What happened after my video went viral 

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If we don't stand against this we will end like Hawaii. Thank you for opening people's eyes.

It is great to see young Puerto Ricans standing up and fighting for their land. But these things happens all over latin america, where corrupt politicians think they own the country and want to dispose of their resources as they wish. We face the same things here in the Dominican republic. We've been fighting for Loma Miranda for years they want to exploite it for gold and all the waters that feed most rivers generate here.... Keep the fight for your land our best wishes and energy from a sister land DR. Arriba boricuas sigan peleando por su tierra.

I love Puerto Rico, sometimes I wish that we as citizens of the island we could make possible immediate changes when it comes to illegal activity or developments.

That land, the Beach environ, should be Time-Immemorial protected as National Heritage Nature Preserve. Because it is precious Natural Marine Shoreline. And it is certainly connected physically to the watershed, that has connectivity to the farming land.

This is an injustice. This assault on the people of Puerto Rico is a travesty! Thank you for your work and your research. It does help when you post your findings. You give a voice to the unspoken and the marginalized. Please continue to do the work you do! It is so important!! Thank you!

I love her and her passion for our island 🏝 Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

I love your videos and I lived in PR for 10 years. Am from Trinidad and Tobago and my wife is Puerto Rican my advice to the people you need to fight for your land otherwise cooperations and big business will own everything.

"If we are not true to our beliefs & prepared to die defending them, then we are not worth living". You're doing a great job; let's preserve nature's beauty and the environment...

She's right in wanting to protect natural resources. Many of today's caravan immigrants are coming from villages in Guatemala en Honduras where miners and developers are taking natural resources like water and destroying rainforests. No water, no livelihoods. Think of Harvey's devastation in Houston. That whole area was protected by mangroves until developers destroyed them. Don't mess with mother nature!

Thank God that the deal with the apartment developer fell through, there are plenty of old abandoned locations on prime land that has been forgotten that could be brought back to life instead of leveling out and polluting some new area. In PR during elections when you vote take the time to ask the politicians how he feels about such situations and what he would do to protect our land from new development as land is now very limited and that he must not sell out! (know who you vote for question them thoroughly and expect answers you can hold them up too )..

Hi! My family also lives in Camuy and I was there just a few weeks ago visiting. I was amazed at how much development and commercialization has occurred throughout the island since my last visit so I appreciate and admire what you are doing to keep those land areas protected.

I’m Puerto Rican by culture, born and raised in Florida. I’ve visited my family’s island many times, but I’ve never lived there. This issue going on hurts my heart.

Tenants need to organize together! We can't rely on our government. We're doing the same here in the US where I live. It's hard and scary, but all our politicians are easily bought by real estate interests.

Great video, thanks for making it easier for me to understand. Much appreciated.

Thank you for your tireless work you have done on Puerto Rico land. I am not even Puerto Rican .

Any and ALL land should ALWAYS stay with the people who care about the land... not money... you do GREAT work!!!!

We need to protect our island from private contractors and private companies

We, have to fight to protect the land from these horrible real estate developers etc.. It's ,really disgusting to me that these real estate developers only care for enrichment of them selves! As long as they make a profit" it's never a good thing when they put profit over human life"

Glad I found you and your content. I will continue to support you and I wish you so much success!!!!! You deserve it.

God bless your heart. I've been attacking a gringa real estate agent (I forgot her name) that has a RU-vid channel about selling property in Puerto Rico. What's sad is that she got the support of some Puerto Ricans. It bothers me a lot what's happening to Puerto Rico and I'm not even Puerto Rican; I'm dominican🇩🇴. I wish Puerto Rico 🇵🇷the very best....keep up the good work.

Thank you for sharing this story. I hope that more people will see it and support the sustainability movement in Puerto Rico and elsewhere. One love and Power to the People! ✊🏽✊🏻✊🏼

Love your video. I was born in Arecibo but my father’s family is from Quebradilla and my mom’s family is in Camuy. Love your videos. I believe the government is to blame for the gentrification taking place for putting in place Act22 so if people want change they must come together and reach out out to government officials with push backs in hope of having new policies created.

Hey young lady, you’re a much needed Gem to our beloved Island. Keep up the outstanding work!!!

And this is exactly why I’m against Puerto Ricans on the mainland advocating for any kind of U.S. legislation on the island. Particularly statehood. I say this because their advocacy carries severe consequences that are very similar to what the Houle has brought to the native Hawaiians. As far as I’m concerned, sovereignty is the only solution that will not only guarantee the preservation of the islanders culture…but will also provide them with the option to govern their lives as they see fit. I’m Puerto Rican/descendent of Spain by heritage. But even I have enough sense to admit that I’m way too Americanized to get involved in Puerto Rico’s politics as it’s never been our call to make.

Your database idea is amazing!! Any platforms for citizen unity and organization is a step towards justice and self-sufficiency for people who have been kept away from the table. You’re channel is incredible and your stories are so well informed! Thanks for all you do!

Nice work. Stand up for your homeland, Borinquen! Don't be distracted by the ignorant. As for me, Soy independentista %100 Boricua. Luchare toda mi vida por mi patria y contra la ignorancia de muchos de mis paisanos que estan ciego a la realidad.

I feel when he said Everything will be better and that’s exactly what a lot of us are waiting for. My dream is going back but things aren’t going better and it’s so sad! Thanks for doing this videos

Watching these videos gives me hope for Puerto Rico and motivates me to move back to the island and contribute to its future. I just visited O’ahu Hawaii and learned a few things that they have in place that I wish Puerto Rico had. For example, by law all beaches are public in the islands. In one of their bays, in order for visitors to be able to swim in it, they must watch an informational video, before swimming in it. People have a strong sense of belonging and respect for their natural resources, everyone protects their land and areas. Hopefully through information and more people like you, PR can have a “cambio sociocultural” para que cuidemos lo nuestro mucho más. Keep doing what you’re doing.

This is amazing reporting. I really appreciate the insight, great storytelling and very in depth research. Thank you so much!

Hi I’m a new subby, I love your channel I’m American born in Alabama and it’s crazy that I meet this Puerto Rican guy who had the wrong number became friends now married and 2 babies. It’s our dream to purchase land in PR we had a contract for land in Arecibo and it fell through was so sad. But we are hopeful that this visit in Sept is possible to start a farm and return a simple life.

My family is from Aguadilla and Isabella, thank you for fighting for the land and for the people of Puerto Rico!

Bianca ! it is so awesome to hear you ! continue with this work... You need people inside the government that are willing to talk and cooperate with you ! Never stop trying ! I'm so proud of you !

It’s sad that some islanders are thinking only in money and those are the politicians that are selling Puerto Rico, they don’t care, I’m glad that a friend send me this video, todos unidos x Puerto Rico 🇵🇷🙌🏼🙌🏼 podemos contra esta plaga q son los políticos corruptos que mantenemos 🤨

This reminds me of a quote I once read from a major stockholder in a palm oil conglomerate. It went something to the tune of, “we knew we were destroying the planet. We went ahead and did it all the same. And now, decades later, we have made some of the biggest fortunes ever made. But we also created one of the biggest environmental catastrophes in the process.” Money without a plan to use it for something good is a sickness. It destroys the mind and the soul. And, as it turns out, it does a number on our planet too. I’m genuinely interested in helping out with stuff like this. My vision has always been cast to the number one love in my life: Indonesia. But Puerto Rico is much closer to my current home. I’m currently in a training program to become a merchant mariner. There’s a nice paycheck at the end of the rainbow, but also really nice chunks of time off. And I’ve been thinking a lot about how I want to use it. One of my classmates tuned me into how the taxes work for property in PR. I’ll admit, it sounds very enticing. And everyone in this program stresses to buy land with the money we’re going to be making. So it has definitely piqued my interest. But I really don’t want to be part of a problem there that you actually brought to my attention. I feel like using money to protect something might be a whole lot more fulfilling than extracting every last dollar I could out of a plot of land. I don’t think I could afford to do it on my own, but with a small group of generous folks, who knows. I’d be really interested to learn more about this sort of thing for when I might be able to make a positive impact.

We need people like you. You should consider running for the government office in Puerto Rico. Changes need to be made for the best of Puerto Rico .

Tremendo trabajo! Being a Peruvian (but also a Boricua for a bit) I always worry about all those surreptitious movements that greedy grabbers do when nobody is watching. Now I really want to visit that beautiful place in this video. Great work, and global warming is real. Read a book called A World Without Ice written by a University of Michigan professor named Henry Pollack written in 2009 if interested, the science is there! A lot of P.R. will be underwater when all the ice melts in 20-50 years. Feliz Octubre!

SEEING THIS HAPPENS REALLY IRKS ME ALOT & I MIGHT BE HALF BUT IM VERY PROUD OF MY CUBARICAN SIDE & OUR ISLAND MUST BE PROTECTED FOR OUR PPL THERE.. I SWEAR WHEN I MAKE MY MILLIONS (WRKING ON IT) IF NEED BE I'LL BUY AS MUCH LAND AS POSSIBLE ON OUR BEAUTIFUL ISLAND JUST TO MAKE SURE ITS PROTECTED & SO OUR PPL DONT HAVE TO MOVE ANYWHERE... I JUST RANDOMLY CAME ACROSS YOUR CH. & FULLY SUPPORT WHAT U STAND FOR ON THE SUBJ OF OUR ISLAND.. I WAS BORN IN USA & MY FATHER IN CUBA BUT MY GREAT GPARENTS WERE BORN & RAISED IN PUERTO RICO.. THANKS FOR ALL U DO..

Keep doing the work you are doing I live in the United States but I love the people of Puerto Rico and I love Puerto Rico itself anyway that you can ever find how to stop people from ruining Puerto Rico you do it you are young and have time to work with this thank you very much for what you do

Where are the famous Puerto Ricans at when situations like this are happening??

Soy agricultor jayuyano y cada vez que veo tus videos y mas relacionados a la agricultura me molesta como el gobierno no le importa nada en especial la agricultura de nuestro país que fuera una vez la base de toda economia puerrtorriqueña y mas la gente que ignora nuestra situación real en especial sobre alimentos. Dios te siga dando salud y esa bravura de exponer a luz estas situaciones., GRACIAS por tu ardua labor.

Your videos make me so emotional, it hits like a ton of bricks being Puertorican and seeing all of this.

Thank you for doing this work and helping everyone become aware to protect what we have left of Puerto Rico. You are a special person Bianca.

What a Precious Jewel you are to the Motherland Puerto Rico.. I'm a Boricua who Salutes you for your Bravery against those who will do harm to Puerto Rico. Continue the Fight for our Borinquen people.. I'm with you !!!

Me encanta lo que estas haciendo. Como un hermano camuyano que soy te envio un abrazo y las gracias por hablar la verdad sobre la gentrificacion.

May God/dess bless you for all your incredible work! It is very moving and emotionally evocative. My wife grew up in Arecibo as a little girl, until her early teens, when she moved back to the States. Her family has been on the island for 100s of years, (her abuela was idigenous,) and so it is her, as well as our son's heritage, (he has video editing skills, by the way - I am but a mere writer.) Therefore to whatever small part of your efforts we could contribute, would be an honor. Many, many blessings in all your endeavors. cwy

Thank you for standing up! It takes a spark to start a fire. Keep on fighting for this.

Right next door in the US Virgin Islands there is zero protection for locals to access beaches they have been bathing in for generations. Some going as far back as before The US bought the islands. There is a law that states you cannot deny beach access, "the small print?" You must access it by boat, you cannot cross the land. I came home from Uni one year and my friends and I had to rent a boat to access the beach where we bathed naked as children and where most of us learned to properly camp, swim, fish etc. Seven years before I was born the "Fountain Valley Massacre" occurred on St. Croix, eight people died, eight were injured. What I have rarely heard mentioned was that due to the murders, many locals were able to buy property that were previously out of their reach. This year will be the 50th anniversary of the murders. Hopelessness of the youth, fatigue of the status quo, that feeling of being a stranger in your own land, temperature is rising and those who should see and feel it are too busy lining their pockets with mainland interests' money. Media portrayed the massacre at the resort as a robbery gone wrong; it wasn't. When you take the shepherds sheep and land, make him shepherd your sheep on what used to be his land to feed his family whilst feeding your family with the fat of the land while his own family starves; I'm curious as to what you logically thought the eventual outcome would be. The "powers that be" have forgotten that mice, while small, have teeth and even a tiny lamb when backed into a corner will raise up and attempt to defend himself. Kudos to my Puerto Rican neighbors for standing up for themselves. Your blogs are bittersweet. The things I have had to do eg. have a Caucasian friend pretend to be me to purchase property at home, to aggressively negotiate a lower, more reasonable price are ridiculous. We are so messed up in the head at home that a Caucasian has a better chance at there being some wiggle room in the price, even when the seller is a local.

Gracias por tus videos.Super educativos.Nos hacen abrir los ojos y ver lo q nos estan haciendo a mi islita y mi gente.Saludos y sigue haciendo el buen trabajo q estas haciendo.

We need honest people to run for office that once elected don't become corrupt

Our main problem is the corrupt PR government. Which I’m tired off!

The work you do is so important. Thank you for your tireless work.

I hope this video gets more views and is spreads around especially in Puerto Rico.

❤️ the work you’re doing. Thank you 🙏🏼

Fuerza y gracias Bianca ♡ Aquí en Islas Canarias nos venden la vida y el futuro también,mil bendiciones a todas,knowledge is power.Bless Puerto Rico ♡

I just found you. I've watched several of your video tonight. Your reporting is spot on. I look forward to watching everything on your channel.

Bianca Graulau is the Voice of the Puerto Rican People🇵🇷

Too much corruption & disrespect for our people & the land. Thank you Blanca for the fight. Keep up the good work! YOU ARE SO AWESOME! YOUR DOGS ARE WONDERFUL- PLEASE KEEP THEM IN YOUR VIDEOS! 💘

El Yunque no se vende, se protege. Lo que ud Senyorita esta haciendo con estos reportes es muy importante. Gracias!

Need to start a Land Trust under our own people so we can start having a say in the matter and keep the development of outside organizations to a minimum.

I love you-thank you for the work you do. I am sad, looking at this generation its far and few in between the people that have a true passion for the home land. Im a born and raised NJ rican. Fun fact When im here im labeled Puerto Rican when Im there Im labeled the gringa lol Im ok with that...Ha! I would love to be as rooted as you are there in PR. Being on the island is my tranquility. I tear up when I get there, I tear up when I take off from there (Im a FA). Im living my passion through you now, now that Ive found your channel. GB may the Father protect you in all your moves

Ms. Bianca, this is nothing new. As always, PR laws exists, but unfortunately not applied. I'm the grandaughter of a WWI soldier and I lived in Puerto Rico for many years and saw so much fraud and mishandling of things that it was unreal. Sadly, even though Puerto Rico has come a long way, I think it will always remain the same. There's a lot of politics and corruption involved, but some people there live like in a sort of daze, and have gotten to the point were they are used to this poor quality of living standards along with violaton of rights. It's a shame, because it is such a beautiful island. Right now I have land, a parcel inheretance of my father, that I don't know if someone has unlawfully taken it. I say this, because of the way things run there. I live and work in Florida state and cannot maintain this property. Tried to up date it and the person, relative, stole our money. It's really been a mess trying to keep this property. Anyway, I thought your documental was extremely informative. I hope that you'll accomplish your goals. 🥰🌷

😂 - I was TOTALLY watching the dogs at that point.

Puerto Ricans need to buy more land and homes and preserve our island. It is a blessing from the Lord to have an island that we can call our home. Que Dios Bendiga la la de Puerto Rico

Victory ✌️ for the people of Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 and the people that donated and the wonderful reporting by you!!!! Keep it up!!!!

Costa Rica is a model. Long term we need to start protecting more land especially farm land and have responsible citizens development. Glad this was stopped. Food sovereignty is crucial to the island.

Seriously good journalism, really appreciated this video. It’s been a dream of mine to one day live in PR but I hadn’t given much thought to how my presence or purchases could affect the lives of the locals. Definitely a lot to reflect on and think about.

ISLEN~OS!!!!! Love them! They presented a proposal to their school's Administration and Board of Trustees in hopes to make the school sustainable and eco-friendly -with a bigger scope of helping Puerto Rico everywhere they go. Proud Teacher here

You have to interview Eliezer Molina he is trying to save the karzo and natural reserves in Puerto Rico. He even got threatened for doing what is Right. Many Blessings for you and him.🙏🏽

¡Hola Bianca! Yo conosco a Pedro Cardona, el es como mi tío y ahora mismo me estaba hablando sobre tí y que el te a ha estado ayudando con este tema. Si ves este mensaje era nadamás para decirte que admiro tu trabajo por el ambiente de nuestra hermosa isla y para que sepas que te apoyo. Adiós y cuídate.

Bianca gracias por tus videos que enseñan al mundo nuestra tierra y lo importante de nuestra situación y protección.

That’s awesome that you did your research on protection of the land and the ecosystem to stop building on that property!!

Puerto Rico has already so many condo buildings , those condo apartments arent all sold. Mountains have been ruined for the sake of building useless condos.

Yes PLEASE continue. Our land must be protected.

I really appreciate the effort you put forward in the protection and preservation of the island natural resources.so far Puerto Rico remains a pretty green place but if we don’t fight to protect our natural resources the land will be destroyed. Keep up the good work young lady!!!!!!!

The land could be divided into farmettes(if allowed) so there would be minimal development of the land and the lots could have restrictions so it can never be developed into anything other than a farm. Food produced for the island and never have to worry about overdevelopment.

I will be going to PR on Sunday. I’ll be there for 31 days. I’ve been watching how some people have been abandoning the island. So I thought I would take the opportunity and move back. So I bought a house in San Lorenzo. In the process of refurbishing it. I’ve been looking for groups to join that want to make an effort to improve the situations on the Island instead of running away from it.

I learned with this video we have so much more in common than I though. Camuy, good reporting, PR, beach and the great Abel Vale. Cheers!

God Bless and protect Puerto Rico and our people.

I never thought I would find myself saying this, But Could You get the Young Senator from the South Bronx to help in your Fight?? She was able to stop Amazon, this should be a slam dunk for her.

Keep donating people....we need to be strong against the destruction of our resources....love ## Puerto Rico natural

Same as Hawaii. Be wise when you think what status Quo do you want for Puerto Rico in the future. Money Is not everything.

Thank you for your history lesson. Puerto Rico is beautiful! Hope you continue your videos and many blessings to keep your lands for agriculture and your people. Prayers to the Puerto Rican people to save their land.

I've only recently discovered your videos which not only inform but EDUCATE. The passion you put into your work me llega al corazón. Continue bringing the truth to the forefront. Bravísima 🙏

18 developers and corrupt politicians did not like this video.

INDEPENDENT FOR PUERTO RICO NOW!🇵🇷

As a side note. Love your dogs, they're beautiful. Keep them on screen.

Wow!!!! what a story. proud of what youre doing Bianca. creating awareness to hopefully bring about change and education to all levels of the Community and Governments a like. truly is a great story mate. keep up the good work . God bless

Llama a la Comay y le explica la situacion Ella te puede invitar a su programa de TV . asi todo PR se entera.

Start PERMACULTURE DESIGN on the Land. Build FOOD FOREST'S for the people. Mini waconi-water is life.! Don't let the greedy developers take over the land for profit.!!

Wow I’m very impressed with you on how our heritage is being sold for profit good job and thank you for all that you do

Aloha Blanca, I’m a Puerto Rican who lived in Maui, Hawaii, until just recently. What you are talking about in this video is what happened today in Lahaina, Maui. The natural aquifers have been disturbed and are in the hands of the hotel owners and the government, not the people! I hope it’s not too late for Camuy, as it’s one of the places that I call home. I hope this helps!

They make it so appealing and so easy for investors and business men and woman but they make it so hard for our own people to survive on the island. It's sad to hear our people having to leave the island because thier isn't much opportunities.

Digo yo, ¿porque no se le pide ayuda a algunos deportistas o artistas que puedan comprar la tierra y donarla? Así como se sienten orgulloso de representar con orgullo a puerto rico, que ahora luchen por ella. Digo yo. Si yo pudiera lo haría. Que dios te bendiga grandemente y a tus seres querido. Y que dios bendiga a esa tierra tan hermosa.

Unless puerto rico become's independent and us puerto ricans realize that we are the only one's that have the best interest of heart for our island then thing's will change. We are the oldest colony on earth, and if we become a state prepare for the whole island to be privatize and big business and entrepreneurs with fat pockets buy bits and pieces of the island until us puerto ricans have no more say. Puerto Rico Libre!

Thank you for what your doing, this project speaks for those who are no longer living on the Island as well.. ..

Yo soy Dominicano-Cubano viviendo ahora en RD, nacido en Nueva York, y me sentí tan emocionado por este reportaje. Te deseo a ti y este maravilloso propósito, un gran éxito! Que todos los enemigos de nuestras tierras y nuestro bienestar, sean todos vencidos! Ahora y siempre! Ashe O!!!

Puerto Rico should be independent. Period. ALL the resources are there. It’s a beautiful island with the capacity & capability to thrive. The government there need to fight for the people & that land. Rather than filling they pockets with dirty blood money.

What an awesome job you did with this video. I stumbled upon this by chance and I’m glad I did because I was not aware of this. Thank you for all you are doing!!!!

You are doing an extraordinary job, and the fight is just the beginning. We were warned some 80 years ago about the colonizing Yankees yet we refused. This is a battle that will be won for God’s justice is finally here and present today.