Pres. Trump recently tweeted that the UN is “just a club for people to get together, talk, and have a good time.” Trump also stated that “as to the UN, things will be different after January 20th.”… Read More
The Republic of Cuba has officially called upon the US to end its 118-year colonial regime in Puerto Rico. The demand was delivered by Humberto Rivero, Cuba’s ambassador to the United Nations…and was reported immediately throughout the… Read More
This week, on June 20, the UN Committee on Decolonization (UNDC) resolved that the US must expedite a process, which enables the people of Puerto Rico to exercise their self-determination…and even their independence. The Committee also ruled… Read More
In international law, an “odious debt” is an illegal debt that hurts an entire nation…and therefore does not have to be repaid. Many legal scholars have written that Puerto Rico’s $72 billion debt is “illegal and odious”… Read More
Under Chapter XI, Article 73 (b) of the U.N. charter, the United States is obligated to the following, with respect to Puerto Rico: 73 (b) “To develop self-government, to take due account of the political aspirations of… Read More