The governor of Puerto Rico … is living in the same planet that one of the candidates for the presidency of the USA lives in!
… “this declaration of “self-government” will not fool anyone in Puerto Rico” …
There is no other way to say it. This dramatic headline is the only possible explanation, for the bizarre behavior of Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla.
One month ago, he tried to privatize the island’s beaches. Two weeks ago he turned over 34,000 acres to the Serallés family, so they can create a low-wage sugar plantation in Puerto Rico. Three days ago, he announced that Puerto Rico has “more self-governing powers” than all 50 US states.
THE ENTIRE US FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS “COLONY”
All three branches have communicated that Puerto Rico is a US colony.
The Obama administration argued that Puerto Rico is a “territorial possession of the US” before the US Supreme Court. The Supreme Court agreed with Obama, in both the Sanchez Valle and Franklin California cases. The US Congress created a Financial Control Board (FCB), to take over the entire Puerto Rican economy.
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