PUERTO RICO and the United States of America

No sé el pensar de aquellos individuos que tienen libertad interna absoluta pero la quieren cambiar por la libertad externa sin las garantías que en la actualidad poseen. Es difícil entender porque tenemos a ciertas personas que todavía piensan que el retroceder es progreso. Una democracia, donde el pueblo está completamente libre a decidir aun el mismo método de como participar, es representativa de una verdadera libertad interna. Nada más porque gritamos que la independencia nos va a dar más felicidad y más ambición, en pocos años nuestros cerebros serán más amplios y podremos ser el próximo Singapur del caribe. La libertad interna es la mejor condición que un ciudadano puede tener. De qué vale que un país logre tener soberanía o libertad externa, pero el ciudadano no puede gozar de la libertad interna? No sé cuántos individuos estarán dispuestos a dejar las "riquezas" por las "pobrezas", pero no creo que serán muchos. Creo que hay muy pocos masoquistas en ...

Habrá máxima libertad interna en Argentina? Eso es algo que tiene que dudarse. Un país como la Argentina ha tenido leyes horrorosas. No hace mucho que promulgó un edicto donde oficialmente se extirparon [borraron] de sus records oficiales casi un millón de gente de color. Con eso acto, la República de Argentina le dejó demostrado al mundo que no tiene gente sino blanca. Qué ha pasado con los derechos y privilegios de esos que han sido borrados?

Venezuela es una nación soberana. Tiene libertad externa, pero la libertad interna sufre por su escasez. Un caudillo y sus operativos mantienen el control absoluto del pueblo. Hasta el nombre de los recién nacidos cae bajo un directorio del gobierno chavista.

Cuba será una nación soberana, sea, es reconocida por las naciones del mundo como lo tal. Sin embargo, aunque tiene casi todo el lujo de nación soberana [digo casi todo, ya que los Estados Unidos mantiene una gran base militar en su territorio aunque el gobierno de castro está opuesto], Cuba no tiene libertad interna. Es más, aun bajo Fulgencio Batista, había poca libertad interna, aunque los ricos y mafiosos tenían el oído del gobierno. Eso es, los pobres de Cuba no tenían mucho bajo Batista y ahora tienen casi nada o menos bajo Raúl y Fidel. Aunque, sí, Fidel logró mandar a la elite rica para Miami y se quedó con los que no podían darle batalla internamente.

Habrá máxima libertad interna en Argentina? Eso es algo que tiene que dudarse. Un país como la Argentina ha tenido leyes horrorosas. No hace mucho que promulgó un edicto donde oficialmente se extirparon [borraron] de sus records oficiales casi un millón de gente de color. Con eso acto, la República de Argentina le dejó demostrado al mundo que no tiene gente sino blanca. Qué ha pasado con los derechos y privilegios de esos que han sido borrados?

El pueblo de Puerto Rico no es reconocido por ningún país legítimo del mundo como una nación. Sí, Puerto Rico es parte—un territorio—de la nación americana. Este territorio americano nunca ha sido constituido como un país o nación, pero sus ciudadanos han sido parte en el pasado de la nación española—incluso un corto periodo cuando Puerto Rico gozó una posición de autonomía. Bajo el liderato de los Estados Unidos, el pueblo de Puerto Rico ha gozado libertades internas jamás posibles en ninguno de los pueblos de América latina. Al igual, Puerto Rico tiene una economía cual es la envidia de muchos países—pero, la isla no es una nación ni tampoco es un país. No importando que meramente sea un territorio, la isla no tiene competencia en las libertades que existen o en el progreso económico del pueblo.

Si no hay libertad interna, la gente no tiene la oportunidad de ejercer "fuerza" para traer cambios positivos a las situaciones que afectan a diario sus vidas. Por supuesto, sí, esa gente que vive en países soberanos pero sin libertad interna puede agitar para producir cambios. Ahora, en la mayoría de los casos, esta última gente es "eliminada" de la circulación en corto tiempo. Sin embargo, en un pueblo con la ausencia de libertad externa—pero con libertad interna—la gente puede obrar en un sistema democrático y con amplias libertades para lograr el mejoramiento personal y el de la sociedad.

El mero hecho que un pueblo lleve la etiqueta de "país soberano" no quiere decir que su gente tenga amplia libertad. Y, de igual manera, un territorio agregado a un país soberano no tendrá control externo, pero su gente puede tener amplia libertad interna. Lo importante aquí es ver las diferencias que existen entre la libertad interna y la externa.

Ejemplos clásicos de países con libertad externa son tales como Venezuela, Cuba, Norte Corea, China y Libia. Esos países son soberanos, pero la gente no tiene libertad interna. Un pueblo que no lleva la etiqueta de país soberano es Puerto Rico, pero la gente tiene una libertad tan amplia como cualquier estado soberano de la nación americana. Todos los ciudadanos de Puerto Rico gozan del derecho de salir y entrar a la isla sin ninguna inconveniencia. Todos gozan del derecho de ser parte de los elegidos para posiciones políticas o escoger entre aquellos que estén corriendo para las mismas. Todo ciudadano decide en qué manera quiere [si quiere] adorar a Dios o a quien sea. Ningún ciudadano americano en Puerto Rico sufre de hambre. Todos los niños en Puerto Rico se les garantizan un asiento en el sistema de escuelas públicas. Todo niño en Puerto Rico puede aspirar hasta la presidencia americana. El maestro que quiera puede piquetear a su gusto. No hay nada que impida a alguien subir a ...

El Congreso le otorgó la ciudadanía americana a todos los puertorriqueños nacidos en Puerto Rico o en otros lugares [pero de padres puertorriqueños] retroactivamente desde el 11 de abril de 1899. Ese Acto fue hecho según el PODER exclusivo del Congreso basado en la Constitución. Esa acción puede compararse al poder del Congreso en añadir estados soberanos a la unión americana. Un Acto, una ley, del Congreso es la que "hace" un nuevo estado soberano. Un Acto, una ley, del Congreso determina cuando un pueblo puede considerarse parte única de los Estados Unidos de América. Se podrá decir que al Congreso determinar la conversión de un territorio a un estado soberano con un Acto o ley, puede deshacerle tal status por puro chiste? Seguro que NO! Una vez el Congreso "hace" un estado soberano, no puede reversar el proceso. De igual manera, cuando el Congreso concede la ciudadanía americana, la tal es irrevocable. El Congreso le ha concedido la ciudadanía a los puer...

Global Post Nov 7, 2012 Amid all the hoopla, you might have missed it: in a referendum on Tuesday, Puerto Rico voted in favor of US statehood, in a move that might entail some dramatic changes in elementary school geography books. In a two-part referendum, about 53.9 percent voted against the current status quo in the first question on the referendum, according to Puerto Rican paper El Nuevo Dia. In the second question, 65 percent said that they favored full statehood, while 31 percent voted for sovereign free association, and four percent opted for full independence, reported the Associated Press. It's not yet clear if Puerto Rico will actually become a state. The US Congress would have to approve such a decision — although President Obama has said that he would respect a popular vote on the matter, according to the BBC. And it would be a big decision, including new voting additions to the House of Representatives, and a struggle to figure out how to integrate Puerto Rico...

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Disenfranchisement Allowed in an Unincorporated Territory It is known that the U.S. Supreme Court (Harris v. Rosario, 446 U.S. 651[1980]) has decided that an unincorporated commonwealth relationship is temporary by nature, and disenfranchisement and less-than-equal discriminatory treatment of citizens of the territory is deemed constitutionally permissible. Thus, for the population of any territory, which wishes to remain within the U.S. sovereignty, completion of the process of integration through statehood is the only path to full self-government. And, the only alternative within the framework of the U.S. Constitution is to continue indefinitely in less than fully self-governing status, which is plausible only as long as Congress deems that to be consistent with the national interest and the people concerned do themselves make the choice required to seek a change of status. The Limbo Status of the Island Contrary to the general benefit of the people of Puerto Rico, insular poli...

Absence of national markers A territory without its own national marker, be it a flag, an army, a post office, or a currency, is not a nation or a pais (country). Thus the islanders of Puerto Rico can be called Puerto Ricans by the mere technicality of being born there (and, of course, the lineage of these sons are also technically called Puerto Ricans) or by embracing the island as their own home (as done by such well known personality as Ponce de Leon) . However, the islanders can have claim only to one nationality at this time. And, being that Puerto Rico is not a pais, Puerto Ricans are not Puerto Ricans by nationality. By the action of the United States Congress, the people of Puerto Rico live in an unincorporated territory; and they are American citizens and, as such, they are American nationals albeit at the mercy of Washington’s dictate. As the island is not an estado (state), and is not libre (free), and is not asociado (associated) the populace does not have a sense of ...

Identity confusion does lead to static stagnation The instability of a main segment of the Puerto Rican poor produces a static stagnation within the group. And, this stagnation is significantly an outcome of identity confusion. And, the roots of this stagnation can be traced to the many years of subjugation of the people of the island of Puerto Rico. Since the Amerindians downfall at the hands of the conquistadors in the early 1500’s the islanders have been consecutively under the tutelage of imperial Spain and the United States of America. That is, five hundred years of colonial rule; five centuries of existence without nationhood. Therefore, the people of the island of Borinquen have been but mere wards of two superpowers since its colonization. However, it may be interjected that Puerto Rico was granted insular self-government by Spain when the Carta Autonomica (a form of constitutional autonomy) was approved by the Spanish Cortes on November 25, 1987. And, by the time of ...

Borinquen, The Garden of Eden, The land of the great Gautier Called the Pearl of the Seas, Now that you are Drowning in your sorrows, Allow me to sing to you As well.

Historically, human beings have been highly migratory until they are able to settle in a suitable place where they can become comfortable in the given environment. And, the stronger the need to leave a particular place the better the chances that a given individual would not contemplate in making a return trip to the same forsaken location. Eventually, individuals with similar dispositions interact to become part of a larger group with which most likely would have defined rules and standards. Thus individuals who have given up the most at their places of origin tend to aggregate strongly upon arrival at their selected destination. They tend to become highly prejudiced and resent the entry of dissimilar individuals to their defined niche. However, the individual who leaves a particular place and does not have a desire to abandon it for ever, would have significant problems becoming adjusted to a new place and, most likely, comes under the severe scrutiny of the established groups. As ...

Instability and a sense of permanence are significant factors in limiting the economical progress for some Puerto Ricans Somehow, the Puerto Rican poor suffers from much instability. And, this translate to a disconnect from a sense of permanence in a given community. He suffers because he is deprived of the skills that are essential in becoming successful in our society. He suffers still more from an identity disaster. And, it is quite likely that the identity confusion is the main dynamic behind his migratory pattern and, as a consequence, his inability to stay put in a given community. Thus there is an identity confusion which most likely is the driving force in the migratory pattern of a significant number of poor Puerto Ricans. And, Why is the migratory pattern a tremendous influence in keeping a group of native Americans in the fringes of society?

Historically, whites (European stock) have been, culturally and scientifically, behind other racial groups albeit during the past few centuries they have gained a significant advantage, but some subgroups are still struggling It is precisely the migratory pattern affecting a substantial number of Puerto Ricans (mainly poor) that needs to be studied very closely in order to make a reasonable consensus as to why a subgroup of Puerto Ricans are not assimilating readily into the mainstream of the American society. For sure, most Puerto Ricans are whitep808 The New Webster’s Comprehensive Dictionary,1987 but a statistically significant subgroup appears to fall behind other ethnic groups. Surely, you could be white and still be considered vastly inferior than other ethnic groups and have obstacles thrown your way. This was something experienced by Italians arriving to this continent during the latter half of the 19th and over a quarter of the 20th Centuries. John Higman (Strangers in th...

Of course, not having a nationality to give up as a swap to become an American surely has had its disadvantages to many islanders; that is, they have had to contend with a society made of individuals fully content and uncaring about giving up their nationalities to become Americans. Simply put, foreigners have had no significant problems turning their backs on their countries of birth in order to accept the citizenship of the United States. And, once foreigners disdain their countries they basically have no choice but to commit themselves entirely to the American way of life. Obviously, there is a significant difference between a foreigner that renounces his birthright to become an American and an American who does not want to abandon his culture just to merely become a mainland American. And, moreover, it is highly suggestible that some Puerto Ricans are afraid to commit themselves fully to the Americanism of the mainland, because of the likely probability that they could be labeled...