Whenever a powerful nation plans to invade, control, dominate another, the truth suffers a disruption. In the relationship between Cuba and the United States, lies have been a warlike resource used by the Empire to achieve its objectives of domination over the island.

Let us remember how already in the 19th century, to the racist and manipulative attack of the American newspapers The Manufactures and The Evening Post, Martí responded with “Vindication of Cuba” on March 25, 1889.

On February 17, 1957, the interview granted by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro to Herbert Matthews of The New York Times in the Sierra Maestra destroyed the fable constructed by the tyranny that the leader of the Rebel Army had died.

It took just a few days after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in January 1959, for a virulent campaign of falsehoods against the Caribbean nation to be launched from the United States.

Major media outlets, among them the Associated Press, United Press, the Inter American Press Association, magazines such as Life, Newsweek, Us News and World Report were determined to show the world just how “criminal” Cuba was.

This is how Fidel would describe it: “In the cables there is a permanent insidiousness (…) They always mention -the rapid trials of Batista’s supporters-. They emphasize it. Apparently, they are impartial, but they use certain words and subtleties, as masters of intrigue (…)”.

The trials of the revolutionary tribunals against a group of the most notorious war criminals of the Batista dictatorship, important figures of the Eisenhower administration and numerous congressmen presented them as “acts of barbarism”.

Most of the CIA’s media operations in Latin America during the 1960s were directed against the Cuban Revolution and Fidel Castro. “No more Cubas” was a concrete policy for the CIA. What has changed, in terms of mass manipulation, since then, since the first covert action plans? What has changed since the bastard Radio and TV Marti was created?

Essentially two things: the eruption of the Internet and the advance of new technologies. Thousands of audiovisual materials, books, encyclopedias, electronic sites carry out this task relentlessly, broadcasting their false messages.

The fake news against Cuba, fabricated and replicated by social networks and the popular and powerful technological platforms of communication, are the vanguard of the attack against the Revolution, they are in charge of inventing and reiterating lies, to destroy the ideological defenses and make us vulnerable.

President Trump’s June 16, 2017 National Security Presidential Memorandum, “Strengthening U.S. Policy toward Cuba,” to promote through the internet “the free and unregulated flow of information to Cuba and within the Island,” resulted in the creation of the Cuba Internet Task Force.

On the same day that mobile internet access began in Cuba, the “information” strategies made public in the budget documents for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 of the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors were implemented, where it is oriented to use native and unbranded Cuban Facebook accounts to disseminate content created by the U.S. Government, without informing Cuban Facebook users.

These documents have been ratified year after year by the Biden administration.

One of the objectives to be fulfilled by the Task Force is to promote the so-called “independent” Internet sites in Cuba, to create fake accounts and profiles in different social networks, including Twitter, to disseminate anti-Cuban content.

A task force is a temporary unit established to work on a specific operation or mission.

In this case, they propose to analyze “the technological challenges and opportunities of extending Internet access in Cuba to help the Cuban people enjoy a free and unregulated flow of information”. Translated to the truth it means the opposite. What it really is to regulate information, to control in order to take advantage of the advances of new technologies to dominate the space and the flow of content to subvert the internal order in our country.

In the instruction manuals of the Yankee special services, psychological warfare is defined in the following terms:

“Coordination and use of all means, including physical and psychological (excepting the military operations of the regular army, but exploiting their psychological results), that serve to destroy the enemy’s will to win, to undermine his political and economic capacity….”.

The key to persuasion is the control of the information that is consumed, that the person, according to the CIA manuals, only reads what we want him to read, sees what we want him to see, hears what we want him to hear.

The CIA defines “psychological warfare” as “the struggle to win the minds and wills of men.”

The geniuses of the CIA have come up with everything, including trials of “paranormal” warfare. Any infamy can be expected from the U.S. government.

Source: Cuba en Resumen

The polls published by the mainstream media all say that the presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is extremely close.

The money race is not so close. In the big money competition between the billionaires, the Harris campaign had raised more than $1 billion as of Oct. 9, three times as much as the Trump campaign had raised. While billionaire Elon Musk has made a public show of buying into Trump, Harris is still getting most of the big money from the billionaires and millionaires so far. 

Trump could win anyway.

In the U.S., the Electoral College decides the presidential election, not the popular vote. Harris could win the popular vote — though it’s not guaranteed — yet still lose to Trump in the electoral college. 

This system has dominated presidential elections this century. In 2000, Al Gore received more votes than George W. Bush, but the Supreme Court intervened and gave Bush the Electoral College selection. In 2016, Hillary Clinton received almost three million more votes than Donald Trump, but the Electoral College gave Trump the presidency.

Donald Trump is counting on the Electoral College system to put him back in the White House. (Read more about the Electoral College from 2016 when it gave Trump the presidency in “Black voter suppression near 1950s level.”) 

Because of the restrictions imposed by the Electoral College system, the presidential election is now said to hinge on just six “swing states” — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Nevada. These states will essentially override all votes in the rest of the country.

Enforce an Israeli ceasefire now

Harris could win these “swing states” if the Biden administration would enforce an Israeli ceasefire right now. Instead, Harris has repeatedly declared that she supports Israel’s war. That’s commonly known as support for genocide. 

Nobody missed the fact that when Israel escalated its war, expanding into Lebanon, Biden responded by increasing the delivery of weapons systems and, for the first time, openly deploying U.S. troops in support of the expanded war. 

When hurricanes Helene and Milton hit the Southeast, devastating Florida and the Appalachian region of North Carolina, there was no similar response. FEMA responded, but more was needed. There was no bonus equivalent to the $billions in bunker-buster bombs going for hurricane relief.

Harris’ militarism and enthusiasm for Israel’s war are costing her votes in the swing states, where a majority support an immediate ceasefire and an end to the war.

During an interview on ABC News’ “The View” on Oct. 8, when asked if she would have approached anything differently than President Biden, Vice President Harris said that “there is not a thing that comes to mind.”

Any worker watching the show might have said “Wow” and politely changed the channel. Many likely cursed the TV screen.

Most feel it is a recession

Most working people think that the economy is in a recession. It certainly feels that way; there is no need for data analysis or AI to figure that out.

Even though inflation is beginning to slow down, the price increases are cumulative, meaning things still cost much more than they did back in 2019 — and prices continue to rise. The price of a Big Mac has gone up 21% since 2019, and it’s expected to go higher. McDonald’s says it has to raise prices more because meat prices continue to rise.

One of the primary drivers of inflation is military spending. There were inflation crises during World Wars I and II, as well as the Korean and Vietnam wars. Behind the inflation today, with the U.S./NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, the U.S.-armed and -funded war on Gaza, and the increasing war buildup in Taiwan, is the trillion dollar annual war budget and a national debt of $34.38 trillion.

Wages stagnant

Rising prices have hit working-class wages hardest. While there are fewer middle-income jobs available, inflation is biting hard even for those who still have these jobs.

Wages have increased slightly, but purchasing power has decreased. Stagnant wages are a concern, especially for many young people who are struggling to find employment. 

The official poverty rate has increased every year of Biden’s term in office. Currently, 25% of seniors are attempting to get by on $15,000 or less. They can’t afford to pay for essential services, including prescription medications, healthcare, and other fundamental necessities.

High interest rates have put the possibility of home ownership out of reach for most working people. But rising rents make any housing harder to get and keep. Homelessness has reached record levels, with nearly a million homeless every night, many without shelter. This is the highest number of homeless people ever documented in the U.S.

As of August 2024, credit card debt in the U.S. is $1.14 trillion, a 5.8% increase from the previous year and $215 billion higher than the previous record set in 2019. Credit card delinquency is rising, and many are overextended.

Millions of workers (at least 20 million) had full-time jobs earning less than the official poverty level for a family of four (that’s $29,950). Many workers hold two jobs to try to make ends meet. Good jobs are not available; most of the jobs created during Biden’s years have been low-pay, non-union service jobs.

Another 3 million workers have lost their jobs due to hurricanes or other natural disasters in the last year. FEMA assistance primarily goes to businesses and infrastructure; a fraction goes to job assistance, which is hard to impossible to get.

Havana, Oct 14 (Prensa Latina) — Thousands of Cubans of all ages marched Monday here demanding an end to the genocide committed by the Zionist Government of Israel against the Palestinian people and its attacks on other nations in the Middle East.

Participants in the march, led by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and other top leaders, denounced the complicity of the United States in the Zionist military onslaught that has killed more than 42,000 people in the Gaza Strip, including many women and children, and more than 2,000 in Lebanon.

At the Anti-Imperialist Tribune in Havana, final destination of the march that began at downtown Havana’s Fragua Martiana, Palestinian students in Cuba expressed their compatriots’ will to resist until they recover their nation, and achieve their inalienable rights and a just and lasting peace.

They denounced the expansionist interests of the State of Israel, and its aggression against nations such as Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and the entire region, with the complicity of the United States, while the world remains paralyzed, unable to stop the tragedy.

It is not a war, it is a generalized and progressive genocide, they stated at the political-cultural event, at which they expressed their infinite gratitude to Cuba for its permanent solidarity with the just cause of the Palestinian people.

The first secretary of the Young Comminist League (UJC), Meyvis Estévez, stated that this march and the mobilizations held nationwide in recent days demonstrate Cuba’s support for the Palestinian people, whom she described as an impressive example of self-sacrifice and patriotism.

She stressed Cuba’s commitment to peace, justice and the defense of Palestinian sovereignty.

We will not close our eyes to the massacre; we will not forget the heroism of those attacked or the barbarity of the aggressors, Estévez noted.

Source: Prensa Latina

2024 National Day of Mourning

Thursday, November 28, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.EST
Cole’s Hill, Plymouth, MA

Join us as we continue to create a true awareness of Native peoples and history. Help shatter the untrue image of the Pilgrims, and the unjust system based on white supremacy, settler colonialism, sexism, homophobia and the profit-driven destruction of the Earth that they and other European settlers introduced to these shores.

Solidarity with Indigenous struggles throughout the world!
From Turtle Island to Palestine, Colonialism is a Crime!
Free Leonard Peltier! www.freeleonardpeltiernow.org

While many supporters will attend in person, we will also livestream the event from Plymouth.

United American Indians of New England (decolonizing since 1970)
info@uaine.org * UAINE website * UAINE Facebook Group

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Watch the 2024 National Day of Mourning Livestream on Youtube

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#NDOM2024 #NoThanksNoGiving
No sit-down social, but box lunches will be available.
Masks required!

2024 orientation

What Is National Day Of Mourning?

An annual tradition since 1970, National Day of Mourning is a solemn, spiritual and highly political day. Many of us fast from sundown the day before through the afternoon of that day (and have a social after NDOM so that participants in NDOM can break their fasts). We are mourning our ancestors and the genocide of our peoples and the theft of our lands. NDOM is a day when we mourn, but we also feel our strength in action and solidarity.

When and where is day of mourning?

Thursday, November 28, 2023 (U.S. “thanksgiving” day) at Cole’s Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 12 noon SHARP. Cole’s Hill is the hill above Plymouth Rock in the Plymouth historic waterfront area. The rallies and marches will last until approximately 3 pm (sometimes later).

Will there be a march?

Yes, there will be a march through the historic district of Plymouth. Plymouth agreed, as part of the settlement of 10/19/98, that UAINE may march on National Day of Mourning without the need for a permit as long as we give the town advance notice.

PROGRAM: Although we very much welcome our non-Native supporters to stand with us, it is a day when only Indigenous people speak about our history and the struggles that are taking place throughout the Americas. Speakers are by invitation only. This year’s NDOM will be livestreamed from Plymouth.

-Note that NDOM is not a commercial event, so we ask that people do not sell merchandise or distribute leaflets at the outdoor program. We might have UAINE t-shirts available for sale following the march.

-We also ask that you do not eat (unless you must do so for medical reasons) at the outdoor speak-out and march out of respect for the participants who are fasting.

-Dress for the weather!

SOCIAL: There will be box lunches available, but we will not have a full sit-down social due to ongoing health concerns.

TRANSPORTATION: If you cannot get to Plymouth, you can watch our livestream! We will also post information about buses and carpools from NY (Brooklyn and Bronx), CT, western MA, Boston, Maine and elsewhere if applicable at the UAINE facebook event.

ELDERS/DISABLED PEOPLE: We have some chairs available for any Elders and others who need to sit during the initial rally on Cole’s Hill. We also will have ASL interpreters on-stage.

FOR UPDATES: Please join and check out the UAINE facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/UAINE for updates on National Day of Mourning this year. Our website uaine.org will be updated, but not as quickly or frequently.

Facebook event: https://bit.ly/NDOM2024

UAINE on Twitter & Insta: @mahtowin1

COVID-19 has hit Indigenous communities very hard, and we want to ensure that no one gets sick from attending National Day of Mourning. Please wear a mask!

#NDOM2024 #nothanksnogiving

Every October 12, the peoples of the Americas remember the first arrival of Christopher Columbus to the New World, in 1942, as a date that marks a milestone in the history of genocide, plunder and exploitation. Far from being a day of celebration, it is a day of struggle, of resistance to oblivion.

The Trinidadian historian C.L.R. James summarizes in two lines what happened that morning in 1492, in his book The Black Jacobins: “The first landing of Christopher Columbus in the New World was on the island of San Salvador, and after praising God he urgently inquired about gold”. A few years later, Father Las Casas, the first voice to condemn the cruelty to which the indigenous American communities were subjected to, would say that those first conquerors had arrived “with the cross in their hands and an insatiable thirst for gold in their hearts”.

It is impossible to deny the transcendence of what happened in 1492: the arrival of the values and appetites of the nascent capitalist society, the beginning of the globalization of the world and the conversion of human history into one single history, and even the division of the world as we know it today.

But the peoples of the Americas have never forgotten what Columbus’ arrival on the imposing caravels La Niña, La Pinta and Santa María signified. The colonizers exterminated 90% of the native inhabitants in the first century of the invasion alone, 90 million people. The Europeans wielded “the sword and the cross”, tore the bodies of the natives with swords and gunpowder, and ravaged their culture and identity using God as a pretext.

The Catholic religion was imposed by blood and fire, being a far-reaching instrument of domination, which to this day alienates and subdues. The invasion of America by Europeans -in the words of José Martí- constituted “the interference of a devastating civilization, two words that, being an antagonism, perfectly describe this process of humankind”.

In a joint statement, the Cuban institutions Casa de las Americas, the Office of the Programa Martiano and the World Council of the José Martí Project of International Solidarity did not miss other implications of this date, stating “The colonizers of the various powers also unleashed one of the most atrocious crimes known to mankind: that of the trafficking and enslavement of African peoples who were kidnapped and forced to work in the lucrative business of  plantations. An unknown amount numbering in the tens of millions of human beings were taken from that continent between the 16th and 19th centuries.”

It is not a question at this point of demonizing modernity, nor of spreading hatred about one country or another for its participation in or benefits obtained from domination and dispossession. The demand now must condemn all forms of colonialism, neocolonialism, and exploitation of which may be in different variations but still remains in the present time.

Proof of this are the constant hostilities to which some nations of the world are subjected to, such as Cuba, because the great powers do not tolerate a world order different from the one ruled by Capital. Proof of this is also the brutal genocide to which the Palestinian people are subjected to by Israel, which now threatens the entire region and the world. We must not forget the source of the evils afflicting humanity, the lust for power, inequality, just to mention a few of them.

“We must denounce any attempt to impose a rosy legend or glorify the perpetrators and ideologues of such atrocities. We, the inhabitants of our America, do not deny the past, nor will we renounce the heritage of the best of the so-called Western culture, which also belongs to us. But we vindicate the legacy of the oppressed and the resistance of those who rose up five centuries ago against the oppressors, and all those who, since then, have decided to cast their lot with the poorest on earth,” the joint statement concluded.

Alejandra Garcia is the Havana correspondent for Resumen Latinoamericano in English and an evening news anchor for Telesur in English.

Source: Resumen  Latinoamericano – English

With each passing day, Puerto Rico sinks deeper into a neoliberal process that threatens its very existence. From the purely geological issue, with supposed legal approvals for construction in coastal locations that involve the removal of mangroves and corals that are the natural barriers against coastal erosion, to the displacement of communities that give way to luxury housing for millionaire foreigners. There is a replacement of our population.

Basic health and education services are almost nonexistent. In short, life in Puerto Rico has become very difficult. While our central problem is the colonial state, it is imperative to stop this destructive bleeding.

And urgent measures are needed such as the removal of the corrupt, neoliberal and right-wing administration in the government represented by the New Progressive Party (PNP) that aspires to make PUR a U.S. state. However, it also has its collaborators in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who favor the colonial situation.

To remove them, there is a chance in the upcoming November 5 elections. Despite the prohibitions of the right wing, an electoral alliance has been formed between two progressive forces, the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) and the Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana.

In the streets, talking to the people, a new hope for change can be perceived. And the support for the Alliance’s gubernatorial candidate, Juan Dalmau of the PIP, is growing.

Even Puerto Rican rapper, singer Bad Bunny, who despite the likes or dislikes of his songs, has shown a great love for his country, and has always been present in progressive political campaigns, hired a billboard signing to send messages against the corruption of both parties and to urge the people to vote for a better country, which implies a vote for the Alliance. Other artists such as René from Calle 13, (the author of Latin America) have also published through the networks their adhesion to the Alliance as the best electoral option.

But in the face of this boom, there are also the corrupt maneuvers of the government that has done everything possible to combat the Alliance. From prohibiting an electoral front and making it difficult to register new voters, to closing permanent registration centers, excluding minority parties from the State Elections Commission so they cannot monitor the processes, increasing fraudulent advance votes including already deceased voters.

But the need for profound change is increasing the awareness of the people, and it will be difficult for them to stop the change.

Source: Struggle-La Lucha, translation Resumen Latinoamericano – English

Toshiyuki Mimaki, co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese organization honored with the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize for its anti-nuclear activism, drew comparisons between the plight of children in Gaza and those impacted by the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

“In Gaza, bleeding children are being held (by their parents). It’s like Japan 80 years ago,” Mimaki said at a news conference in Tokyo. “Children in Hiroshima and Nagasaki lost their fathers in the war and their mothers in the bombings. They became orphans.”

Mimaki expressed his belief that “the dedicated individuals working in Gaza” should have received the Peace Prize, specifically mentioning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), also a nominee for the award.

Mimaki was three years old when the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, killing over 200,000 including deaths from radiation poisoning. 

Three days later, another bomb hit Nagasaki, killing an additional 100,000. About 70,000 of those killed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki were enslaved Korean laborers.

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement representing survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, known as Hibakusha.

Nihon Hidankyo, founded in 1956, has been a voice for atomic bomb survivors, providing testimony of the horrors of nuclear warfare and advocating for the total abolition of nuclear weapons.

On the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Struggle-La Lucha published a new book: “The U.S. war drive against China, what it means for workers.” 

Celebrating 75 years of liberation

Oct. 1, 2024, marks the 75th anniversary of China’s transformative revolution, which liberated the nation from feudal oppression and imperialist control.

Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, widely known as Chairman Mao, the Communist Party of China achieved what many deemed impossible — inspiring not just China but working and oppressed peoples worldwide.

The revolution ended China’s “Century of Humiliation,”  which began with British imperialism’s First Opium War in 1839.

Over the past 75 years, there has been significant progress for the masses and China’s working class.

Today, China is a global scientific powerhouse, boasting achievements in high-speed trains, affordable electric vehicles, pollution reduction, carbon emission control, and space exploration. The People’s Republic has also made significant strides in health care, education, and sports.

At no point has U.S. monopoly capitalism adopted a hands-off approach toward the development of socialism in China or elsewhere. It has consistently intervened against socialism worldwide.

The maneuvers by U.S. imperialism have been increasingly more dangerous and now point in the direction of war.

The global working class, including U.S. workers, must stand united in solidarity with the working class of China.

This book, “The U.S. War Drive Against China: What it Means for Workers,” aims to illuminate the growing dangers posed by a potential U.S. war against China and reveal the working class’s real enemies.

Get “The U.S. war drive against China, what it means for workers,” available online at tinyurl.com/USWarChina.

Jeremy Loffredo could face the death penalty for reporting on Iranian missile strikes that targeted Israeli military and intelligence bases used to carry out brutal assassinations over the past year

Update:

The U.S. government has yet to comment on the case of Jeremy Loffredo, an independent U.S. journalist who remains in Israeli police detention on suspicion of “endangering national security.” Loffredo may potentially face life imprisonment or the death penalty after reporting the locations where Iranian missiles struck in the attack launched by Iran earlier this month.

U.S. officials refrained from commment despite a Yedioth Ahronoth report from Thursday stating that representatives from the U.S. Embassy attended the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court for a hearing on the request of the police to extend his detention.

In his report, Loffredo stated that the strikes hit targets, including the Israeli military’s Nevatim Air Base and an intelligence base in central Israel.

“Since the missile strikes, Israeli authorities have attempted to downplay the significance of the attacks, censored the locations of missile impacts from media publication, and claimed that Iranian missiles targeted Israeli civilians,” Loffredo stated.

“What I saw today, here in Israel, is clear evidence that Iran was targeting the same Israeli intelligence and military infrastructure that has been used over the past year to carry out brutal assassinations and attacks.”

The Grayzone, the outlet for which Loffredo has been reporting since his arrival in Israel, issued a statement saying police are officially holding him “on suspicion of serious security offenses for publicly publishing… the locations of missile drops near or inside sensitive security facilities, with the aim of bringing this to the notice of the enemy and thereby assisting them in their future attacks.”

The Grayzone added that Loffredo’s report showed the aftermath of Iranian attacks on military and intelligence targets inside Israel, which were openly featured in reports broadcast on mainstream U.S. news outlets ABC News and PBS, neither of which currently face such charges.

“He published the information openly and fully, without attempting to hide anything. If this information constitutes aiding the enemy, many other journalists in Israel, including Israeli reporters, should also be arrested,” said the attorney defending Loffredo, Leah Tsemel. “A spy would not have acted so publicly and transparently.”

Originally, the judge overseeing Loffredo’s case ordered him released, saying that since Israeli military censors agreed to allow Israeli media to publish both “word of [Jeremy’s] arrest and the publications that led to his arrest,” Israel could “no longer justify his continued detention,” The Grayzone added.

However, Israeli police appealed this decision, and Loffredo remains in custody.

The Grayzone stated, “We will fight these charges and ask that you contact the State Department and urge them to act in defense of their citizen detained in Israel. The U.S. has an obligation to defend its journalists who are merely adhering to their ethical obligation to inform the public of pertinent facts.”

The Grayzone and The Cradle contributor Kit Klarenberg said that Loffredo was arrested by Israeli military officers while crossing a checkpoint in the illegally occupied West Bank.

Klarenberg continued, “Jeremy has done nothing wrong, and these are allegations that can lead to life imprisonment or the death penalty.”

He noted further that Israeli Knesset and Likud Party member Revital Gotliv had recently requested life imprisonment or the death sentence for Yuli Novak, the executive director of B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights organization that documents abuses of the Israeli government toward Palestinians.

In March, Loffredo embedded himself among Jewish Israeli nationalists who were trying to block desperately needed humanitarian aid at the Gaza border. “They enjoyed pastries with the military while confessing to war crimes and cheering for genocide,” Loffredo reported.

In January, Loffredo reported from the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, where he documented settler terror attacks on Palestinian businesses. He interviewed local activists who told him they feared arrest and beatings from Israeli police for speaking out against the assault on Gaza.

Source: The Cradle

Cada día que pasa, Puerto Rico se hunde más en un proceso neoliberal que amenaza su propia existencia. Desde la cuestión puramente geológica, con aprobaciones supuestamente legales para la construcción en lugares costeros que implican la remoción de manglares y corales que son las barreras naturales contra la erosión costera, hasta el desplazamiento de comunidades que dan paso a viviendas lujosas para extranjeros millonarios. Hay una sustitución de nuestra población.

Ya los servicios básicos de salud y educación son casi inexistentes. En fin, la vida en Puerto Rico se ha hecho muy difícil. 

Si bien nuestro problema central es el estado colonial, es imprescindible detener este sangrado destructor.

Y se necesitan medidas urgentes como la remoción de la administración corrupta, neoliberal y derechista en el gobierno representado por el Partido Nuevo Progresista que aspira a que PUR se convierta en un estado de los EUA. Sin embargo, también tiene sus colaboradores en el Partido Popular Democrático, quienes favorecen la situación colonial. 

Para removerlos, hay una posibilidad en las próximas elecciones del 5 de noviembre. A pesar de las prohibiciones de la derecha, se ha formado una Alianza electoral entre dos fuerzas progresistas, El Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño y el Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana. 

En las calles, hablando con el pueblo se puede percibir una nueva esperanza de cambio. Y cada vez más aumenta la adhesión al candidato para la gobernación por la Alianza, Juan Dalmau del PIP.  

Hasta Bad Bunny quien a pesar de que gusten o no sus canciones, ha demostrado un gran amor por su patria y siempre ha dicho presente en campañas políticas progresistas, contrató una firma de billboards para enviar mensajes contra la corrupción de ambos partidos y exhortar al pueblo a votar por un mejor país, lo que implica un voto por la Alianza. Otros artistas como René de Calle 13, (el autor de Latinoamérica) también han publicado por las redes su adhesión a la Alianza como la mejor opción electoral.

Pero ante este auge, también existen las maniobras corruptas del gobierno que ha hecho todo lo posible para combatir la Alianza. Desde prohibir un frente electoral y dificultar la inscripción de nuevos votantes, hasta cerrar los centros permanentes de inscripción, excluir a los partidos minoritarios de la  Comisión Estatal de Elecciones para que no puedan monitorear los procesos, aumentando los votos adelantados de manera fraudulenta incluyendo a votantes ya fallecidos. 

Pero la necesidad de un cambio profundo está aumentando la concientización del pueblo, y será difícil detener el cambio.

Desde Puerto Rico, para Radio Clarín de Colombia, les habló, Berta Joubert-Ceci