August 31, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS) has fired one senior manager and demoted another who were complicit in discriminating against Kenneth Caban Gonzalez, represented by LatinoJustice PRLDEF and the Southern Center for Human Rights, who filed a federal court litigation alleging that he was illegally denied the right to exchange his valid Puerto Rico driver’s license for a Georgia driver’s license.
CONTACT: Christiaan Perez, [email protected], 212-739-7581
Atlanta, GA – Kenneth Caban Gonzalez has been waiting nearly two years for his Georgia driver’s license and earlier today information was published showing that Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS) has known that his documents were authentic since July of 2018. This news comes as LatinoJustice PRLDEF and Southern Center for Human Rights continue a legal battle to ensure that Georgia DDS treats Puerto Rican citizens with the same rights as other U.S. citizens.
Over 10,000 Puerto Ricans who lost their jobs after Hurricanes Maria and Irma may benefit from newly extended federal aid. Only 307 people have applied.
Read the full article here.
More than a year later, though, that aid remains caught in legal red tape. And Rivera still scrambles to place buckets in strategic spots to catch the water that leaks through the blue tarp holding together what’s left of her roof.
Los Disparates Coloniales de Trump - Publicado originalmente en El Nuevo Dia, enlace aquí.
This op-ed was originally publish in The Hill and you can see it here.
On July 24, Puerto Rico proved the power of protest. We can never underestimate it. This was the power that changed a government — decidedly, nonviolently and permanently.
July 25, 2019
CONTACT: Elianne Ramos, [email protected], 212-739-7513
LatinoJustice PRLDEF Statement on the Resignation of Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rosselló
Below is a statement by Juan Cartagena, President and General Counsel at LatinoJustice PRLDEF, in response to the Resignation of Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rosselló:
LatinoJustice PRLDEF nació en 1972 para abordar el abuso sistémico, la discriminación y la negligencia por parte del gobierno dentro de la diáspora puertorriqueña. No obstante, siempre hemos desempeñado un papel en atender las necesidades de los puertorriqueños que viven en la isla debido a la conexión entre la diáspora que nos creó y los lazos que nos unen a la misma. Como organización de derechos humanos y civiles, comenzamos con la organización, para defender los derechos de los Latinos y puertorriqueños, Puerto Rico debería poder disfrutar de la autodeterminación y participar en un verdadero proceso de descolonización. Como notamos en nuestra Declaración de Descolonización en 2018, el proceso debe estar anclado en la soberanía y en la no interferencia antes de que se decida una solución final.
Now, a significant portion of the island and the diaspora are demanding the resignation of the current governor, Ricardo Rosselló. Leaks over online chatroom conversations between the governor and his cabinet revealing his misogynistic, homophobic and vile beliefs have received unanimous condemnation. That reaction is fueling, in part, the current government crisis because federal aid for hurricane relief – being stymied by the current occupant of the White House, our white-supremacist-in-chief – hangs in the balance of the omnipotent role that Congress continues to have over its colony. The leaked banter merits condemnation.