Puerto Ricans were not crazy after Hurricane María. It’s the federal government that’s crazy. The crisis over COVID-19, otherwise known as the coronavirus, has proven it beyond a doubt. The thread tying the two disasters together is the horrendous response of the federal government in the face of a catastrophe. […]
In Spanish we would say that Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders metió la pata or put his foot in it. There he was on 60 Minutes praising Fidel Castro for his literacy program. Next thing you know he’ll be wearing a Ché Guevara tee shirt. But it would be best […]
Protestors in Puerto Rico recently set up a guillotine near the governor’s mansion, a potent symbol of a people fed up with the ineptitude of its political class, a group that appears incapable of ameliorating the mass suffering caused, first, by Hurricane María and now the thousands of quakes quivering […]
Could Generate Higher Migration to Florida Puerto Rico’s population loss to Florida and other states had begun to stabilize when the recent series of earthquakes that killed at least one person and produced power and water outages rattled the island, sending some people packing for less shakier turf such as […]
The Florida Democratic Party approved a resolution in favor of statehood for Puerto Rico at its recently concluded bi-annual convention in Orlando. “The Democratic Party of Florida supports the self-determination expressed by our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico in their quest to acquire equal rights by becoming a state of […]
In the days and weeks following Hurricane María in 2017, as packed flights arrived from San Juan, people wondered just how many Puerto Ricans had fled the island that was so devastated it couldn’t provide essential public services such as water and electricity for months to come. It was difficult […]
Now comes the Rolling Hills Estates, Kissimmee, HOA before the court of public opinion: “You cannot fly a Puerto Rican flag outside your home because it violates HOA rules. You must take it down or be fined.” The Rolling Hills Estates’ edict has hit raw nerves, even if it’s technically […]
