Dear petitioners,

Today, in the midst of a global pandemic and an island wide curfew, workers from CMG were caught illegally removing terrain in Playuela. See Video HERE Proper complaints were made to the DRNA and the PR Police. However, we know agencies in the island are more limited than ever. The community has been forced to endure bureaucratic processes and wait (since 2017) for the Appellative Court to make a decision regarding the legality of this project since it has an outdated Location Query and Environmental Impact Statement (more than 20 years old).

A call for mobilization in the area continues and is encouraged. We firmly believe everyone has the right to free speech and that it is one of the most important actions we can do together to win this fight.For daily updates follow Salvemos A Playuela by clicking these links Facebook and Instagram. Our lawyers are waiting for the local permits agency OGPE requesting an immediate STOP to all construction work in the area. Please help us by sharing this petition and our counter proposal to designate this unique ecosystem as a natural reserve.Thanks for your continued support!!

The controversial hotel project, Christopher Columbus Landing Resort has an outdated Location Query and Environmental Impact Statement. In addition, CMG presented false information to the  Environmental Protection Agency stating the area has zero endangered species (Fish & Wildlife Service declared this is untrue). They also have more than five complaints from the DRNA related to fires caused by criminal hand within their lands, which have repeatedly affected Palmas Sombrero groves, and other endangered species. More than 500 species of flora and fauna are also at risk. A dozen of them are endemic to PR and at least 8 are threatened or endangered species, including turtles and marine mammals, migratory birds and threatened corals. The latter live in critical habitat designated by the Fisheries Service (NOAA) in 2008.