Six puerto ricans who support Puerto Rico's sovereignty interrupted the U.S. congress today. The leading newspaper of Puerto Rico identified the six persons as well known Puerto Rican artists and musicians. Luis Gutierrez, puerto rican descent US Rep(D- IL) told the puerto rican press that this was a ''patriotic claim'' and 'a fair and morally correct claim to end colonialism ". [Update] Puerto Rico's leading newspaper published their photos long after their arrest click here to see
Singing 'Oubao Moin' (a patriotic puerto rican folk song), with signs that read '111 years of Colony'' ''It’s a shame: End the colony" and carrying the national flag of Puerto Rico, the six puerto ricas who included well known artists, interrupted the House session shouting slogans against the colonial situation of Puerto Rico. The press in Puerto Rico interviewed one of them minutes after the arrest and told El Nuevo Día that 'Freedom should not be debated in referendum elections, slaves do not do referendum elections to see if they want to be enslaved'.
In the summer of 2008, the former Head of Government of Puerto Rico went to the United Nations to denounce the colonial situation of Puerto Rico and the way the US has not resolve Puerto Rico's sovereignty issue under the present status, issue that was suposed to be resolved after 1953 when the United Nations (U.S. also approved this UN resolution) took Puerto Rico out of the non-self governing countries (see UN resolution 748, 1953), Puerto Rico achieved self governing status and it's own constitution in 1952, but not it's sovereignty which is hold by the U.S Congress.
In July 2008, the UN decolonization committee approved a resolution by consensus calling the US to expedite Puerto Rico's right to self determination and sovereignty.