10 Easy Ways You Can Help Promote Self-Determination for Puerto Rico

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10 Easy Ways You Can Help Promote Self-Determination for Puerto Rico

There are many ways you can help promote self-determination for Puerto Rico. The easiest is by writing to your Senators and Representatives. You can also sign up to get involved as a CEF volunteer, and they will contact you to talk about your interests and your schedule.

Here are some other ways you can make an important difference:

Stay informed - Check for news and updates and become involve. Become an informed and effective advocate in the process of self-determination for the people of Puerto Rico.

Make sure people get the facts straight - Americans often refer to Puerto Rico as a 'foreign country.' Make sure they understand: Puerto Rico is part of the United States. Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens. You don't need a passport to go there. Our currency is your currency. Our military is your military. These are important facts: otherwise, people think Puerto Rico's status problem has nothing to do with the U.S.

Write letters to the editors - Stay informed of the latest events affecting Puerto Rico's status by reading up to date news on our Island frequently, you can add your voice to the debate. Don't be shy: all Americans have a say in whether the U.S. denies democracy to its own citizens!

Host a CEF speaker at your organization - CEF sends spokespeople to educate groups about Puerto Rico's status dilemma whenever possible (at no cost to you). If you belong to an organization that is interested in learning more about self-determination, contact CEF at contactcef@citizens-us.org

Contact the organizations in your area that you think should support self-determination. Is there a civil rights organization in your area that should support self-determination? If not, why not? Contact them and tell them you think they should. Let CEF know about them, and they will contact them too. For more information on civil rights issues, visit http://civilrights.org.

Share information with your family, friends, and colleagues - Most Americans do not know that the people of Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens, or that Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory, or that Puerto Ricans can't vote. You can help us educate people about Puerto Rico and its relationship to the United States. Tell them what you have learned; call CEF toll free with your questions (877-423-3697); print out our fact sheets and information and distribute them.

Link your website - http://www.citizens-us.org

If you are a parent - Are your children's teachers including Puerto Rico in their lesson plans? If so, congratulate them. If not, suggest that they do so.

If you are a professor, undergraduate or graduate student - Make sure your institution offers courses that cover Puerto Rico. If it does not, suggest that it do so! And please, let CEF know about your efforts.

[Desenmascarador]

Gracias por compartirla!!

[conciencia]

Gracias...Compatriota!

[Guaili-Cayniabon]

[i]Bye, bye Buchanan/Roosevelt roads!!!

Dicho por el mismo Romero: "Se cierra Buchanan en el 2003". Roosevelt roads le seguira pronto!!!

Donde estan todos esos estadistas que decian que eso nunca iba a ocurrir??? je je je je je

"El labrador, para participar de los frutos, debe trabajar primero".

-II Timoteo

"Trabajar y preparar a Puerto Rico para la estadidad es como prepararlo para la independencia, una vez que alcancemos esa condición, para que queremos la estadidad".

[Desenmascarador]

Mira separatista salaspastroso ahora te tienes que dar contra el piso y tragarte la mie*** que escribes!! ha, ha, ha, ha!!



No solamente EU no se va si no que ahora tendremos mas presencia estadounidense y militar y tenemos mas valor y importancia para nuestros hermanos del norte!!

Aqui tienes pa que disfrutes!!


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A ser parte la isla de nuevo Comando del Norte

Proviana Colón Díaz

Puerto Rico pronto formará parte del recién creado Comando Militar del Norte a cargo de "Homeland Security", anunció el martes el Comandante en Jefe del Ejército Sur el General Alfred A. Valenzuela.

Una movida que podrá aumentar la importancia militar de la isla y las Islas Vírgenes.

"Con la mudanza del comando del norte entonces el rol de Puerto Rico será mucho más importante", dijo Valenzuela.

La desición de crear un nuevo comando en Puerto Rico, probablemente sea anunciada en unos dos meses, dijo Valenzuela.

El cambio de comando también incluye la posibilidad de relocalizar más unidades en la isla.

"Absolutamente, exactamente…hay la posiblidad de que con el cambio de comando nuevas unidades sean localizadas aquí", dijo el general.

"Se eliminará el Comando Sur y el Fuerte Buchanan. Una posbilidad es que eliminen 350 puestos del Comando Sur y si hacen eso quiere decir que me eliminan a mí, puesto que el Ejército sólo tiene 400 efectivos", dijo Valenzuela.

Se le ha pedido al Ejército Sur realizar una revisión de la estrategia de ubicación.

Alegadamente, Valenzuela propuso el Fuerte de Sam Houston, en San Antonio, Texas y el Fuerte Benning en Columbus, Georgia como posibiles alternativas al Fuerte Buchanan en Puerto Rico.

Sin embargo, el martes, Valenzuela negó que alguna vez haya hecho ese pedido y dijo que "un general nunca solicita la reubicación de su estación". Aún así, afirmó que se le ha pedido su opinión al respecto, a lo que admitió que el costo de vida de los empleados civiles es uno de las razones tomadas en cuenta para trasladar la unidad.(edited)
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Ahora si que ustedes se j**ieron!!

Que no nos quieren ni tenemos importancia??

No que va!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Ha, ha, ha, ha!! Sufran separatistas embusteros!! No solo les sale todo mal sino que todo se les vira como una tortilla!! ha, ha, ha, ha, ha



Adios separatistas!!




Bienvenidos Comando del Norte!!




[Edited by Leticia_g on 18th July 2002 at 21:32]

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Lieutenant Colonel Jane A. Monville-Helton

Thank you. It's an honor to speak to you today about a very interesting and difficult topic that we all have been facing in the last several months. I want to talk to you today about is the background of the National Guard and the multiple roles that we play in a lot of different areas, some of the contributions that we make with homeland security, as well as some of the latest definitions of what homeland security and homeland defense, and where we fit into that. And then hopefully I can answer some questions that you'll have. We're always getting questions on what does this do to our war fight and of course where does the National Guard Bureau want to come into the future?

We base everything that we do on the Constitution. The Constitution calls us the militia, the National Guard. And we execute the laws of the nation. Congress also gives us the authority to organize, arm and train. And Title 32 also gives us the authority to receive the same type of training and equipment that the active duty gets.

We're made up of 54 states and territories. We include Puerto Rico , Virgin Islands, District of Columbia and Guam. So whenever we talk of the United States and the National Guard, we talk of the 54 states and territories. And you have to understand that it is 54 states and territories with an independent government. There are elected officials to represent and to protect and look out for each one of those states. This will kind of show you some of the things that we're involved in, in different areas; everything from weapons of mass destruction, over flight missions, we do youth programs, counter drug and many other areas. For those of you who are familiar with the National Guard, we're in every community. We have an armory in , nearly every major city, and in every state. Everywhere that you can think of, there's an armory either National Guard or Army reserve We are the federal piece of the Army with the Army Reserve. The Air National Guard is fully integrated in the Air Expeditionary Force. And of course the Army National Guard has 55 percent of the combat force that's out there. So we are a viable part of the federal mission. And doing the state or federal mission, we also serve the governor for any kind of disaster or any situation that happens within our state. Think of any natural or manmade emergency that's taken place in the last 365 years and you'll think of the time when the National Guard had been participating in the recovery efforts.

And of course, our weapons of mass destruction civil support teams were a very important part of the aftermath of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. We also do a very big program with counter drug and drug demand reduction. And we have youth programs where we take challenged youths and put them through a boot camp and try to get them on the right path, get them with a big brother, big sister type environment to try to get them on the right road again.

To Give you an ideafor this fiscal year alone on how many people have been deployed as of the 21stof March. It's a pretty big contribution that we do out there. Our National Guard soldiers and airmen are in over 72 countries right now doing the mission that our nation needs them to do.

This will kind of give you an idea how important the National Guard is to the governors of the state. In 26 of the states, the adjutant general is' not only the senior military person in the state, but he's also the state emergency management officer, the SEMA or the SEMO. Twenty-three of the states, the adjutant general is actually on the governor's cabinet and he's on an equal basis with the SEMA or the SEMO. And then the other five, they're sub-cabinet members. So you can see that they play a very, very important part with what goes on into the support of the states.

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Northern Command Covers P.R.

BY CAROL ROSENBERG

The Pentagon announced Wednesday a broad reorganization that creates a new command to defend the United States against terror attacks and leaves the Southern Command intact and in Miami-Dade County, with responsibility for U.S. military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The centerpiece of the plan is the creation of the Northern Command, to be headed by a four-star general whose mission is to defend the continental United States and to lend military support to civil authorities if another disaster like Sept. 11 occurs.

Northcom will also be responsible for monitoring events in Mexico, Canada and U.S. territory in the Caribbean, and for coordinating security and military issues in those areas.

Southcom will continue to use Puerto Rico as a staging area and base for Southcom's so-called Army and Navy components, although military activities on the island that concern the island will be part of the Northern Command.

Southcom has used U.S. military bases on Puerto Rico since it began moving from Panama to South Florida in 1997.