PREXIT Quotes

“This, in my opinion, is the worst atrocity one can commit on a nation: convincing them to believe that they are inferior, helpless, and worthless and can only live under the rule of another country.”
― Javier Hernandez, PREXIT: Forging Puerto Rico’s Path to Sovereignty

“The PROMESA Law is forcing Puerto Rico to pay the expenses and costs of the U.S. colonial regime. The U.S. Congress is obligating Puerto Rico to pay for its own colonial humiliation and the failures of U.S. colonial rule. When it comes to skirting away from one’s colonial responsibilities and not wanting to pay for the costs of colonial rule, the U.S. Congress is ahead of the game.”
― Javier Hernandez, PREXIT: Forging Puerto Rico’s Path to Sovereignty

“Although ignored by the U.S. mainstream media, since the 1970s, the U.N. Decolonization Committee passes an annual resolution calling for Puerto Rico’s decolonization and independence.”
― Javier Hernandez, PREXIT: Forging Puerto Rico’s Path to Sovereignty

“Puerto Ricans existed before the United States, and they will continue to exist after the end of U.S. colonial rule.”
― Javier Hernandez, PREXIT: Forging Puerto Rico’s Path to Sovereignty

“The very nation that celebrates its freedom from colonial rule on the 4th of July with parades and fireworks, maintains and occupies five colonies4 around the world, Puerto Rico being the oldest, largest, and most populous.”
― Javier Hernandez, PREXIT: Forging Puerto Rico’s Path to Sovereignty

“United States refusal to decolonize Puerto Rico is a direct violation of the United Nations Charter and other UN resolutions that have asked the United States to immediately return Puerto Rico’s sovereignty back to the Puerto Rican people.”
― Javier Hernandez, PREXIT: Forging Puerto Rico’s Path to Sovereignty

“Puerto Rico is a direct violation of the United Nations Charter and other UN resolutions that have asked the United States to immediately return Puerto Rico’s sovereignty back to the Puerto Rican people.”
― Javier Hernandez, PREXIT: Forging Puerto Rico’s Path to Sovereignty