Puerto Ricans are fighting to keep public beaches from going private, blaming wealthy developers for forcing locals out. NBC News’ Isa Gutiérrez is on the island speaking with residents about the wave of gentrification that is displacing many locals.
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If you guys become a state it’s all going to look like Miami beach along the coastline all private property/beaches
Don’t ask.for things that will take away your people’s rights later 😉
How they can privatized. Something that belong to all Puerto Ricans
how can republicans claim to free slaves that their country enslaved? white cult logic
Blame corrupt politicians for establising the millenial apartheid order
Meanwhile in Boracay…
Thank you for covering this and doing it so well by talking about the absurd tax incentives as well.
Viva Puerto Ricans!
Privatize the entirety of Puerto Rico
The freedom fighters versus Doctor Eggman
Alguien sabe cómo se llaman las playas que salieron en el video?
🙏🏽🙏🏽🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷📿🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸
keep fighting for your rights. please never ever give up. I am not Puerto Rican but I love your country. it’s beautiful. I’ll be praying for you!
That bull if it did happen I go on the beach anyway strapped and ready
Do not be mad and read and have a positive discussion
If the USA take off the jones ACT PR will be like any Central American country
What do you guys think
On March 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones-Shafroth Act. This law gave Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship. The Jones Act separated the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches of Puerto Rican government, provided civil rights to the individual, and created a locally elected bicameral legislature.
Suit and tie are the one’s behind this. Everything is kept secret save money and time. Everything is for sale look at human trafficking. I agree with the people its time to fight back and fight back hard 💪
Nobody should be able to go to another country and change anything.
Take your land back P.R.
The EARTH and everything in and around it belongs to Yahweh. We are privileged and fortunate that He even allows us to live on it let alone breathe. The nerve of these people who think because they have lots of currency they own the the earth. Yahweh will soon enough say ENOUGH!!!
Nature the Beaches and Lakes Rivers and Parks are for the Public Use the Citizens and the Tax Payers Enjoyment not some Investor the Land is for the People not an Entity an Investor or some Rich Entitled person to go Build without a permit on Natural Resources No No No! Citizens will Stand Up!!
Asi tambien seloacieron a Africa y no tampoco ello tambien son Hermanos y hermanas de nosotros , eso no se puede seguir aceptando!
Glad we won but our beaches are filthy and dirty, no electricity, crimes is upside down , gangs are all over the place and almost everyone lives in broken down houses…It’s looks like 18oo’s anywayz. Don’t let’s anyone tell yah that living in camps and hunts is not cool.
“Vieques Deserves More!” La Isla Nena
The beaches should be public.
3:50 she kind of look like Anne Hathaway
Keep up the fight??? How can we get involved from the states?
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El Pueblo unido jamas sera vencido…………
These cats just wanna open up resorts. Leave the beaches alone all there going to do is destroy the island 🏝️
Good for them. This is a protest I can get behind
Puerto Rico is a property of the US since 1898 and in no way belongs to the puertorricans.
Colonizer
Still belongs to Puertoricans, property or not.
so by your logic the US belongs to england because the english colonized your land
@jisoo soup the US doesn’t belongs to England any more because they got their independence from them long time ago, but in the case of Puerto Rico is a territory not incorporated since 1898 and because of that doesn’t belongs to the puertorricans….is not a matter o logics, is a matter of facts…
@William PR belongs to puerto ricans simple
well.. the island should be protected. But, others get their way when everyone on the island is too busy parrandeando everyday. The PR’s in office are just as corrupt as the Americans no?
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blame them??
It’s sickening to see us ‘peasant’ class blocked out by millionaire and billionaires : /
It all starts with your corrupt government. Taken them down .
White hungry colonizer’s at it again
That’s right LAS PLAYAS SON DEL PUEBLO 🇵🇷💪🏽🇵🇷💪🏽🇵🇷💪🏽🇵🇷💪🏽🇵🇷💪🏽🇵🇷💪🏽🇵🇷💪🏽
Take Puerto Rico back. Disconnect yourselves from the U.S
There’s a menace on this planet. It destroys and brings confusion. Meanwhile, it’s not gentrification, it’s an invasion.
This is what happens to all the latino countries because of their beauty.
The beaches belong the people.
Glad they are fighting.👏🏽👏🏽
Puerto Rico is one of the few places where You can enter and enjoy the beaches. The Caribbea. Island almost all their beaches are private. Many people’s resources are protected.
Puerto Rico is a crime ridden cess pool. Best thing is to let the rich buy beaches and quarantine the poor in prison like ghettos.
Yeah they just want the bums gone…
It’s nice to know there are public beaches in PR. I was a bit concerned with all the commercial property along the shoreline. Privatizing the beaches ⛱ I say let the citizens of PR enjoy the shore, too.
Y’all really think that we will stay handscrossed while y’all do this Don’t come to P.R unless it is to contribute to tourism or to live a normal life if none of these apply to you get TF out because it would be so ashame if they found you unidentifiable inside your car on a red light and your car surrounded by gun shells,hey I’m not threatening anyone I just know the streets and the code of my Island.
this will happen if PR turns into a state! the white rich will control PR by force! and how by police and military!
Criminal
Dalé 👍🇵🇷🫂💕🤲🥰🫂 alright!
I stand with my puertoriquenos don’t let these people do this. Puerto Rico Beach is open to all and should stay that way.
I’ve noticed a lot of clearing and construction lately. Lots of deforestation.
Latinos care more about bad bunny tickets than helping the people here. Smh.
Yesss!! Así se hace!
We should keep our states clean. 🙂
I lived by the beach in NY. I liked when all the people came. It should be public so everyone can enjoy.
This is more about GENOCIDE
THIS NOT JUST GENTRIFICATION.
ITS GOING ON IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES.
End Gentrification on the People… Abolish #act60 and #act22. This is Abuse
Gentrification out…. Tax Corruption
We need fight back for are home for Puerto Rico get protest get stop liars governor and government traitor! 🇵🇷✊🇵🇷✊🪧
La estadidad española es muy superior a la americana. Podremos: preservar el idioma y la cultura, mantener nuestra nacionalidad, libremente importar y exportar bienes (no habrían leyes de cabotaje), comerciar directamente con países vecinos (EEUU incluido), estudiar y vivir en toda Europa, y gozar de beneficios sociales como cobertura médica universal!
Las playa es nuestra. Pelearemos por ella y es una playa hermosa pero pertenece al pueblo y es publica
Public places of entertainment are being sold off to private companies and prices sore and hours to enjoy property is short — here like 7 hours of swimming now dropped to 1.5 hours for a family —- the people are getting screwed and we have dominion on land air and water BUT CORPORATIONS ARE SQUEEZING OUT PEOPLE — out of houses, out of land, out of beaches, out of country …. bleeding people=conversion to PERSONs to death … world 🌍 plans by elite continues
I wish them the absolute best in this fight. These beaches do not and should never belong to private entities.
We are sooo over this situation! Frustrating . Paren ya! Antes de que empecemos a cortar cabezas
Vamos Puerto Rico!!!
The is corruption problems that needs to be fixed first
Corporate greed is bad for public and health of the citizens of Puerto Rico!
Either way, never EVER sell out to your people for profit and selfish gain! take pride in what you have! what you inherited! don’t destroy it for profit!
When i told Boriquas years back, that they should think twice about advertising and calling for tourism, and stop being so vocal toward usa about their existence, they will keep their sweet deal.
I kept warning them that the ads they make – will make them end up as in Mexico or Hawaii where nothing belings to locals anymore. They laughed at me that their beaches are public. They still dont understand how things works in reality… well at least i have entertainment watching it now 🙂
No jail time for violators. Shame.
This is their Bleaches , so , now you can’t Bomb their Island so you want to take their Bleaches .
I kind like private beaches in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷, you don’t have the homeless around, the beach is cleaner, you don’t have the pot head. I pay for the fee for my family to have a great time. I went to a public beach in aricibo and it was dirty
Job opportunities 🤣 Or politicians opportunities 🫡 💰
Beaches around the world ALLWAYS belong to the public 👍👍👍👋👋👋
Keep fighting again who want destroy silvetre and fauna and specially contaminated the water 💧 and for who think buying property in puerto 🇵🇷 coast bringing to private place not,not,not you not are in United States so respect the island cultures beaches including the sand are public in the whole inland. You want to buy so buy in miami or any where you want but in the United States 🇺🇸 you can do what ever you do with nasty beaches here in the USA 🇺🇸.
Las playas no tienen dueños,son públicas excuse me.
As a native from Puerto Rico is that Puerto Ricans throw their trash everywhere on the beaches. It’s embarrassing. You want to fight for your beaches and yet you pollute them.
How are you going to privatize a public beach? Asshats are again interfering with the environment. This has been going on for years!!!!
STATEHOOD ALREADY!!!!
Cardona sucks wow
When did obesity become a thing there?
it’s part of the US so that explains it
Keep fighting the rich fk’s that want everything to their self!
Vamos a ser sincero mi Gente
Muchos boricuas no protegen nada, Tiran basura por toda la Isla y Dejan las medallas ahi mismo en plena arena
Ya veo que se está limpiando mucho la Isla despues del huracan pero todavia veo mucho sin verguenza
They are going to need more than drums and salsa music to protect their beaches; they have no idea of the illegal tactics that Developers will bring to bear. They will buy corrupt politicians to change laws and obtain permits.
Keep pushing back! The natives in PR better not get pushed out of their ancestral land or beaches. Respect PR.
Cant belive a beach I used to go as a child wants to be privatized.
News ear phones usa
https://youtu.be/po5kZTreCbg
Hevsy v e riu
Porta
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Brndydyv
Hevsudofp papapaoao
Uncle USSA !!
Blame Klaus Schwab at WEF.
This is what happens when you have too much neoliberalism. Everything gets privatized, just like what Pinochet did in Chile.
Lo que faltaba, que abuso con el Pueblo Puertorriqueño
All the beaches are free for all Puerto Rican people.for those are building around the beaches with out permit believe me they might have a godfather some where and providing those permits. That’s a shame and we just protecting ours public beach ⛱️ are belongs to the people of 🇵🇷💯👏👍 Bravo ánimo 👍👍
Inverton buying From U. S. A. And other County Land do Not as The Right To Buying Building in Puerto Rico Land 09-09-22
You don’t need to try and become another U.S. state
Did U know that PR has 78 municipalities?! Their governance structures are a total mess. Not surprised the developers built where they weren’t supposed to, how are they to know?! The PR government is a total nightmare.