Letter to the PIP

[RebeldePorLaPAZ]

My e-mail sent to them.


Tengo una pregunta para usted -¡por favor!

Members of the PIP (whoever can respond),

My name is Francisco L. Acevedo and I am a 15 years old socialist with much love and pride to being a Puerto Rican. I was born in Puerto Rico but am currently living in Connecticut, USA. I am a supporter of any movement that supports a Puerto Rico free from imperialist power. Therefore I support the PIP.

I was on your web site and I came across a link that said that the PIP is members of the Socialist International. I clicked on it and found your party still active in this international organization but looking at the PIP I have found a lack of socialism. Meaning your party doesn’t portray themselves as socialist or that they are pushing for any socialist movement within Puerto Rico. I’ve been told that you used to be socialist but no longer continue to be socialist. It appears to me that the PIP is almost a non-socialist party. My questions for you (members of the PIP) are

-Why have you discontinued pursuing a more left approach towards Puerto Rican independence?

-Is the PIP socialist dead?

-Will you demonstrate that you are socialist or lean toward socialism to the people of Puerto Rico or will you continue to hide it?

Please e-mail me back with the answers to these questions. I wish you luck in the 2004 elections and hope to see socialism back in Puerto Rico.

!Hasta la Victoria Siempre!

Francisco L. Acevedo
[email protected]


Their e-mail sent to me.


Gracias por visitar el portal del PIP en el internet. Su interés
en los asuntos relacionados con la independencia para Puerto Rico
y con el Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño es muy importante para nosotros.

Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño


Let me translate,


“Thanks for visiting the PIP website. Your interest and concerns dealing (best I can put it) with the independence for Puerto Rico and the Independence Party of Puerto Rico is very important to us.

Independence Party of Puerto Rico.”

Now I'm hoping this is just one of those e-mails that you get when you send e-mail to somebody and then in a few day's I get the real e-mail but if not then I will be kind of pist off!

[RED CHARO]

You shouldn't take it to bad,
remebering Puerto Rico is the only country in L. A (after Cuba and Venezuela), that has a welfare sytem, and that voters might rememeber that ,either for or against!!!!!
9Then again I don't know much about the PIP)

[Borincano]

Originally posted by RED [email protected] 16 2003, 07:23 AM
You shouldn't take it to bad,
remebering Puerto Rico is the only country in L. A (after Cuba and Venezuela), that has a welfare sytem
What's your definition of "welfare system?"

[RED CHARO]

Since I have not much knolodge of Puerto Rico,I retract the last post!
But Puerto Rico has got the highest standard of living in Latin America, but I'm totaly against the U.S Imperialist occupation of P.R, as it was part of U.S last attempted grab to own an Empire!