August 1, 2025 The Bonaire Human Rights Organization (BHRO) and James Finies leader of Pueblo Progresivo Uni are proud to announce that voice of the Bonerians reached the highest concerned…
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James Finies Speaks at United Nations and Urges to Recognize Bonaire’s Struggle and Human Rights
July 29, 2025 Recently, James Finies, leader of PPU, participated and spoke at the UN ECOSOC management segment in New York, where he highlighted Bonaire’s ongoing institutional, demographic, and cultural…
Bonaire Human Rights Organization Submits Urgent Complaint on Educational Discrimination to the Human Rights Council and Dutch Minister of Education
July 8, 2025 The Bonaire Human Rights Organization (BHRO) has formally submitted a complaint to the Human Rights Committee on Education (HRC-Education) and the Human Rights Committee on the Elimination…
James Finies Continues to Urge the UN: Return Bonaire to the Protective List for Justice and Self-Determination
June 24, 2025 James Finies, leader of Pueblo Progresivo Uni, and Davika Bissessar Shaw, President of the Bonaire Human Rights Organization, recently participated in the High-Level Meeting “Justice for Africans…
Bonaire Delegation Meets COPPPAL Leadership in Washington, D.C. to Strengthen Push for Bonaire Self-Determination
June 17, 2025 On the margins of the swearing-in ceremony of Suriname’s former Foreign Affairs Minister, Albert Ramdin, as the new Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS),…
“James Finies Urges Global Action at UN GA 79: Cultural Rights Critical for Bonaire’s Survival”
May 30, 2025 In a striking address at the United Nations High-Level Interactive Dialogue on Culture and Sustainable Development, James Finies delivered a powerful plea for inclusion, justice, and decolonization…
A Mother’s Cry, a Nation’s Call – Joseline Thielman of Muhernan Fuerte PPU Testifies at United Nations on Cultural Erasure and Discrimination in Bonaire Schools
May 23, 2025 Recently in a historical powerful and emotional address to the United Nations, Joseline Thielman, a founding member of Muhernan Fuerte (Strong Women Chapter of Pueblo Progresivo Uni)…
United Nations Applauds Bonaire Delegation for Exposing Dutch Oppression
April 25, 2025 In a historic milestone for the people of Bonaire, James Finies, Leader of Pueblo Progresivo Uni, led a civil society delegation to the United Nations Headquarters in…
Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves Praises Bonaire Delegation for Courage and Dedication at 12th Annual Garifuna Conference at UWI SVG
March 21, 2025 The Garifuna Heritage Foundation, in collaboration with the University of the West Indies Global Campus in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), hosted a historic event celebrating…
Bonaire Appeals to CARICOM for Support Against Re-Colonization
March 7, 2025 The Bonaire delegation engaged in bilateral meetings with CARICOM leaders on the margins of the 48th CARICOM Regular Meeting in Barbados to discuss the urgent and worsening…
Mercosur Parliament Adopts Historic Resolution for Bonaire to be put back on UN list.
January 7, 2025 Parlasur, the Parliament of Mercosur, comprising elected representatives from South America’s The Southern Common Market (Mercosur) is a political and economic bloc comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay,…
The death of a spouse became an inspiration for this author’s book of poetry
By: Staff Writer November 8, 2024 A Bonaire based artist dedicates his first book to his deceased husband and said it gave him the hope that he needed to move…