Similarities : The US Declaration of Independence to...Puerto Rico!

Taking from the US Declaration of Independence dtd. July 4, 1776, link here, and
some of its parts and pieces which bring to mind the parallels of its origination 'seeds' to the present 'roots' of maladies and troubles manifesting presently in Puerto Rico, 240 years later.

The reader is invited to discover linkages of the two situations - 1776 and 2016 - and to know that these chosen here hold characteristics that seem, appear, most similar, yet do not advocate for any particular aggression or separation forces, but intend to simply and plainly highlight the similarities to the PR experiences in the last 118 years.

Those articles and phrases that bring a most striking similarity are excerpted and posted below, and in some [short edits] are inserted to improve upon the linkage.  
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“When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve [review] the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. [review].

En Mi Viejo San Juan...y la otra?

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--

…to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new [the [review] item?] Government…
 
… Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. …

… But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off [review] such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; [PR];…

… a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny …

…He (a reference to King of Great Britain, in the comparison - Governors, Officials appointed, and presently the US Congress) has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

...He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people….

JF Kennedy & Luis Muñoz Marín

… He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. …

…He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures….

…For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: …

… For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: …

…For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. …

…He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people….

…We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here…

… That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; …
… that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to …[items here crossed out intentionally]…contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do….

Puerto Rico, Patria Primorosa...🎶...😢

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So, how strange the coincidences…! “Righteous” when looking at it from the present, but If present, “anarchist”, “rebellious”, condemnable…Ah?
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PSssst!: “The events, characters and firms depicted here are not fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual firms, may not be purely coincidental”….Há!