Even now that another hurricane has torn through the island, leaving its people in the dark and underwater, the “winners” of Puerto Rico still insist that the U.S. colony is better off begging for statehood than declaring its independence.
The United States can no longer claim to be a democracy and deny the right to full representation and self-government to those it has the nerve to call its “citizens.” And it can no longer keep Puerto Rico as a colony without making an enemy of every freedom-loving human being on the earth.
Ukrainian refugees deserve the world’s sympathy and assistance. It is worth noting, however, that because they are often blond and blue-eyed, their plight is eliciting far more empathy than, say, people fleeing a drug war in Central America.
The colonizers may be able to buy el Viejo San Juan, but it will never belong to them.
In his new book, scholar Javier A. Hernández shows how a sovereign Puerto Rico would secure its economic prosperity.
Hector chats with Constanza Eliana Chinea, a Puerto Rican activist and educator whose work focuses on anti-racism and decolonization.
If anybody knows what statehood holds in store for Puerto Rico, it’s the Diasporicans, Puerto Ricans living outside the colony.
Lawyer Roberto Ariel Fernández on what the Puerto Rico Self-Determination might mean for the world’s oldest colony