Power 4 Puerto Rico

Power 4 Puerto Rico Supports Amendments That Would Check Wall Street-tilted Fiscal Control Board, aka La Junta

May 22, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Power 4 Puerto Rico Supports Amendments That Would Check
Wall Street-tilted Fiscal Control Board, aka La Junta

Coalition reiterates call on Congress to pass meaningful debt relief legislation
for Puerto Rico and to work towards repealing the PROMESA federal law

WASHINGTON, DC – The Power 4 Puerto Rico coalition, composed of diaspora and allied groups advocating for Puerto Rico and displaced families, today came out in support of legislation that would address some of the most severe issues in the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) federal law. Through an undemocratic, unelected Fiscal Control Board (known in Puerto Rico as “la Junta”), PROMESA has imposed crippling austerity measures in the island that have further encroached on the already limited form of self-government of Puerto Rico in order to pay Wall Street bondholders at the expense of working Puerto Rican families.

Both Biden and Sanders Policy Proposals for Puerto Rico Still Lacking, Say Puerto Rican Stateside Groups as Florida and Puerto Rico Primaries Approach

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 12, 2020

Both Biden and Sanders Policy Proposals for Puerto Rico Still Lacking,
Say Puerto Rican Stateside Groups as Florida and Puerto Rico Primaries Approach
Candidates have failed to address the impact of the Jones Act on the Island, among other critical issues

Washington DC/Orlando, FL -- The Power 4 Puerto Rico Coalition and partners today discussed the outcomes of a campaign to pressure the presidential candidates to present action plans for the Island and detailed where the Democratic presidential nominee contenders Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden stand on several of the key issues affecting the Island.

Power 4 Puerto Rico Formally Endorses Warren, Sanders, Velázquez Debt Relief Bill for Puerto Rico

Oct. 30, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources convenes this afternoon for a second round of hearings to examine potential amendments to the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) federal law, the Power 4 Puerto Rico Coalition announced their support for the “U.S. Territorial Relief Act” (S. 1312 / H.R. 2526).

New microsite PRpolicy.org will allow voters to examine candidates’ proposals on Puerto Rico issues

2020 Presidential Candidates Put on Notice by Puerto Ricans
New microsite PRpolicy.org will allow voters
to examine candidates’ proposals on Puerto Rico issues

Washington DC -- This morning, the Power 4 Puerto Rico coalition launched PRpolicy.org to show which policy proposals and positions the #2020 presidential candidates have released so far --or not -- to help resolve longstanding issues for Puerto Rico.

STATEMENT BY POWER 4 PUERTO RICO CALLING ON GOV. ROSSELLÓ TO STEP DOWN

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.

POWER 4 PUERTO RICO ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TREATMENT OF PUERTO RICANS

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.