — The entire labour movement of Puerto Rico will support of ... telephone workers in a general strike against the privatisation of the Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC). ... Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island colony of the United States. The general strike is set to begin at dawn ...

20. Freed after 36 years, Oscar Lopez Rivera vows to continue fight for Puerto Rico independence

    Latin America & the Caribbean National liberation Puerto Rico Oscar Lopez Rivera independence ... fight and work, that’s what I know how to do,” Lopez Rivera said. “We can make Puerto Rico the nation ... for the independence of Puerto Rico. Lopez Rivera, in return, thanked Maduro for his support ...

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