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
After 64 years of denial, the US Supreme Court finally came out and said it: Puerto Rico is a possession of the United States. A colony. With a 6-2 majority decision in Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle,… 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
José Trías Monge was the Secretary of Justice (aka the Attorney General) of Puerto Rico. He later became a senator, then the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. Monge was the chief architect, writer,… Read More
