Alejandro A. Riera is a long-time film critic and publicist based in Chicago, and is the Movies & TV Editor at MANO magazine. He’s written for a number of outlets and publications, and has worked with the Chicago International Film Festival, the Chicago Latino Film Festival and the Gene Siskel Film Center’s Panorama Latinx initiative. You can follow him on Twitter at @AlejandroARiera.

The Last Conquest of Puerto Rico
The Puerto Ricans who support statehood always insist that the U.S. invasion was celebrated by the