Posts Tagged ‘Imperialism’
Puerto Rico on General Strike Tomorrow
12:08 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · economy|Labor|Puerto Rico · Comments Off
14 Oct 2009Puerto Rico has been feeling the effects of the global recession and its impact hits harder thanks to it’s colonial status. Record unemployment has been boosted thanks to pro-statehood governor Luis Fortuño laying off around 17,000 earlier this month, bringing the total number of people fired on the island close to 25,000. This has led to massive popular action in the streets of the isla del encanto and there is a general strike called for tomorrow, October 15th.
There are a number of solidarity events, especially here in NYC so stay tuned for updates.
Via / Global Voices
Puerto Rico is a Natural Resource that Should Determine It’s Own Fate
7:24 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Puerto Rico · 1 Comment
25 Jul 2009
Ah the politics of colonization. I shouldn’t be surprised that The Natural Resources Committee of Congress, a committee that deals with fisheries, wildlife, Native Americans and possessions of the U.S. (aka colonies), approved a proposal Wednesday that would let Puerto Ricans decide their island’s political status. What are Puerto Ricans and Indigenous people if not dehumanized things that need protecting and caretaking?
Voters would choose between keeping the island’s commonwealth status, adopted in 1952, or to opt for something different. In the latter case, a second plebiscite would let them decide whether they wanted statehood, independence or independence with a loose association to the United States.
U.S. Navy Conducting Manuvers in Caribbean…Again.
10:33 am By Maegan La Mala · Latin America|Politics · Comments Off
5 Apr 2006
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into Latin American waters, the U.S. Navy is once again conducting military maneuvers in the Caribbean and off the coast of South America. The two month long training exercise was announced last week and includes four ships, a 60-plane air wing and 6,500 sailors. The exercises, to resume sometime early this month, will mark the first time the Navy is in the region since ending exercises in Vieques, Puerto Rico, which were halted in January 2003 after years of struggle and protest both in Puerto Rico and in the United States. Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute, a pro-defense think tank in Washington said :
The presence of a U.S. carrier task force in the Caribbean will definitely be interpreted as some sort of signal by the governments of Cuba and Venezuela.
You think? Just one more reason why the U.S. is not going to let Puerto Rico out of its grip.
Via / The Virginian-Pilot
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