A leader who is truly committed to his patria (homeland in Spanish) and cares about the well-being of his people will forego his ego to allow for a transitional process that is orderly, transparent and begins to restore the confidence of people in the island’s central government.
Presidential candidates put on notice by more than 50 Puerto Rican and allied groups demanding action for Puerto Rico
Power 4 Puerto Rico Applauds Congress Passing Disaster Relief
JOINT STATEMENT BY POWER 4 PUERTO RICO AND AMERICA’S VOICE ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ATTEMPT TO INSERT DHS FUNDING INTO DISASTER AID
“We are calling on the Senate to rise above the president’s Hunger Games approach to disaster aid and his cruel and militaristic approach to punishing refugees. Across the board, we will not relent in demanding support for all disaster-stricken areas that is not politicized, delayed, and muddied by Trump’s attacks hateful rhetoric, division, and fear mongering.”
Power 4 Puerto Rico statement on House Natural Resources Committee Hearing on PROMESA, and deep austerity imposed by unelected Junta it created
May 2, 2019 — “Today’s hearing examining the implementation of PROMESA should reveal how an unelected, imposed fiscal control board (the Junta in Spanish) has by no means prompted the stabilization and economic development that many members of Congress intended for Puerto Rico through this legislation.
Power 4 Puerto Rico on Congress Postponing Disaster Aid
POWER 4 PUERTO RICO ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TREATMENT OF PUERTO RICANS
“President Trump has made clear that the safety and lives of Puerto Ricans do not matter to him nor his administration. He has reportedly and repeatedly expressed that the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico are somehow receiving ‘too much’ money for food, resiliency and recovery. This is outrageous considering the well documented damage, estimates and predicament of Puerto Rico and the thousands of families displaced after Hurricanes Irma and Maria,” said Power 4 Puerto Rico Director Erica Gonzalez. “This is also outrageous given that this month, 1 million Puerto Ricans' emergency nutritional assistance was cut and poor and elderly Island residents are literally struggling to put food on the table while some patients have had to sit in soiled diapers. Now, the President is falsely claiming that no one has taken better care of Puerto Rico than him.”
Power 4 Puerto Rico Releases Open Letter to Presidential Candidates Urging Them to Support a Comprehensive Platform that Addresses Issues Affecting Puerto Rico
Washington, D.C. — Today, on the 18-month anniversary of Hurricane Maria hitting Puerto Rico— one of the deadliest hurricanes to impact the United States— the Power 4 Puerto Rico coalition released an open letter to all presidential candidates of both parties, urging them to support early on in their campaigns a comprehensive policy platform that addresses the most pressing issues facing the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. More than 30 local and national organizations have signed on to the letter, emphasizing solutions that would put Puerto Rico on a path to greater sustainability, self-reliance, and empowerment.
Power 4 Puerto Rico Statement on PROMESA Court Decision
Washington, DC -- The Power 4 Puerto Rico coalition made the following statement in response to a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit that appointments to the Fiscal Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) were made unconstitutionally, giving President Trump and the U.S. Senate ninety (90) days to constitutionally validate the appointments.