. As “public-private partnerships” and U.S. vulture funds prepare to devour Puerto Rico, it is useful to examine how the island was cooked and served like a Thanksgiving turkey. It started in 1898 and accelerated in 1952,… Read More
From 1950 through 1952, Luis Muñoz Marín passed Public Law 600 and oversaw the process which turned Puerto Rico into ELA, an Estado Libre Asociado. It was this political move, which prompted the Nationalist Revolt of 1950…. Read More
The Puerto Rico Independence Party (PIP) garnered 2.5% of the electoral vote in 2012. The percentage was so low, that they lost their ballot status for 2016 – and PIP candidates will need to collect qualifying signatures… Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering whether Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory (i.e., a colony) or a sovereign people, with its own independent laws and legislature. There is a highly useful book in this area…. Read More
Faustino Diaz Pacheco and Aguedo Medina were FBI informants for 20 years. José Trias Monge profited from the ELA status all his life – then finally wrote a book denouncing it, just before dying. But the greatest… Read More
