COLONIAL THREAT TO LATAM INTEGRATION HIGHLIGHTED http://www.namnewsnetwork.org/v3/read.php?id=MjQwMDk4
- The dream of Latin America and the Caribbean to achieve full integration will be in danger as long as colonialism exists, said Jorge Enriquez, a Puerto Rican delegate to the 19th Sao Paulo Forum.This is not only the case of the Puerto Rican people, but also the Argentinian’s Falklands and that of Caribbean Islands like Guadeloupe and Martinica, Enriquez told Prensa Latina.The situation of Puerto Rico is emblematic, as it was first a Spanish colony and later a US colony. Continental integration will remain in danger unless this problem is solved, he noted.Puerto Rico is an aircraft carrier in the Caribbean, threatening regional sister countries like Cuba and Venezuela.History demonstrated it because the planes that bombed Grenada took off from Puerto Rico, recalled Enriquez, who is a member of the Socialist Front."Cuba is our sister nation, we are two wings of the same bird, and we, Puerto Ricans, appreciate its permanent support; in fact, the Solidarity Brigade Juan Rius Rivera is in Cuba now supporting its social process."