Boricua ¡Ahora Es!

Boricua ¡Ahora Es! (English: Boricua, Now it is!) is a political advocacy group in Puerto Rico that advocates for changing the current political status of Puerto Rico to something else; whatever that may be, integrating the three decolonization ideologies (independence, statehood, free association) recognized by international law. The group is led by Partido Nuevo Progresista politician Ricardo Rosselló.[1]

Boricua ¡Ahora Es!
Formation2012 (9 years ago)
Typenon-governmental organization
Legal statuspolitical advocacy group
Focuschange the current political status of Puerto Rico to something else; whatever that may be
President
Ricardo Rosselló
Websitewww.boricuaahoraes.com
RemarksAdvocated for the "No" answer in the Puerto Rican status referendum, 2012

On November 2012 it prompted a national campaign to vote "No" to a question whether Puerto Ricans agreed to maintain the current territorial political status or not. The result was 54% in favor of "No" (970,910 votes) against the 46% in favor of "Yes".[2]

On January 15, 2013 the group, together with other advocacy groups, started a campaign called Toma del Congreso (Taking of Congress) [3] in which they visited every member of the United States Congress in order to explain to them the results of the 2012 Puerto Rican status referendum in which a majority of voters expressed themselves against the current political status of Puerto Rico.[4][5] They will also attempt to persuade the members of Congress to initiate a process to change Puerto Rico's political status.[6] The activity is supported by U.S. representative José Enrique Serrano and former Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Pedro Pierluisi.[7]

Then, on June 10, 2013, the group filed a complaint at the Civil Rights Commission of Puerto Rico. They requested that the commission take action in favor of the results of the November 6 referendum, where the "No" vote prevailed.[8]

On June 17, the organization had a presentation to the Decolonization Committee of the United Nations. Dr. Rossello spoke in favor of the status plebiscite and had three specific requests:[9]

  1. Considere a Puerto Rico como la próxima sede para su Seminario Regional del 2015;
  2. Acepte nuestra invitación de visitar la Isla para que conozca, perciba y escuche de diferentes grupos multisectoriales,ciudadanos y multipartidistas las características y consecuencias de la condición territorial actual;
  3. Acepte nuestra invitación al Congreso de Descolonización que celebraremos el próximo 19 de noviembre de 2013.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-27. Retrieved 2012-11-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://64.185.222.182/REYDI_Escrutinio12/index.html#es/default/CONDICION_POLITICA_TERRITORIAL_ACTUAL_ISLA.xml Archived 2013-08-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Rep. Jose Serrano demands action from Congress on Puerto Rico's status" – via www.youtube.com.
  4. Rivera, Ivelisse (January 10, 2013). "Boricuas tomarán el Congreso estadounidense". Primera Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  5. "Boricuas 'tomarán' el Congreso". El Vocero (in Spanish). January 11, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-01-14. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  6. Delgado, José (January 13, 2013). "Antes de La Toma del Congreso" (in Spanish). El Nuevo Día. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  7. "Congresista Serrano recibirá a los boricuas de "La Toma del Congreso"". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). January 14, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  8. "KQ 105". Univision.
  9. "Ponencia del Dr. Ricardo Rosselló y Boricua ¡Ahora en la ONU | Puerto Rico | Autodeterminación". Scribd.
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