Mayors of Puerto Rico sign proclamations in favor of the planet Earth
See GalleryWith the aim of promoting the recognition of Mother Earth as a living being, volunteers from the Global Embassy of Activists for Peace (GEAP), visited four city halls of Puerto Rico, to present the Proclamation of Constitution for the Rights of the Mother Earth, proposal approved by the highest authority of each jurisdiction.
In the municipality of Caguas, on June 27, representatives of the GEAP, held a meeting with Deputy Mayor Lydia Rivera, to present the approach that the GEAP proposes, among other aspects: respect the natural cycles of planet Earth and give the proper use of her resources.
This meeting resulted in the issuance of the document that states the responsibility assumed by the first executive, William Edgardo Miranda Torres, with the postulates of the environmental proposal that the GEAP promotes for the respect of planet Earth and all living beings.
The Autonomous Municipality of Caguas expresses in its website: "Our Mayor will sign the Proclamation on behalf of our Municipality as it complies with the principles established with the signing of the Earth Charter, our Strategic Second-Generation Plan and the initiatives of sustainable development".
Support for the environmental proposal
On July 24, 2018, the GEAP received from Jesus Edgardo Colón Berlingeri, mayor of the municipality of Orocovis, the Proclamation No P-2018-03, where he pronounces in favor of Mother Earth and her inalienable rights.
In a ceremony held on August 27, in the office of the mayor of the municipality of Arroyo, Hector Carballo, the coordinators of the International Program Children of Mother Earth in Puerto Rico, Noemí González and Ginny Flores, received a Proclamation that supports the approach presented by the GEAP before the institution.
In the house of Francisco Paquito Díaz culture, in the municipality of Aguas Buenas, on August 31, Mayor Javier García Pérez presented Gabriela Lara, general director of GEAP, with a Proclamation in favor of the recognition of Mother Earth as a living being that has rights and must be respected and protected by all human beings.
Mayor of the Municipality of Caguas, William Edgardo Miranda Torres, promotes respect for the planet Earth and living beings.
Mayor of Aguas Buenas Municipality, Javier García presented Gabriela Lara, general director of the GEAP, with a Proclamation in favor of the recognition of Mother Earth as a living being.
From left to right: Keila Rodríguez, GEAP volunteer; Javier García Pérez, Mayor of the Municipality of Aguas Buenas, Gabriela Lara, General Director of GEAP, Ginny Flores and Noemi González, coordinators of the "Children of Mother Earth" project in Puerto Rico, participating in the act of delivering the Proclamation in the House of Art and Culture Francisco "Paquito" Díaz de Aguas Buenas.
Héctor Carballo, Acting Mayor of the Municipality of Arroyo, approved the proclamation in favor of the planet Earth.
Volunteers of the GEAP Ruth Cubillos and Ruth Marilyn Torres, received the proclamation of recognition of Mother Earth as a living being by the Mayor Jesus Edgardo Colón, in the Municipality of Orocovis.
Recidentes de Aguas Buenas and representatives of the GEAP participated in the delivery of the Proclamation of Constitution for the Rights of Mother Earth.
