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<span class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-span gmail-c2-1 gmail-c2-2 gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-4 gmail-c2-5 gmail-c2-6 gmail-c2-7 gmail-c2-8"><h3 role="heading" class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-h3 gmail-c2-1 gmail-c2-2 gmail-c2-x gmail-c2-y gmail-c2-2o gmail-c2-1w gmail-c2-1u gmail-c2-1t gmail-c2-2p gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-2q gmail-c2-2r gmail-c2-2s gmail-c2-2t gmail-c2-2u gmail-c2-2v gmail-c2-2w"><font size="1"><span style="font-weight:normal"><a href="https://elfrentepr.org/blog/f/demonstrations-today-in-washington-dc-and-in-san-juan-pr">https://elfrentepr.org/blog/f/demonstrations-today-in-washington-dc-and-in-san-juan-pr</a></span></font></h3><h3 role="heading" class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-h3 gmail-c2-1 gmail-c2-2 gmail-c2-x gmail-c2-y gmail-c2-2o gmail-c2-1w gmail-c2-1u gmail-c2-1t gmail-c2-2p gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-2q gmail-c2-2r gmail-c2-2s gmail-c2-2t gmail-c2-2u gmail-c2-2v gmail-c2-2w">Demonstrations Today in Washington, D.C. and in San Juan, P.R.</h3><div class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-div gmail-c2-1 gmail-c2-2 gmail-c2-2x gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-4 gmail-c2-5 gmail-c2-6 gmail-c2-7 gmail-c2-8"><span class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-span gmail-c2-1 gmail-c2-2 gmail-c2-x gmail-c2-y gmail-c2-2y gmail-c2-1t gmail-c2-1v gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-2z gmail-c2-30 gmail-c2-2s gmail-c2-31 gmail-c2-32 gmail-c2-33 gmail-c2-34">March 1, 2022</span><span class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-span gmail-c2-1 gmail-c2-2 gmail-c2-x gmail-c2-y gmail-c2-2y gmail-c2-1t gmail-c2-1v gmail-c2-35 gmail-c2-36 gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-2z gmail-c2-30 gmail-c2-2s gmail-c2-31 gmail-c2-32 gmail-c2-33 gmail-c2-34">|</span><span class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-span gmail-c2-1 gmail-c2-2 gmail-c2-x gmail-c2-y gmail-c2-2y gmail-c2-1t gmail-c2-1v gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-2z gmail-c2-30 gmail-c2-2s gmail-c2-31 gmail-c2-32 gmail-c2-33 gmail-c2-34">Events, Events - PR</span></div><div class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-div gmail-c2-1 gmail-c2-2 gmail-c2-2x gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-4 gmail-c2-5 gmail-c2-6 gmail-c2-7 gmail-c2-8"><span class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-span gmail-c2-1 gmail-c2-2 gmail-c2-x gmail-c2-y gmail-c2-2y gmail-c2-1t gmail-c2-1v gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-2z gmail-c2-30 gmail-c2-2s gmail-c2-31 gmail-c2-32 gmail-c2-33 gmail-c2-34"><br></span></div><div class="gmail-x-el gmail-c2-1 gmail-c2-2 gmail-c2-x gmail-c2-y gmail-c2-2y gmail-c2-1t gmail-c2-1v gmail-c2-37 gmail-c2-38 gmail-c2-39 gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-3a gmail-c2-4 gmail-c2-2s gmail-c2-5 gmail-c2-6 gmail-c2-7 gmail-c2-8 gmail-x-rt"><p style="margin:0px"><span><em class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-span gmail-c2-2h gmail-c2-2i gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-5e gmail-c2-16 gmail-c2-2m gmail-c2-5f gmail-c2-5g">Statement Issued by El Frente Independentista Boricua:</em></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span><em class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-span gmail-c2-2h gmail-c2-2i gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-5e gmail-c2-16 gmail-c2-2m gmail-c2-5f gmail-c2-5g"><br></em></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span>We
come today to claim here, in the capital of the empire that has
subjugated our homeland since 1898, this date that means resistance and
challenge. <br></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span>On a day like today
in 1954, a Puerto Rican commando, composed of Andrés Figueroa Cordero,
Irving Flores, Rafael Cancel Miranda, under the direction of Lolita
Lebrón carried out the Nationalist Party Attack on the United States
Congress.</span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span>They left New York
City with a one-way ticket and no return. They had not gone as Lolita
said to kill anyone, but to die for Puerto Rico. That was a strong
message to the U.S. government and the world. Puerto Rico is fighting
for the rescue of its sovereignty and national independence. Our country
counted then, as it also has at this time, with men and women willing
to fight for freedom in any field or scenario and by all the means and
methods at their disposal.</span></p><hr class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-hr gmail-c2-1 gmail-c2-2 gmail-c2-5j gmail-c2-5k gmail-c2-4c gmail-c2-1t gmail-c2-1v gmail-c2-42 gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-4 gmail-c2-5 gmail-c2-6 gmail-c2-7 gmail-c2-8"><p style="margin:0px"><span>Follow the events as they happen live on Facebook beginning at 3:00PM Eastern Time (US/Canada)</span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span><strong class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-span gmail-c2-2h gmail-c2-2i gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-5e gmail-c2-16 gmail-c2-13 gmail-c2-5f">Washington, D.C.</strong> <strong class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-span gmail-c2-2h gmail-c2-2i gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-5e gmail-c2-16 gmail-c2-13 gmail-c2-5f">Event</strong>: </span></p><ul><li><a class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-a gmail-c2-2h gmail-c2-2i gmail-c2-5i gmail-c2-x gmail-c2-y gmail-c2-5l gmail-c2-10 gmail-c2-5m gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-2l gmail-c2-2m gmail-c2-14 gmail-c2-2n" href="https://www.facebook.com/frenteindependentistaboricua" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-span gmail-c2-2h gmail-c2-2i gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-5e gmail-c2-16 gmail-c2-13 gmail-c2-5f">Frente Independentista Boricua</strong></a></li><li><a class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-a gmail-c2-2h gmail-c2-2i gmail-c2-5i gmail-c2-x gmail-c2-y gmail-c2-5l gmail-c2-10 gmail-c2-5m gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-2l gmail-c2-2m gmail-c2-14 gmail-c2-2n" href="https://www.facebook.com/Resistenciaboricua" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-span gmail-c2-2h gmail-c2-2i gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-5e gmail-c2-16 gmail-c2-13 gmail-c2-5f">Comites de la Resistencia Boricua</strong></a></li></ul><p style="margin:0px"><span><strong class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-span gmail-c2-2h gmail-c2-2i gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-5e gmail-c2-16 gmail-c2-13 gmail-c2-5f">San Juan, P.R</strong>. <strong class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-span gmail-c2-2h gmail-c2-2i gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-5e gmail-c2-16 gmail-c2-13 gmail-c2-5f">Event</strong>: </span></p><ul><li><a class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-a gmail-c2-2h gmail-c2-2i gmail-c2-5i gmail-c2-x gmail-c2-y gmail-c2-5l gmail-c2-10 gmail-c2-5m gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-2l gmail-c2-2m gmail-c2-14 gmail-c2-2n" href="https://www.facebook.com/Movimiento-209-200931413913380" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-span gmail-c2-2h gmail-c2-2i gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-5e gmail-c2-16 gmail-c2-13 gmail-c2-5f">Movimiento 20/9</strong></a></li></ul><hr class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-hr gmail-c2-1 gmail-c2-2 gmail-c2-5j gmail-c2-5k gmail-c2-4c gmail-c2-1t gmail-c2-1v gmail-c2-42 gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-4 gmail-c2-5 gmail-c2-6 gmail-c2-7 gmail-c2-8"><div><img src="https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/a27d2b16-a6d8-4bfa-8e1b-738a22aa971e/IMG-20220211-WA0000.jpg/:/cr=t:0%25,l:0%25,w:100%25,h:100%25/rs=w:1280" class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-img gmail-c2-1 gmail-c2-2 gmail-c2-5n gmail-c2-1l gmail-c2-1h gmail-c2-1i gmail-c2-1t gmail-c2-1v gmail-c2-19 gmail-c2-5o gmail-c2-4b gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-4 gmail-c2-5 gmail-c2-6 gmail-c2-7 gmail-c2-8" style="margin-right: 25px;" width="435" height="435"></div><p style="margin:0px"><span>Today,
when we commemorate that heroic act of great historical significance
for our people, we do so by taking stock of the moment in which our
nation, Puerto Rico, finds itself.</span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span>Puerto
Rico is in full struggle against a Dictatorial Junta imposed by the
imperial power in Washington, to arrange the payment of an alleged debt
generated by unscrupulous governments, in collusion with the vultures of
Wall Street finance capital.</span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span>The
junta and the colonial government have imposed millionaire cuts to the
government budget and austerity measures generating the collapse of the
public service, in areas as essential as education, health,
transportation, and housing. The quality of life of our people
deteriorates every minute.</span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span>Runaway
inflation shoots up the price of rents, housing, fuel, clothing, food.
The stagnation in the wages of workers results in a decrease in their
purchasing power and raises the poverty levels of the population. The
elimination of labor rights acquired for decades is a clear setback in
the quality of life.</span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span>The
strategy of domination favors tax exemption laws for foreign
millionaires who intend to seize our lands and natural resources. They
are forcing a massive process of population replacement and dismantling
of Puerto Rican nationality.</span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span>But
they met a brave people, bold, on a fighting footing. A combative
youth, brave women, militant workers. We are an awakened people who
reject abuse, injustice, displacement, foreign domination, reject the
colony and want FREEDOM. <br></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span>A
people who know that in order to conquer their future, they have to
contest power from the trenches of struggle in the streets. Know that
every day it sounds louder and clearer in all corners of the country,
that claim of the people that says, Gringo Go Home.</span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span><em class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-span gmail-c2-2h gmail-c2-2i gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-5e gmail-c2-16 gmail-c2-2m gmail-c2-5f gmail-c2-5g"><strong class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-span gmail-c2-2h gmail-c2-2i gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-5e gmail-c2-16 gmail-c2-13 gmail-c2-5f">We send a clear message to the U.S. government:</strong></em> </span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span><strong class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-span gmail-c2-2h gmail-c2-2i gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-5e gmail-c2-16 gmail-c2-13 gmail-c2-5f">PUERTO RICO HAS THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION AND INDEPENDENCE. <br></strong></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span><strong class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-span gmail-c2-2h gmail-c2-2i gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-5e gmail-c2-16 gmail-c2-13 gmail-c2-5f"><br></strong></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span>The
124 years of colonization do not erase that inalienable right of our
people. We are protected by the laws of the international community,
social morals and ethics, the willingness of our people to fight for
what belongs to them and aspire to better economic and social
development, outside the empire-colony relationship.</span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span>At
the 68th anniversary of the Nationalist Attack on Congress, we denounce
the reckless and intransigent attitude of the United States, under
whose domination our country deepens its crisis further. We demand
immediate action from the Congress and the President. Any process
should begin by assuming responsibility as a colonizing power by the
present siege and acting on the path of recognizing the inalienable
right of our people to their full sovereignty. <br></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span>Today,
as we did yesterday, Puerto Ricans reaffirm that that heroic example of
courage and sacrifice of 1954 is the star that guides the struggle of
our people towards victory. </span></p><p style="margin:0px"><span>Long live a Free Puerto Rico!</span></p><div><img src="https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/a27d2b16-a6d8-4bfa-8e1b-738a22aa971e/fb_331823765661880_1000x1000.jpg/:/cr=t:0%25,l:0%25,w:100%25,h:100%25/rs=w:1280" class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-img gmail-c2-1 gmail-c2-2 gmail-c2-5n gmail-c2-1l gmail-c2-1h gmail-c2-1i gmail-c2-1t gmail-c2-1v gmail-c2-19 gmail-c2-5o gmail-c2-4b gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-4 gmail-c2-5 gmail-c2-6 gmail-c2-7 gmail-c2-8" style="margin-right: 25px;" width="435" height="435"></div><hr class="gmail-x-el gmail-x-el-hr gmail-c2-1 gmail-c2-2 gmail-c2-5j gmail-c2-5k gmail-c2-4c gmail-c2-1t gmail-c2-1v gmail-c2-42 gmail-c2-3 gmail-c2-4 gmail-c2-5 gmail-c2-6 gmail-c2-7 gmail-c2-8"></div></span>
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