Puerto Rican Independence Leader
Thanks Cuban Support of his People’s Cause
HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 23 (acn) Puerto Rican Independence leader Rafael Cancel Miranda thanked the Cuban people for their support of the efforts of Puerto Rico to shake off the colonial status imposed by the United States on the Caribbean island nation since 1898.
Cuba is presenting a draft resolution on the case of Puerto Rico at the UN Decolonization Committee in New York, which supports the right of Puerto Ricans to self-determination and independence.
“You have opened a door that will never close,†said Cancel Miranda during a phone conversation with Cuban television, and he stressed the support by Latin American nations of the Puerto Rican independence cause, particularly Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia.
