{"id":2404,"date":"2009-05-18T07:50:26","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T16:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2009-05-18T07:50:26","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T16:20:26","slug":"declaration-of-the-seven-puerto-rican-independentistas-arrested-in-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=2404","title":{"rendered":"Declaration of the Seven Puerto Rican Independentistas arrested in Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>STATEMENT OF THE SEVEN<\/h2>\n<p>May 14-20, 2009<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/claridadpuertorico.com\/content\/view\/403978\/32\/<\/p>\n<p><em>Editors&#8217; Note:<br \/>\nWe are reproducing the Statement of the Seven, the words that the seven Puerto Rican patriots pronounced upon their release last Wednesday, May 6, and the entire text of the Letter they wrote to the President of the United States, Barack Obama, where they set forth the reasons for their act of civil disobedience.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The peaceful protest of civil disobedience we performed on May 6 in the Congress of the United States of America in Washington, D.C., is correlated with the uneasiness of the Puerto Rican people before the intolerable reality of colonialism we live; a reality that affects us all equally, independent of religious or ideological positions. For 111 years, the country, our country, has suffered occupation, first by the military and then by the metropolis&#8217; usurpation of our political and economic powers. This situation does not allow us to adequately resolve our most immediate problems nor our long term issues.<\/p>\n<p>The representatives &#8220;elected by the people&#8221; to deal with those problems, far from resolving them, increase and perpetuate them. The elections held every four years in Puerto Rico have become a process that betrays the concept of democracy, and is mediatized and influenced by the metropolis to maintain its domination and the predominance of its interests. The clamor of all the most progressive sectors of our nation is to end colonialism once and for all. If there is consensus about something in our country, it is that we constitute the oldest colony in the world. The plebiscites, consultations and referenda that have been conducted throughout those 111 years of colonialism have not at all guaranteed the solution for this ignominious system.<\/p>\n<p>We urge the government of the U.S. to respect the multiple resolutions on the colonial case of Puerto Rico and initiate a process in conformity with International Law (just as they would demand of any other country in the world) for decolonization once and for all for our Puerto Rican island.<\/p>\n<p>This act of civil disobedience, rooted in the most sincere and honest sense of love for our Homeland and our people, is also an expression of affirmation of what we are: A decent working  people who deserve not one more second of the indignity of colonialism!<\/p>\n<p>Mar\u00eda L. (Chabela) Rodr\u00edguez<br \/>\nEugenia V. P\u00e9rez-Montijo<br \/>\nLuis Enrique Romero<br \/>\nJos\u00e9 (Tony Mapey\u00e9) Rivera<br \/>\nRam\u00f3n D\u00edaz<br \/>\nLuis Su\u00e1rez<br \/>\nCarlos Esteban Fonseca<br \/>\nMay 6, 2009<br \/>\nW\u00e1shington, D.C., United States<br \/>\nEnglish Translation: Jan Susler<\/p>\n<p>original:<br \/>\nDECLARACION DE LOS SIETE<br \/>\n14 al 20 mayo 2009<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/claridadpuertorico.com\/content\/view\/403978\/32\/<\/p>\n<p>Nota de la Redacci\u00f3n:<br \/>\nA continuaci\u00f3n reproducimos la Declaraci\u00f3n de los Siete, las palabras que los siete patriotas puertorrique\u00f1os pronunciaron al ser dejados en libertad el pasado mi\u00e9rcoles 6 de mayo y el texto \u00edntegro de la Carta que le cursaron al Presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, donde exponen las razones para su acto de desobediencia civil.<\/p>\n<p>La protesta pac\u00edfica de desobediencia civil que escenificamos el pasado 6 de mayo en el Congreso de los Estados Unidos de Am\u00e9rica en W\u00e1shington, DC, es correlato del malestar del pueblo puertorrique\u00f1o ante la intolerable realidad de coloniaje que vivimos. Realidad que nos afecta a todos por igual independientemente de las posturas religiosas o ideol\u00f3gicas. Por 111 a\u00f1os, el pa\u00eds, nuestro pa\u00eds, ha sufrido una ocupaci\u00f3n, primero militar y luego mediante la usurpaci\u00f3n por parte de la metr\u00f3poli, de nuestros poderes pol\u00edticos y econ\u00f3micos. Situaci\u00f3n que no nos permite dar respuestas adecuadas a nuestros problemas m\u00e1s inmediatos y por consiguiente a los mediatos.<\/p>\n<p>Los representantes &#8220;electos por el pueblo&#8221; para lidiar con esos problemas, lejos de resolverlos, los aumentan y perpet\u00faan. Las elecciones que cada cuatro a\u00f1os se celebran en Puerto Rico se han convertido en un proceso que traiciona el concepto de la democracia y es uno mediatizado e influenciado por la metr\u00f3poli para mantener la dominaci\u00f3n y el predominio de sus intereses. El clamor de todos los sectores m\u00e1s progresistas de nuestra naci\u00f3n es acabar de una vez por todas con el coloniaje. Si en algo hay consenso en nuestro pa\u00eds es que constituimos la colonia m\u00e1s antigua del mundo. Los plebiscitos, consultas y refer\u00e9ndum que se han llevado a cabo a lo largo de estos 111 a\u00f1os de coloniaje no han abonado un \u00e1pice a la soluci\u00f3n de este ignominioso sistema.<\/p>\n<p>Instamos al gobierno de los E.U.A. a acatar las m\u00faltiples resoluciones sobre el caso colonial de Puerto Rico e iniciar un proceso, conforme a la Ley Internacional (tal como ellos lo exigen a cualquier otro pa\u00eds en el mundo), para descolonizar de una vez y por todas nuestra isla borinque\u00f1a.<\/p>\n<p>Este acto de desobediencia civil enraizado en el m\u00e1s sincero y honesto sentimiento de amor a nuestra Patria y a nuestro pueblo, es tambi\u00e9n expresi\u00f3n de afirmaci\u00f3n de lo que somos: \u00a1Un pueblo trabajador y digno que no merece ni un segundo m\u00e1s la indignidad del coloniaje!<\/p>\n<p>Mar\u00eda L. (Chabela) Rodr\u00edguez<br \/>\nEugenia V. P\u00e9rez-Montijo<br \/>\nLuis Enrique Romero<br \/>\nJos\u00e9 (Tony Mapey\u00e9) Rivera<br \/>\nRam\u00f3n D\u00edaz<br \/>\nLuis Su\u00e1rez<br \/>\nCarlos Esteban Fonseca<br \/>\n6 de mayo de 2009<br \/>\nW\u00e1shington, DC, Estados Unidos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STATEMENT OF THE SEVEN May 14-20, 2009 http:\/\/claridadpuertorico.com\/content\/view\/403978\/32\/ Editors&#8217; Note: We are reproducing the Statement of the Seven, the words that the seven Puerto Rican patriots pronounced upon their release last Wednesday, May 6, and the entire text of the Letter they wrote to the President of the United States, Barack Obama, where they set &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=2404\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Declaration of the Seven Puerto Rican Independentistas arrested in Congress&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2409],"class_list":["post-2404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-movements-resistance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2404"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404\/revisions\/2406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}