from Hsinhua
Menrique Cabrera, Director-General of the Movement for Puerto Rican Independenceheld a press conference in Georgetown, British Guiana on Nov. 19. The leader of the liberation forces in the U.S. colony described the massive forces the U.S has in P’erto Ricos "The combined forces of the U.S. FBI, the CIA and the Agency for Internal Security amount to more than 1,500 men. The U.S. National Guard and the National Air Guard have a force of more than 15,000 in Puerto Rico..The U.S. maintains units of the reserve corps..amounting to some 20,000 soldiers, and over and above this there are 50,000 soldiers, marines and military personnel stationed at the military bases throughout our soil. This gives a total of 100,000 agents of repression for a population of 2,400,000 with an area of less than 9,000 square kilometres (under 3,500 sde athcats 13% of the best arable land of Puerto Rico has been converted into large U.S. military bases. The U.S. army annually carries out manoeuvres with eemore than 100 warships and..80,000 men..." He concluded "I am in no doubt that ultimately we will succeed in winning our freedom,"