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NPP legislators to denounce Calderon’s anti-Americanism

Monday, July 1st, 2002.

SAN JUAN (AP) – New Progressive Party (NPP) Reps. Melinda Romero and Albita Rivera will travel to Washington D.C. and New York this week to denounce Gov. Sila Calderon’s alleged anti-American ways.

The NPP legislators—who intend to visit several U.S. Congress members, civil rights offices, federal agencies, and the media—said they will depart to the U.S. mainland following the Fourth of July celebration.

"The United States must know the true Sila Calderon and the actions that her government has taken to threaten the current relationship between Puerto Rico and the U.S.,” Romero said.

The representative added that she will carry recorded expressions of the governor to prove her alleged anti-American point of views.

Meanwhile, Rivera noted the riot that took place at the Women’s Advocate Office, when NPP President Carlos Pesquera was denied access to the agency’s lobby to hoist a U.S. flag.

Rivera said she would show members of the Congress what she believes is the fabrication of criminal charges against Pesquera and other NPP members.

The two legislators said they will cover their travel expenses with private funds and are due back on the island on July 10.