Manhattan, NYC. Decenas retaron una lluvia incesante y hasta granizo para mostrar su indignación con la recogida de fondos que tenía el Gobernador de Puerto Rico en la ciudad de Nueva York.
| The Puerto Rican Tax Ploy Forbes (blog) By MERRILL MATTHEWS There are two sides to every story, and nowhere is that more clear than what some are touting as the “Puerto Rico miracle.” Puerto Rico'scurrent governor, Luis Fortuño, came into office in 2009 promising to fix the US territory's ... |  Forbes (blog) |
| Puerto Rico's delegate top spender in Congress USA Today The lawmaker who spent the most from his office account last year might surprise some people: Democrat Pedro Pierluisi, the non-voting delegate from Puerto Rico, topped the list and edged out Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. According to the analysis, ... |  USA Today |
| El aliado de los PPD y del Colegio de Abogados.. Veamos que le interesa a Gutierrez en PR.... Quizas asistencia legal? MJ |
| Written by JudicialWatch.org |
| FRIDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2009 13:01 |
A veteran Illinois congressman embroiled in a big-city corruption scandal last year unscrupulously pressed the federal government to bail out a Puerto Rican bank operated by his wife and several major political donors. Eight-term Democrat Luis Gutierrez conveniently omitted his longtime close ties to the failing Banco Popular when he directed the Treasury Department to save it, claiming it was a special case in need of an urgent rescue.  In a letter to the nation's Treasury Secretary Gutierrez said it's in the best interest of the U.S. government and Puerto Rico that the failing bank continues providing services to maintain a safe and sound financial system.He actually tells the Treasury Secretary that helping Banco Popular is of "utmost importance" to 4 million American citizens in Puerto Rico and minority communities across the country. The once-secret correspondence was obtained, under the Freedom of Information Act, by a news publication dedicated to covering Capitol Hill. Thanks to Gutierrez's intervention, the government gave the Puerto Rican bank $935 million although it continues to struggle, losing $361 million in the last nine months, according to the newspaper that broke the story. In ardently advocating for the taxpayer bailout, Gutierrez never mentions his close association with Banco Popular or that his wife, Soraida, was a senior vice president at the problematic financial institution. He also leaves out that bank executives have contributed tens of thousands of dollars to his political campaigns. Last year Gutierrez was embroiled in another scandal involving a political donor who benefitted from his influence in obtaining suspicious zoning changes in Chicago. Gutierrez heavily lobbied the city's mayor to back a controversial multi million-dollar development for a campaign donor who had just given him $200,000. Earlier this week the popular legislator, who chairs a key congressional immigration task force, offered a sneak preview of the "compassionate" and "comprehensive" law the Obama Administration is having him craft to legalize the nation's estimated 12 million undocumented aliens. Long an advocate of illegal immigrants, Gutierrez wants them to have a pathway to citizenship, guaranteed humane treatment in U.S. prisons and discounted tuition at public colleges and universities. ------------------------------ |
 The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has urged the US government to put a stop to police brutality against and censorship of student protesters at Puerto Rico's most prestigious university.In a 12 March letter the civil rights organisation implored the US Department of Justice to wrap up its investigations and take strong action against the state-led violence at the University of Puerto Rico, as well as against scores of other human rights abuses suffered by the general public. "At a time when our nation is riveted by the power of peaceful demonstrations and their importance to our democracy, the horrific abuses reported to be taking place in Puerto Rico have flown too far under the radar," said Anthony D Romero, executive director of ACLU, in a statement. The letter lists a host of human rights violations at the hands of security forces, including "extreme" police atrocities against student protesters and suppression of free speech at the university. The letter details the "merciless" beatings, torture and sexual harassment of students, who for months have protested against a newly imposed $800 annual tuition fee. Also decried is a resolution passed in December by University of Puerto Rico Chancellor Ana Guadalupe, prohibiting any meetings or large gatherings on campus, which ACLU calls an anti-First Amendment policy. Aside from the campus violence, other abuses listed in the letter include racially-motivated beatings of minority groups, police attacks on the homeless, and the de-certification of the Puerto Rico Bar Association. "It is nothing short of shocking to think that these breathtaking incidents could occur unchecked in America, and any abuses must be stopped," said Romero. |
