Puerto Rico Struggle

RECEPTION FOR THE PUERTO RICO DELEGATION

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Foro y compartir – Reserva la fecha
La tarde del sábado, 16 de junio, Pro Libertad y el Comité de Puerto Rico en Naciones Unidas celebrará una actividad para peticionarios amigos(as) que viajan a Nueva York para las vistas sobre Puerto Rico de Naciones Unidas y activistas de la comunidad puertorriqueña en Nueva York. La actividad será tipo foro donde se podrá compartir y hablar de la situación y las luchas de los puertorriqueños(as) en Estados Unidos. Esta actividad la acordamos en la actividad de Pro Libertad del año pasado.

La actividad se celebrará el sábado, 16 de junio en Casa de las Américas, 182 E. 111 St, entre Lexington y la 3era Ave en El Barrio, 2pm. Habrá comida.

Trataremos temas como el trabajo de puertorriqueños(as) en EU sobre los presos políticos puertorriqueños, el problema colonial, el gasoducto, Vieques, y diversas expresiones de solidaridad con otros pueblos que emanan desde nuestra comunidad acá.

ESTA ES UNA GRAN OPORTUNIDAD DE DIALOGO – ¡ ¡N O  F A L T E S! !
¡RESERVA LA FECHA! R.S.V.P – Por favor.

Forum and social – Save the date
On Saturday, June 16, Pro Libertad and the Committee for Puerto Rico at the United Nations will host an activity for petitioners travelling from Puerto Rico to New York for the United Nations hearings on Puerto Rico and activists of the Puerto Rican Community in New York. The activity will have the format of a forum where we will be able to engage in a dialogue on the situation and the struggles of Puerto Ricans in the United States. This was agreed upon in last year’s Pro Libertad activity.

The activity will take place on Saturday, June 16 at Casa de las Américas, 182 E. 111th St between Lexington and Third Ave in El Barrio, at 2pm. There will be food. We will address topics such as the work of Puerto Ricans in the United States on the Puerto Rican political prisoners, the colonial problem, the gas pipeline, Vieques, and solidarity work regarding diverse peoples in the world

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR A DIALOGUE – DON’T MISS IT!!

When:Saturday, June 16 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Where: Casa de Las Americas

Host:Benjamin Ramos

SAVE THE DATE!
Please R.S.V.P.

Puerto Rico Struggle, The Cuban Five

Casa in Solidarity with the Puerto Rican people on the Annual Parade – NYC

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Nancy Cabrero, President of Casa de las Américas and Jaime Mendieta, Vice President along with other members join in Solidarity with the Puerto Rican people for the NYC annual parade.

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Los 5 En La Parada Puertorriqueña -The 5 in the Puerto Rican Day Parade

Compañeros y Compañeras,

Un pequeño resumen:

Aqui les envio unas fotos del desfile Puertoriqueno que se llevo acabo el Domingo 10 de Junio de 2012. Comenzamos en la Calle 44 de la Quinta Avenida y terminamos en la Calle 79. Gracias a las gestiones de Luis Matos, nosotros en Casa y companeros del 26 de julio pudimos desfilar con el contingente del sindicato 1199. En la foto puedes ver a Mendieta, Luis y a mi cargando la pancarta de Los Cinco con los prisioneros politicos de PR. Franklin, Villa y Jason repartieron informacion de los Cinco a las personas presenciando este. Radhames Morales y su esposa se turnaron cargar una bandera del Che y tomaron las fotos.Tambien podras ver cuando le hago un acercamiento a Gerardo Rivera, un periodista de television puertoriqueno de FOX News para darle un pamfleto de los Cinco preguntandole cuando FOX va hacer un reportaje sobre el caso de los Cinco. Tambien se le hizo un acercamiento a Michael Mulgrew el presidente del sindicato de los maestros de NY. Tambien abordamos a Ben Jealous, Chairman del NAACP que se mostro muy interesado en el caso.

Una Cuba para todos.

Saludos. Abrazos,

Nancy Cabrero
Casa, NYC

Mariela Castro

Mariela Castro fight for gay rights

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Mariela Castro’s fight for gay rights

CNN|Added on June 5, 2012
Raul Castro’s daughter Mariela talks about her fight for gay rights and Cuba’s political future.

Mariela Castro

Mariela Castro hopes Cuban-U.S. relations can normalize in Obama second term

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Mariela Castro hopes Cuban-U.S. relations can normalize in Obama second term
By BYRON TAU |
6/2/12 2:19 PM EDT

Mariela Castro, daughter of Cuban head of state Raul Castro, said that she hoped Cuban-U.S. relations could normalize if President Obama wins a second term.

In a forthcoming interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour shared with POLITCO, Castro was asked about the possibilities for political reconciliation between the two Cold War adversaries in a possible Obama second term.

“I believe that Obama is a fair man and Obama needs greater support to be able to take this decision. If Obama counted on the full support of the American people, then we can normalize the relationships; we can have better relations than what we had under President Carter,” Castro said.

Obama relaxed some of the rules governing travel and remittances to Cuba in 2009 but the sanctions regime put into place after Castro’s 1959 Communist takeover has largely kept American visitors and businesses off the island.

Castro also told Amanpour that she supports a second Obama term, given the field.

“As a citizen of the world, I would like him to win,” Castro said. “Seeing the candidates, I prefer Obama.”

The State Departmet recently issued Castro a visa to attend a conference in San Francisco — prompting outrage from conservatives who accused the Obama administration of going soft on a regime that abused human rights. Obama supporters, however, noted that the George W. Bush administration also granted Castro several visas to visit.

The issue of Cuban sanctions and the Castro family has some resonance in the heavily conservative anti-Castro Cuban exile community — mostly based in the battleground state of Florida.