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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">National<span style="letter-spacing:2.5pt">
</span>La<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">w</span>yers<span
style="letter-spacing:2.5pt"> </span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt;mso-font-width:107%">G</span><span
style="mso-font-width:107%">uild</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt;mso-font-width:108%">P</span><span
style="mso-font-width:108%">resentation<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span></span>to<span
style="letter-spacing:.65pt"> </span>the<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span>United<span
style="letter-spacing:1.95pt"> </span>Nations<span
style="letter-spacing:1.85pt">
</span>Decolonization<span style="letter-spacing:2.2pt"> </span><span
style="mso-font-width:105%">Co<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">m</span></span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt;mso-font-width:107%">m</span><span
style="mso-font-width:106%">ittee</span><o:p></o:p> Hearings <span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span>on<span
style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">P</span>uerto <span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span
style="mso-font-width:102%">Rico<br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br>
<span style="mso-font-width:102%"></span><o:p></o:p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">June<span style="letter-spacing:2.65pt"> </span>20,
2016<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">I<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>have
the
privile<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span>e of addressing<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">y</span>ou
today<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>on behalf of the
National <span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">L</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">a</span>w<span
style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">y</span>ers Guild. <span
style="letter-spacing:
-.05pt">F</span>ounded in 1937 as an alternative to the American
<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">B</span>ar Association, which
did not admit people
of color, the Guild is the oldest and lar<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">g</span>est
public interest/human ri<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">h</span>ts bar or<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.2pt">g</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">a</span>ni<span
style="letter-spacing:.1pt">z</span>ation in the United States,
with
headquarters in New York, and chapters in every<span
style="letter-spacing:
-1.0pt"> </span>state. <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">F</span>rom
its
foundin<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>, the National <span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">L</span>aw<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">y</span>ers
Guild has maintained an internationalist perspective, with Puerto
Rico pla<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">y</span>ing an
important part of the critical
focus of our international work. Our many<span
style="letter-spacing:-.95pt"> </span>resolutions
affirm the ri<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>ht of the
Puerto Rican
people to self-determination and independence and call for the
release of
Puerto Rican political prisoners. Our members, including<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.35pt"> </span>m<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">y</span>self,
have
dedicated our le<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">g</span>al
skills to this
just and noble cause.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt">I. P</span></b><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">uerto Rico<span
style="letter-spacing:.45pt"> </span>is a<span
style="letter-spacing:.65pt"> </span>colony<span
style="letter-spacing:.65pt"> </span>of the<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span>United<span
style="letter-spacing:1.95pt"> </span><span
style="mso-font-width:106%">States<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.75in"><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">J</span>ust
this
month, the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. House of
Representatives clarified
what this Committee has reco<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>ni<span
style="letter-spacing:.1pt">z</span>ed and denounced for
decades: Puerto Rico
is a colony<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>of the
United States.<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">1<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">F</span>irst,
the U.S. Supreme Court announced in<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">Pu</span>erto<span
style="letter-spacing:1.15pt">
</span>Rico<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>v.<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.7pt"> </span>Sánchez<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>Vall<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">e</span>,<span
style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>that
ultimate soverei<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">n</span>ty<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>for
Puerto Rico ori<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>inates
with the U.S.
Con<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">gr</span>ess, resulting<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>in a ruling<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.15pt"> </span>that for purposes of double jeopard<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.65pt">y</span>, unlike the 50 U.S. states, unlike the <span
style="letter-spacing:
-.3pt">I</span>ndian tribes, Puerto Rico is not a soverei<span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span>n<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>entity<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>entitled to criminally<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>process its citi<span
style="letter-spacing:
.05pt">z</span>ens who have already<span
style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>been
criminally processed in the U.S. court in Puerto Rico<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.15pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;
mso-text-raise:5.0pt">2<span style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>The
moment, noted one political commentator, is “the end of a lie.<span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">”</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">The same da<span
style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">y</span>,
the House of Representatives – over the objections of Puerto
Rico’s <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>overnor, many<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.5pt"> </span>elected officials, labor unions and the voting<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>public<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">4<span
style="letter-spacing:
1.25pt"> </span></span>– passed the Puerto Rico Oversi<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.2pt">g</span>ht, Mana<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>ement,
and
Economic Stability<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>Act
(PROMESA,
Spanish for “promise”)<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">,</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">5<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>in response to
the need to
restructure Puerto Rico’s unpa<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt">y</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">a</span>ble debt of over $72
billion<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">6<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>The
law will establish an oversi<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>ht
board to be responsible for enforcing<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>bud<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>ets and <span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>overnment
reform, including<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>forcing<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the sale of <span
style="letter-spacing:
-.25pt">g</span>overnment assets, consolidating<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.25pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">e</span>ncies and firing<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.25pt"> </span>workers. The board will be comprised of seven
people selected
by<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>Republican con<span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span>ressional leaders and
appointed by<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>the U.S.
president – there is no provision
for inclusion of any<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>Puerto
Rican,
but there is a provision to exclude any<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Puerto
Rican elected official or candidate. The board will further usurp
the function
of the elected <span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">g</span>overnment,
in that
it can “prevent the e<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">x</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">e</span>cution of le<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.15pt">g</span>islative acts, executive orders, re<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.4pt">g</span>ulations, rules and contracts” as it sees fit.
Among<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>its odious
powers, it can shrink the
minimum wa<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span>e for <span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">y</span>oung<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>workers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">As if this one-two punch were not enou<span
style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">g</span>h, da<span
style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">y</span>s
later the U.S. Supreme Court delivered the third punch, in<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> Pu</span>erto<span
style="letter-spacing:1.15pt">
</span>Rico<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>v.<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.7pt"> </span>Franklin<span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span>California<span
style="letter-spacing:.95pt"> </span>Tax-Free<span
style="letter-spacing:.45pt">
</span>Trust, siding<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>with
investors
and striking<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Puerto
Rico’s le<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>islation to
restructure public utility<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>debt,
ruling<span style="letter-spacing:
-.15pt"> </span>that federal bankruptcy law, “bars Puerto Rico
from enacting<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>its own
municipal bankruptcy<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>scheme
to restructure the debt of its
insolvent public utilities.<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">”</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">7</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">As an editorial in Puerto Rico’s main daily<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>newspaper articulated:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">The state of colonialism unveiled in the pa<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">g</span>es of the Supreme Court’s
ruling<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>has placed
Puerto Rico between a rock and
a hard place, e<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">x</span>periencing<span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>precisely<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.5pt"> </span>the opposite of “the best of both worlds.” On
the one hand, the
colony<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>has no powers
to assume
control of the nation. On the other, Con<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">g</span>ress
has explicitly<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>e<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">x</span>cluded the island<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.1pt">'</span>s a<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>encies
from the
protection of the U.S. <span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">B</span>ankruptcy<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>Code since the mid-ei<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>hties.<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">8</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">The dissent, written by<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>the sole Puerto Rican justice Sonia Sotoma<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.4pt">y</span>or, reco<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">g</span>ni<span
style="letter-spacing:.1pt">z</span>ed that the decision leaves
Puerto Rico at
the mercy<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>of U.S. Con<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>ress, “powerless and with
no le<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">g</span>al process to help
its 3.5 million citi<span style="letter-spacing:.3pt">z</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">e</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">n</span>s,” who face what “members
of the E<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">x</span>ecutive and <span
style="letter-spacing:
-.4pt">L</span>e<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>islature
have
described as a looming<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>‘humanitarian
crisis’,” as their vital public services are imperiled.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">The vulture- and hed<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">g</span>e-fund
operators who own a hu<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">g</span>e
share of the
debt are pushing<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>to
protect their
own interests over and above the interests of the Puerto Rican
people<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">9<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>These
operators, along<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>with
the U.S. Con<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">g</span>ress and
Supreme Court, wholly<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>i<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>nore
the fact that the very United States has a deficit of $534
billion, with a
$14.0 trillion debt held by<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>the
public.<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:
4.5pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">1</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">These latest events further unmask the true
colonial
nature of the United States and <span
style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">g</span>ive
the lie to U.S. representations to the United Nations in the early<span
style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>1950<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">'</span>s
when the U.S. falsely asserted that U.S. <span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">L</span>aw
600 converted Puerto Rico into a self-<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">g</span>overning<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>territor<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">y</span>.
<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">I</span>n what some refer to as
“a
monumental hoa<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">x</span>,” the
U.S.
maneuvered the U.N. into removing<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>Puerto
Rico from the list requiring<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>accountability<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>from countries with
non-self-<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">o</span>verning<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>territories<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.1pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;
mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">1</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">1</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">I</span>n
imperial
fashion, the U.S. continues to thumb its nose at international law
which
requires it to en<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span>a<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>e in a process to enable
the Puerto Rican
people to fully<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>e<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">x</span>ercise their inalienable ri<span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span>ht to self-determination
and independence<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">1</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">II.<span style="letter-spacing:1.3pt">
</span>Resistance<span style="letter-spacing:2.55pt"> </span>is
alive<span style="letter-spacing:.45pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:1.9pt"> </span><span
style="letter-spacing:
.15pt">w</span>ell<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">A doom and <span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>loom
portrait of Puerto Rico predominates the U.S. and international
media, which
fail to report the inspiring<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>and
creative resistance to the latest phase of U.S. colonial control.
Rather than
dwell on the ne<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">a</span>tive, we will instead focus
on the
positive.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-font-width:88%">A.<span
style="letter-spacing:.35pt"> </span></span>Challenging<span
style="letter-spacing:
.6pt"> </span>the debt<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">The Puerto Rico Commission for the
Comprehensive Audit of
the Public Credit<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt"> [</span>Comisión
para la
Auditoría <span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">I</span>nte<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>ral del Crédito Público de
Puerto Rico]<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">,</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">1</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">3<span
style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span></span>created to
evaluate the process of
rene<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">g</span>otiating<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.05pt"> </span>the public debt, has made a preliminary<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.65pt"> </span>anal<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">y</span>sis
that half
the debt may<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>be
unconstitutional,<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.05pt">1</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">4<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>which
could lead to Puerto Rico’s nullif<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">y</span>ing<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>that debt.<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">1</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Representatives of more than 50 <span
style="letter-spacing:
-.4pt">g</span>roups comprising<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Puerto
Rico’s civil society<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>advocated
at
the <span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">I</span>nter-American
Commission on
Human Ri<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>hts for a
moratorium on debt
pa<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">y</span>ment and a
participator<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">y</span>,
democratic and transparent mechanism to
restructure the debt, as well as for an audit that would clarify<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>the ori<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>in
of the debt, e<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">x</span>clude
the ille<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>itimately<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>acquired debt, and establish a le<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">a</span>l framework for determining<span
style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>civil and criminal
liability<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>for the debt<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.1pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;
mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">1</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">6</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:6.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">The notion of “odious debt,” i.e., debt
incurred not in
the interests of those on whose behalf it was incurred, could
annul some of the
debt<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">1</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">7<span
style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span></span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">I</span>ndeed,
the United States used this very notion in 1898 when it took
possession of
Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam, to avoid responsibility<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>for debts incurred by<span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>Spain.<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">1</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">B.<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>Challenging<span
style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>PROMESA<br>
</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">I</span>n
the face of
the imminent U.S. imposition of a fiscal control board and its e<span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">x</span>acerbation of austerit<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">y</span>, hundreds of labor,
environmental, reli<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">g</span>ious,
community<span style="letter-spacing:
-.3pt"> </span>and not-for-profit or<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>ani<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">z</span>ations on the <span
style="letter-spacing:
-.3pt">I</span>sland and in the diaspora announced the formation
of the Puerto
Rican Coordinating<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Committee
A<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>ainst the U.S. <span
style="letter-spacing:
-.05pt">F</span>iscal Control <span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">B</span>oard,
to attempt to avoid passa<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span>e
of the
law; but if it should pass, the Committee will convene acts of
civil
disobedience in Puerto Rico and the U.S. to impede the <span
style="letter-spacing:
-.15pt">B</span>oard’s ability<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>to
function.<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:
5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">1</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">9<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>A
senator said that if the <span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">B</span>oard
is
established, he would resi<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span>n,
and he
encoura<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">g</span>ed his fellow
senators to do
likewise: “we have to start to see this really<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>seriously<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>as an
attack on
Puerto Rico’s institutions and what it<o:p></o:p> represents.<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">”</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">2</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">0<span
style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span></span>A
cabinet minister expressed, “<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">I</span>t
makes <span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">y</span>ou want to run
awa<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">y</span>.<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">”</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">2</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">1<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>As
for civil disobedience, the ma<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">y</span>or
of
San <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">J</span>uan, who joined
the Committee A<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>ainst
the U.S. <span style="letter-spacing:
-.05pt">F</span>iscal Control <span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">B</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">o</span>ard, said:<o:p></o:p>
</p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">“This board is the United States’ second
invasion of
Puerto Rico. The other one (that took place in 1898), they<span
style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>did obviousl<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.3pt">y</span>. This one, the<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">y</span>’re
doing<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>it as if they
were helping<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>us out. No
one helps an<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">y</span>one by<span
style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>enslaving<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>them;
thus we have
to combat it by<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>every<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>le<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>al
means, be it by<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>demonstrations,
assemblies, meetin<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>s to
orient the
Countr<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">y</span>, lobb<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.35pt">y</span>ing<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>a<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>ainst it in <span
style="letter-spacing:
.15pt">W</span>ashin<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>ton,
supporting<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>those in
the United States who are a<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">g</span>ainst
the <span style="letter-spacing:
-.1pt">B</span>oard, asking<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the
Puerto Rican diaspora to use political pressure so the Democrats
are a<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">g</span>ainst this Board,
and if we have to resort
to civil disobedience, resort to civil disobedience. No one can
make Puerto
Rico decide between indi<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">g</span>nity<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>and slaver<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.5pt">y</span>. <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">W</span>e
must value our ri<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span>ht to
defend a future of hope and di<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span>nity<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>for
our homeland.<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">”</span><span
style="font-size:
7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.05pt">2</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Opposition to the Board has been building<span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>for months, as Con<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.15pt">g</span>ress considered various drafts, with earlier
coalitions, calls
for resistance, marches, and acts of civil disobedience<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.9pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;
mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">2</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">3</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">C. Creating<span
style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span>a<span
style="letter-spacing:.65pt"> </span>sustainable<span
style="letter-spacing:
1.05pt"> </span>economy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">An island that imports more than 80% to 85%
of what it
consumes<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">,</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">2</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">4<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>and that is
hamstrung<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>by<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>the
onerous requirements of U.S. shipping<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>la<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">w</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">2</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">5<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>must create a
sustainable econom<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">y</span>,
and particularly<span style="letter-spacing:
-.6pt"> </span>must develop its own a<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>riculture.
Not only<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>is there an
increase in the
number of university<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>students
choosing<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>to major in a<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.15pt">g</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">r</span>iculture,
but there
is a <span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:
-.1pt">r</span>owing<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>attraction
to
working<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the lan<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">d</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.05pt">2</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">6<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>and a local <span
style="letter-spacing:
-.25pt">g</span>overnmental commitment to improve Puerto Rico<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">'</span>s food securit<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.45pt">y</span>.<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;
mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.05pt">2</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">7<span
style="letter-spacing:
1.3pt"> </span></span>The notion that <span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">"</span><span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">W</span>e<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>have
a beautiful island and a perfect climate, we can produce whatever
we
want,"<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>e<span
style="letter-spacing:
.05pt">x</span>pressed by<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>an
experienced chef who uses only<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">
</span>locally<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>rown
produce, is catching<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>on,<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt;
letter-spacing:.1pt">2</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">8<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>with
new farmers, new technolo<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">y</span>, and new farms. One
optimistic <span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">y</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">o</span>ung<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>or<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>anic
farmer sees it this wa<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">y</span>:
<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">"</span><span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">W</span>e<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">'</span>re creating<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.35pt"> </span>demand. We have this pool of bu<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.45pt">y</span>ers, a pool of farmers and we<span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">'</span>re
brin<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>ing<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.1pt"> </span>them to<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>ether.
<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">F</span>ood is my<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>bet on how to chan<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span>e
this
island, if not the world. <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">F</span>ood
has
the power to chan<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">g</span>e
ever<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">y</span>thing<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>from economy<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>to
education to
health to environment, <span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">y</span>ou
name it.
I<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>feel we<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.3pt">'</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">r</span>e<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>on the ver<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.25pt">g</span>e of something<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>with
this island."<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;
mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">2</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">D. Protecting<span
style="letter-spacing:1.0pt"> </span>the
environment<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Taking<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>matters
into their own hands, Puerto Ricans have or<span
style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">g</span>ani<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">z</span>ed to combat, and often
stop, harm to
public health, the environment, and natural resources<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.45pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;
mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">3</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">0<span
style="letter-spacing:
1.25pt"> </span></span>Two powerful e<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">xa</span>mples
are a waste incinerator in Arecibo and a coal burning<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.75pt"> </span>plant in Gua<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">y</span>ama.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">F</span>or
<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">y</span>ears, residents of
Arecibo and their
supporters have been or<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">a</span>ni<span
style="letter-spacing:.1pt">z</span>ing<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>– on the streets and in
the courts – a<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span>ainst a
“waste-to-ener<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">y</span>”
incinerator which Ener<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">g</span>y<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Answers proposes to
operate<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">3</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">1<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>Appreciating<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.25pt"> </span>the toll on the nearby<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>wetland
reserve which would serve as its water source, the threat to
several endan<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">g</span>ered
species, and the tons of ha<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">z</span>ardous
pollutants it would pump into the
air, virtually<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>every<span
style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>municipality<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.35pt"> </span>has announced its refusal to send their waste
to the proposed
facilit<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">y</span><span
style="letter-spacing:
-.05pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;
mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">3</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">2<span
style="letter-spacing:
1.3pt"> </span></span>The community<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>has
also successfully<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>challen<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">e</span>d
efforts to block its participation in the permit process,
virtually<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>stopping<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>the operation in its tracks<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.05pt">3</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Residents of Gua<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">y</span>ama
and their supporters have for <span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">y</span>ears
or<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">g</span>ani<span
style="letter-spacing:
.05pt">z</span>ed a<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>ainst
Applied
Ener<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>y<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.35pt"> </span>S<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">y</span>stems
(AES)
Corporation, a <span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">F</span>ortune
500 compan<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">y</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">3</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">4<span
style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span></span>that bills the
Puerto Rico
electrical authority<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>nearly<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>a million dollars daily<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>to manufacture electricity<span
style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>from coal, every<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.6pt"> </span>day<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>enerates tons of to<span
style="letter-spacing:
.15pt">x</span>ic coal ash dust and fails to properly<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.6pt"> </span>dispose of it, resulting<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>in
contamination of the surrounding<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>air
and water<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:
7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">3</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">5<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>The company<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.5pt"> </span>has not been willing<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>to
e<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">x</span>pend the money<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>necessary for export or
proper disposal,
preferring<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>instead to
transport and
dump the ash dust into inadequate landfills where it leaks to<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">x</span>ic and carcino<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.35pt">g</span>enic chemicals into the land and local water
suppl<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">y</span>,<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>and
<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>overnment a<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.25pt">g</span>encies, seen as willing<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>accomplices,
are not protecting<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>public
health or the
environment<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:
7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">3</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">6</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">E. Preserving<span
style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span>the
<span style="mso-font-width:102%">culture</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Puerto Rican artists, their production of
art and
preservation of the culture, are flourishing in spite of the
challen<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span>ing<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>economic
times<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">3</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">7<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>Some of the many<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>e<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">x</span>amples
follow. One cultural entrepreneur started <span
style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">I</span>nversión
Cultural (Cultural <span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">I</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">n</span>vestment), with a <span
style="letter-spacing:
-.2pt">g</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">o</span>al of
cultivating<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the
formation, research and mentorship
for cultural small businesses<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;
letter-spacing:.1pt">3</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">8<span
style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span></span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">B</span>eta-<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">L</span>ocal,
in Old San <span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">J</span>uan, is a
non-profit that
supports and promotes aesthetic thou<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">g</span>ht
and practices throu<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">g</span>h a
9-month
research and production pro<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">r</span>am for artists and other
cultural a<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">g</span>ents, a
residency<span style="letter-spacing:
-.6pt"> </span>pro<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">r</span>am, and an experimental
peda<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">o</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>ical platform, sponsoring<span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>monthly<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>community<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>dinners,
teach-ins, art
e<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">x</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">h</span>ibits,
and publications<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.05pt">3</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">9<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>Marit<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">z</span>a Pérez<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>Otero, theater professional, teacher and activist, is
nourishing<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">y</span>et
another <span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:
-.1pt">e</span>neration of <span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">y</span>outh
in “<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">J</span>óvenes del 98,” to
make socially<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>critical
theater<span style="letter-spacing:
-.2pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-4.5pt;
mso-text-raise:4.5pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">4</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-4.5pt;mso-text-raise:4.5pt">0</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:6.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>“Santurce
es <span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">L</span>e<span
style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">y</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">,</span>” now in its si<span
style="letter-spacing:
.15pt">x</span>th <span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">y</span>ear,
seeks to
carry<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>out its <span
style="letter-spacing:
-.05pt">g</span>oal of creating<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>an
alliance among diverse sectors of Santurce to revive it as an art
district<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">4</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">1<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">I</span>t
has become an important platform for emer<span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span>ing<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>contemporary<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.55pt"> </span>art, <span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>aining<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>international attention
with its enormous
murals, sculptures, installations, community<span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>workshops, and musical performances. <span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">J</span>osé
Morales of <span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">L</span>a Marqueta
Retoña in New
York City<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>and <span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">L</span>a Respuesta in Santurce
works to create a
cultural brid<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">g</span>e between
the <span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">I</span>sland and the
diaspora in New York Cit<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">y</span>,
including<span style="letter-spacing:
-.1pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>ani<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">z</span>ing<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>an
international mural festival in East Harlem and the South <span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">B</span>ronx <span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">w</span>hich
involved Puerto Rican artists<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;
letter-spacing:.1pt">4</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">2</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">F.<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>Organizing<span
style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span>for political<span
style="letter-spacing:
.4pt"> </span>power in the <span style="mso-font-width:104%">diaspora</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">The debt crisis on the <span
style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">I</span>sland
has fueled much solidarity<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>from
Puerto Ricans in the U.S. diaspora, from working<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.3pt"> </span>to find emplo<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">y</span>ment,
housing<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>and schools
for the many<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>who are mi<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.25pt">g</span>rating from the <span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">I</span>sland,
to forming<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>coalitions
to create a<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">e</span>ndas
for the benefit of Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans in the U.S., to
lobb<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">y</span>ing<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>political
parties and elected officials for le<span
style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">g</span>islation.
Conferences in Orlando, <span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">F</span>lorida
and
New York City<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>have brou<span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span>ht to<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">g</span>ether
Puerto Rican elected officials, community<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>and
reli<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>ious leaders and
academics to
unite around debt restructurin<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">g</span>,
equality<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>in health
care, the
environment, and the release of Puerto Rican political prisoner
Oscar <span style="letter-spacing:-1.1pt">L</span>ópez Rivera<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.05pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;
mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.05pt">4</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:6.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">III.<span
style="letter-spacing:1.95pt"> </span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">P</span>olitical<span
style="letter-spacing:1.6pt">
</span><span style="mso-font-width:110%">prisoner<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.3pt"> </span></span>Oscar<span
style="letter-spacing:2.5pt"> </span>López<span
style="letter-spacing:1.2pt"> </span><span
style="mso-font-width:108%">Rivera</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">“</span><span
style="letter-spacing:.1pt">P</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">u</span>erto<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Rico<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>is<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>i<span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">m</span><span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">p</span>ris<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">n</span>e<span
style="letter-spacing:.1pt">d</span>,<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>a<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">n</span>d<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>[...]<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Oscar<span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:.25pt">L</span><span
style="letter-spacing:
.05pt">óp</span>ez<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Ri<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">v</span>era<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">’</span>s<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>i<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">m</span><span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">p</span>ris<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">n</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">m</span>e<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">n</span>t<span
style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>is<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>a<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">m</span>eta<span
style="letter-spacing:.1pt">p</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">h</span><span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>r
<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">f</span><span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">o</span>r<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>t<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">h</span>e<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>c<span
style="letter-spacing:.15pt">o</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">un</span>tr<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">y</span>.<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">”</span><span
style="position:relative;top:-4.0pt;
mso-text-raise:4.0pt">44</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Oscar <span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">L</span>ópez
Rivera, the lon<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>est
imprisoned Puerto
Rican political prisoner in histor<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">y</span>,
has served 35 <span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">y</span>ears in
United States
federal prison for seditious conspirac<span
style="letter-spacing:-.85pt">y</span>,
that is, for his commitment to the independence and
self-determination of his
nation, with more than 12 of those <span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">y</span>ears
in solitary<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>confinement.
<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">W</span>ith a sentence of 70 <span
style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">y</span>ears, he was not convicted
of hurting an<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">y</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">o</span>ne
or taking<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>a life. At a<span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span>e 73, he maintains his
health as best he
can, “vivito y<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>coleando,”
with a
disciplined re<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>ime of e<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">x</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">e</span>rcise.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">The people see his on<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">g</span>oing<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>imprisonment as “a
historical debt and one
of human ri<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>hts,”<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;
letter-spacing:.1pt">4</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">5<span
style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span></span>as
an affront to the di<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">g</span>nity<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>of the Puerto Rican people
and others who
love justice. The injustice of his continued imprisonment has
stirred a
creative, widespread response from every sector of societ<span
style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">y</span>, in Puerto Rico, in the
United States,
and internationall<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">y</span>.<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;
letter-spacing:.1pt">4</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">I</span>n
the <span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">y</span>ear since this
Committee’s last hearin<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">g</span>s
on Puerto Rico, support for his release
has continued to <span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>row
exponentiall<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">y</span>. His case
became an issue in the
Democratic presidential race: the candidates understood that his
freedom was so
important to potential voters that they felt the need to state a
position<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">4</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">7<span
style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span></span>During<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.15pt"> </span>Pope <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">F</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">r</span>ancis’ travels, bishop<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">s</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">4</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">8<span
style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span></span>and churches<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">,</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">4</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">9
</span>politician<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">s</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">5</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">0<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>and attorne<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.5pt">y</span>s<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;
mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.05pt">5</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">1<span
style="letter-spacing:
1.3pt"> </span></span>sou<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>ht
his
intervention on Oscar’s behalf. <span
style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">I</span>n
conferences, prominent people dedicated their ke<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.65pt">y</span>note addresses to him, from the Archbishop of
San <span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">J</span>uan Roberto<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Gon<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">z</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">á</span>lez<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Nieves
at a recent New York City<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>summit
of
the diaspora<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">,</span><span
style="font-size:
7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">5</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">2<span
style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span></span>to award winning<span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>author <span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">L</span>uis
Rafael Sánchez<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>at the
Con<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>reso <span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">I</span>nternacional
de la <span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">L</span>en<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.15pt">g</span>ua Española in San <span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">J</span>uan<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">5</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">People of renown have trekked to the federal
prison in
Terre Haute, <span style="letter-spacing:-1.1pt">I</span>ndiana,
to visit with
him, from ma<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">y</span>or of San <span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">J</span>uan Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto<span
style="letter-spacing:.1pt">;</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">5</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">4<span
style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span></span>speaker of the
New York City<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>Council
Melissa Mark Viverito; member of
U.S. Con<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">g</span>ress <span
style="letter-spacing:
-.3pt">L</span>uis Gutiérre<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">z</span>;
<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">J</span>uan Carta<span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span>ena,
president and <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>eneral
counsel of <span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">L</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">a</span>tino<span
style="letter-spacing:.2pt">J</span>ustice PR<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">L</span>DEF<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>and Natasha <span
style="letter-spacing:
-.25pt">B</span>annan, president of the National <span
style="letter-spacing:
-.25pt">L</span>aw<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">y</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">e</span>rs Guild,<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">5</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">5<span
style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span></span>as well as many<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>attorne<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">y</span>s
from Puerto Rico; and Sister Kathleen Desautels of the 8<span
style="font-size:
7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">t</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">h<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>Day<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.45pt"> </span>Center for Justice and Sister Denise <span
style="letter-spacing:
-.05pt">W</span>ilkinson, SP, General Superior of the Sisters of
Providence at
St. Mar<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">y</span>-of-the-<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">W</span>oods, <span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">I</span>N
– all deeply<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>impacted
by<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>his humanit<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.3pt">y</span>, rectitude, <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>enerosit<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">y</span>, sense of humor and
wisdom.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Elected officials at every<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.7pt"> </span>level of <span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>overnment,
from heads of nations (President Daniel Orte<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">a</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.05pt">5</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;
letter-spacing:.1pt">6</span>)<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>to
members of U.S. Con<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">r</span>ess (<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">J</span>osé
Serrano, N<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">y</span>dia Velá<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">z</span>quez, <span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">L</span>uis
Gutiérre<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">z</span>, Pedro
Pierluis<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">i</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">57</span>)<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>to the speaker of the New
York City<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>Council
(Melissa Mark Viverit<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">o</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">58</span>)<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>to the more than 50
electeds from various
cities and states seeking<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>a
meeting<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>with the U.S.
president, have spoken,
marched, and otherwise advocated for his release.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">His ima<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>e
appears throu<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">g</span>hout San
<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">J</span>uan, on the walls, on
balconies, in
people’s cars. The artist class – musicians (René Pére<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.15pt">z</span>,<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;
mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">5</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">9<span
style="letter-spacing:
1.3pt"> </span></span>Andy<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>Montañez,
Rubén <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">B</span>lades), those in
theater (<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">L</span>in Manuel
Miranda<span style="letter-spacing:
-.15pt">,</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;
mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">6</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">0<span
style="letter-spacing:
1.25pt"> </span></span>Pedro Adorno<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">,</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">6</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">1<span
style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span></span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">B</span>read and Puppet Theate<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">r</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">62</span>),<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>filmmakers (Tito Román<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">,</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">6</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">3</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span>Pedro
Muñi<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">z</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">64</span>),<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>artists (Mi<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.15pt">g</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">u</span>el <span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">L</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">u</span>ciano<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">,</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">6</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">5<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span><span
style="letter-spacing:.15pt">J</span>uan
Sánche<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">z</span>), poet<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">s</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">6</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">6<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>– paint, compose
music and<span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span>poetry<span
style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>about
his life, talk about him at concerts and rallies and with the
president of the
United States, make films of <span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>ubernatorial
candidates ur<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">g</span>ing<span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>his release, create
theater to spread the
word.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Resolutions calling<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>for
his freedom abound, from city<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>councils
(New York Cit<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">y</span>;<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt;mso-font-width:99%">6</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;mso-font-width:99%">7</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Newark, New <span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">J</span>erse<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">y</span>;<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">6</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">8<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>Hol<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.35pt">y</span>oke, Massachusetts<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">,</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">6</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">9<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>Sprin<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>field, Massachusett<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.1pt">s</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;
mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">70</span>)<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.15pt"> </span>to le<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>al
/ human ri<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>hts or<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>ani<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">z</span>ations (the American Civil
<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">L</span>iberties Union<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.05pt">,</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;
mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">7</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">1<span
style="letter-spacing:
1.3pt"> </span></span>the Hispanic National <span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">B</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">a</span>r Association,<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">7</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">2<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>the Puerto Rico <span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">B</span>ar Association<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.1pt">,</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;
mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">7</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;
position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">3<span
style="letter-spacing:
1.3pt"> </span></span>the president of the <span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">B</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">a</span>r Association of Guatemala
Marco Antonio
Sa<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">g</span>astume Gemmell<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">,</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">7</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">4<span
style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span></span>the American
Association of <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">J</span>urists<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">,</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">7</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">5<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>the
Tenth <span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">I</span>nternational
Conference of <span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">L</span>abor <span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">L</span>aw<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">y</span>ers<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">,</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">7</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">6<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>the
Council of Dele<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span>ates of
the <span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">L</span>atin American
Union of <span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">B</span>ar
Associations and Groupin<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">g</span>s
of Attorne<span style="letter-spacing:
-.45pt">y</span>s <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">[</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">U</span>nión <span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">I</span>beroamericana
de Cole<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>ios y<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.3pt"> </span>A<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>rupaciones
de Abo<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">g</span>ados<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">]</span>)<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">7</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">7</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Or<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>ani<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">z</span>ed labor has added its
voice as well – the
Service Emplo<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">y</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">e</span>es <span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">I</span>nternational
Union,<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:
5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">7</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">8<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>the
Communications <span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">W</span>orkers
of America<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">,</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">7</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">9<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">L</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">a</span>tin American <span
style="letter-spacing:
-.2pt">F</span>ederation of <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">J</span>ournalists
<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">[</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">F</span>ederación
<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">L</span>atinoamericana de
Periodistas (<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">F</span>E<span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">L</span>AP)<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">]</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">,</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.05pt">8</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">0<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>the
25<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:
5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">t</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">h<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>Con<span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>ress of the Sindicato de
Trabajadores de
la <span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">I</span>ndustria de la <span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">B</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">e</span>bida
y<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>Similares (Union of <span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">B</span>evera<span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">g</span>e
<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">I</span>ndustry<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">W</span>orkers)<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">,</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">8</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">1
</span>the
38<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:
5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">t</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">h<span
style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span></span>Meeting<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>of the <span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">L</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">a</span>tin American E<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.05pt">x</span>ecutive <span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">B</span>oard
of U<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">I</span>TA (<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">I</span>nternational
<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">F</span>ood <span
style="letter-spacing:
.05pt">W</span>orkers Union)<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">,</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;
letter-spacing:.1pt">8</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">2<span
style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span></span>the
Union of Cuban <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">J</span>ournalists<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;
letter-spacing:.1pt">8</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">3<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>–
as have popular or<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">g</span>ani<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt">z</span>ations and conferences: the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">21<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.05pt">s</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">t<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">F</span>oro
de Sao Paulo Conference<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">,</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;
letter-spacing:.05pt">8</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">4<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>the
Summit of the Peoples of MERCOSUR, or Mercado<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Común del Sur (Common Market of the South),<span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;
letter-spacing:.1pt">8</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">5<span
style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span></span>the
People’s Summit in Brussels (simultaneous parties, as well as
“poets, pleneros,
teachers, community<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>leaders,
politicians, veterans, mothers a<span
style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>ainst
the war, artists, children, and people from every<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.85pt"> </span>sector of societ<span
style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">y</span>.<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">”</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">9</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">2<span
style="letter-spacing:1.3pt"> </span></span>Chants included,
“Obama, listen to
me! <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">W</span>e want Oscar <span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">L</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">ó</span>pez
free!” People carried si<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">g</span>ns
with
messa<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>es about Oscar,
including<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>“We are
marching<span style="letter-spacing:
-.45pt"> </span>for Oscar, e<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">x</span>ample
of di<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>nit<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.3pt">y</span>.<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">”</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;
letter-spacing:.1pt">9</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">I</span>n
Chica<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>o, <span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">L</span>os
An<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>eles, and New York,
on this
anniversary<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>the
National <span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">B</span>oricua Human
Ri<span style="letter-spacing:
-.1pt">g</span>hts Network sponsored 35 Poets for Oscar, which
was
live-streamed as the poets performed in their respective cities. <span
style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">I</span>n Havana, in an event was
sponsored by<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>The Cuban
<span style="letter-spacing:
-.35pt">I</span>nstitute of <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">F</span>riendship
with the Peoples <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">[</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">I</span>nstituto Cubano de Amistad
con los Pueblos
(<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">I</span>CAP)<span
style="letter-spacing:
.1pt">]</span>, <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">F</span>ernando
Gon<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">z</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">á</span>lez<span
style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">L</span>lort,
one of the Cuban 5 who shared a cell with Oscar for <span
style="letter-spacing:
-.9pt">y</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">e</span>ars, <span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">a</span>ve
an emotional messa<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">g</span>e of
support<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:
relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">9</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">4<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">I</span>n
San <span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">J</span>uan, New York City<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.55pt"> </span>and Chica<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">o</span>, 35 women demonstrate the
last Sunday<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>of every<span
style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>month for 35 minutes, committed to doing<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.05pt"> </span>so until he comes home<span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">.</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">9</span><span
style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;
top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">5<span
style="letter-spacing:1.25pt"> </span></span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">I</span>n their bri<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.15pt">g</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">h</span>t
pink tee shirts
and turquoise bandanas, their consistent presence is an
inspiration.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Consonant with the demand of the Puerto
Rican people and
the many<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>peoples of the
world who
love justice, and in li<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>ht
of the wholesale
lack of le<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">g</span>itimate
justification for
his continuing<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>imprisonment,
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the president
of the U.S. <span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">B</span>arack
Obama to release
Oscar <span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt">L</span>ópez Rivera,
who is be<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span>inning<span
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his unwavering<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>commitment
to the independence and
self-determination of his People.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">The National <span
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style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">y</span>ers
Guild, incorporating<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>the
requests sou<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">h</span>t
by<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>the majority<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>of the other presenters
before this
Honorable Committee, ur<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">g</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">e</span>s the adoption of a
resolution calling<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>for
the General Assembly<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>to
consider the case of Puerto Rico; and
calling<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>on the <span
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States to:</p>
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<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">* immediately<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>cease
the brutalit<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">y</span>,
criminali<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">z</span>ation and
harassment of, and attacks on,
the Puerto Rican <span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">I</span>ndependence
Movement and all those who e<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">x</span>ercise
their fundamental ri<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">g</span>hts
to e<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">x</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">p</span>ression
and association;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">* immediately<span
style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>release
Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar <span
style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">L</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">ó</span>pez Rivera, who has just
marked the 3<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">5</span><span
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style="letter-spacing:1.35pt">
</span></span>anniversary<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>of
his
arrest and imprisonment in U.S. prisons;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">* identify<span
style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>and
hold criminally<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>liable
all those
responsible for the assassination of <span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">F</span>iliberto
Ojeda Ríos (2005), Santia<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">g</span>o
Mari
Pesquera (1976), Carlos Muñiz<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">V</span>arela (1979), and other
militants of the
Puerto Rican independence movement;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">* withdraw the <span
style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">F</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">B</span><span
style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">I</span>,
the U.S. court, and all other U.S. police, repressive and military
forces and a<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">g</span>encies
from Puerto Rico;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">* fully<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>withdraw
from Vieques, formally<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>return
le<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">g</span>al property<span
style="letter-spacing:
-.5pt"> </span>of the land to the people of Vieques, cease
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style="letter-spacing:.05pt">x</span>ploded
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same;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">* cease and desist from the application of
the death
penalty<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>in Puerto
Rico;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">* formally<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>commit
to ne<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">g</span>otiate in <span
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of Puerto Rico a
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style="letter-spacing:.1pt">z</span>e the proposals that emanate
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Constitutional Assembl<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">y</span>,
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Puerto Rico, such
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Puerto Rico
<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">B</span>ar Association, as the
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Dated: <span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">J</span>une
20,
2016<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Respectfully<span
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<span style="letter-spacing:.15pt">J</span>an Susler<o:p></o:p></p>
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