Boricua ¡Ahora Es!
Boricua ¡Ahora Es! is a political advocacy group in Puerto Rico that advocates for changing the current political status of Puerto Rico to something else; whatever that may be, integrating the three decolonization ideologies recognized by international law. The group is represented by their spokesmen Joel Isaac Díaz, Michael González Cruz, Carlos R. Ruiz Cortés Edwin Pagán, and led by Ricky Rosselló.
On November 2012 it prompted a national campaign to vote "No" to a question whether Puerto Ricans agreed to maintain the current territorial political status or not. The result was 54% in favor of "No" against the 46% in favor of "Yes".
On January 15, 2013 the group, together with other advocacy groups, started a campaign called Toma del Congreso in which they visited every member of the United States Congress in order to explain to them the results of the 2012 Puerto Rican status referendum in which a majority of voters expressed themselves against the current political status of Puerto Rico. They will also attempt to persuade the members of Congress to initiate a process to change Puerto Rico's political status. The activity is supported by U.S. representative José Enrique Serrano and former Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Pedro Pierluisi.
Then, on June 10, 2013, the group filed a complaint at the Civil Rights Commission of Puerto Rico. They requested that the commission take action in favor of the results of the November 6 referendum, where the "No" vote prevailed.
On June 17, the organization had a presentation to the Decolonization Committee of the United Nations. Dr. Rossello spoke in favor of the status plebiscite and had three specific requests:
