Casa Pueblo (Casa Povo)
Para que o arquipélago de Porto Rico seja plenamente democrático e soberano, é necessário libertar-se da dependência energética dos Estados Unidos. É aí que entra a Casa Pueblo (Casa Povo): na instalação de uma infraestrutura energética alternativa pela construção de um Porto Rico livre e soberano.
A Casa Pueblo é, ao mesmo tempo, uma organização de base comunitária e um centro cultural com foco na proteção e na gestão dos recursos naturais. Em 1980, começou a atuar contra uma iniciativa mineira, mas logo passou à promoção do desenvolvimento sustentável – principalmente a independência energética.
Nos anos 1990, a Casa Pueblo conseguiu deter um megaprojeto de mineração de ouro que envolvia 36 mil acres de terras de relevância social e ecológica, criando uma floresta protegida administrada pela própria população. Após o furacão Maria, ela teve um papel-chave na resposta aos desastres – principalmente nas questões energéticas – e continua assim desde então. Ela desenvolveu uma microrrede para gerar e distribuir de forma coletiva a energia consumida pelas empresas urbanas de Adjuntas, onde está sediada a Casa Pueblo. Desde então já ajudou dezenas de lojas, restaurantes e outros imóveis – inclusive residenciais – na transição para a energia solar autônoma, sob propriedade e gestão da própria comunidade.
Porto Rico está passando por um momento crítico de decisão sobre seus rumos. Com o slogan “todos têm direito à energia!”, a Casa Pueblo busca assegurar que o arquipélago se afaste do modelo colonial de dependência dos combustíveis fósseis e se aproxime da soberania energética.
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