Puerto Rico
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US Senator Murphy Speaks on the Senate Floor About Puerto Rico
A damning indictment of US colonial policy in Puerto Rico since ‘acquiring’ the island from Spain in 1898. Continue reading
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Video: Puerto Rico Rising
1 December 2017 — Vimeo On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico. A category 4 storm, it was the strongest hurricane to hit the island in almost a century. Now, the people of Puerto Rico are hungry, homeless and dying. Many towns lack access to clean water, communication and transportation. And Continue reading
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Economic reconstruction, debt cancellation and self-determination in Puerto Rico!
President Trump tweeted suggestions that Puerto Rican workers are lazy and that FEMA and other agencies cannot remain in Puerto Rico forever. This spins the notion that Puerto Ricans are themselves to blame and should not expect any more handouts. Trump aims to build a wall between us, which doesn’t come as much of a… Continue reading
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Maria's 'Other' Victims: Puerto Rican Bondholders By Eoin Higgins
President Donald Trump, in what appeared to be an uncharacteristic display of empathy, said that the island’s $72 billion debt would have to be forgiven. Though the president’s statement was quickly walked back by administration officials, the idea of forgiving Puerto Rico’s debt is gaining political strength. In response to that push for debt forgiveness,… Continue reading
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‘Recovery Efforts Have Continually Favored the Monied Classes By Janine Jackson
The New York Times may have meant well with their September 24 editorial headlined “Puerto Rico Is American. We Can’t Ignore It Now,” which called on “all Americans” to rally behind their “fellow citizens” as Puerto Rico faces staggering devastation after hurricanes Maria and Irma. But there’s something hollow about underscoring the “Americanness” of people… Continue reading
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Video: Puerto Rico Suffers as Debt Vultures Linger
The White House has already walked back President Trump’s suggestion of debt relief for Puerto Rico, threatening more draconian austerity Continue reading
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Before Maria, forcing Puerto Rico to pay its debt was odious. Now, it’s pure cruelty
To expect Puerto Rico to rebuild from this unnatural disaster while at the same time bailing out Wall Street financiers is to condemn its residents to a permanent state of crushing hardship and impoverishment. Continue reading
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Video: Honest Government Advert – Visit Puerto Rico
Satire: The US Government just released this tourism ad for Puerto Rico and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. Continue reading
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The Puerto Rico Humanitarian Crisis: Media Disinformation, Crimes and Cover-ups By Massoud Nayeri
3 October 2017 — Global Research Without any doubt, the Puerto Rico humanitarian crisis not only exposed the fraud of Mr. Trump’s “Make America Great Again” nationalist slogan but it also uncovered the criminal offense against the victims of the Hurricane by the U.S. “leaders”. Regardless of any excuses, either because of an old “law” from Continue reading
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Audio: Ed Morales on Puerto Rico’s Natural and Unnatural Crises
29 September 2017 — FAIR MP3 Link This week on CounterSpin: As Puerto Rico suffers extraordinary devastation in the wake of Hurricane Maria (and Hurricane Irma), some in the media are asking, “Is Puerto Rico Trump’s Katrina?” Besides viewing the staggering disaster through the lens of Trump’s political fortunes, the question usually turns out to Continue reading
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Video: Puerto Rico's Recovery is a Battle Against Austerity
As the Trump administration touts its relief effort in Puerto Rico as a ‘good news story’ and threatens more austerity, writer Ed Morales argues the island’s devastation is a wake-up call against neoliberal excess Continue reading
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Video: The World of Piri Thomas | a Film by Gordon Parks (1968)
1968 documentary portrait directed by GORDON PARKS (Shaft, The Learning Tree) inspired by the work of Nuyorican poet PIRI THOMAS [1928-2011] (Down These Mean Streets) for Public TV. Continue reading
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Invisible Empire Beneath the Radar, Above Suspicion By Jason Hirthler
22 June 2017 — Counterpunch When the United States went to war with Spain in 1898, it did so in a media environment of “yellow journalism,” that played no small part in the advent of the Spanish-American War. Yellow journalism was basically the use of sensationalism and poorly researched reportage to stir up excitement and Continue reading
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We Interrupt This Referendum, Part 2 By S. Artesian
Tearing away, just for the moment, from Thunderdome on the Aegean–“Break a deal; face the wheel”– there’s the island commonwealth, Puerto Rico, part of the United States when that’s convenient and lucrative for the Federal government; and not part of the United States when it’s not convenient. Like now. When it has $72 billion in… Continue reading
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Monsanto Refuses to Testify on Genetically Modified Crops in Puerto Rico By Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero
Monsanto has refused to testify at a major government hearing in Puerto Rico about local testing and sale of genetically modified seeds. Critics say that crops from these seeds harm the environment and can cause serious human health problems. Continue reading
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Video: The Agueros Archive: Preserving New York's Latino Heritage
Jack Agüeros is a poet, playwright, short story writer, translator and author of five books. He was an activist in New York’s Latino community in the 1960s and ’70s and director of El Museo del Barrio for close to a decade. Agüeros, who turns 78 on Sept. 2 and suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, can no… Continue reading
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Calma Pueblo (ORIGINAL) – CALLE 13
9 August, 2010 http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Video.4193202 Calma Pueblo (ORIGINAL) – CALLE 13, posted with vodpod Continue reading
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New on nacla.org 27 May, 2010: Latin America & China / Puerto Rico / Bolivia elections
North American Congress on Latin America What’s Left for Latin America to Do With China? by Kevin Gallagher The high-gloss, made-for-flat-screen multi-billion dollar signing ceremonies between Chinese and Latin American officials have been staged to portray the triumphant return of the New International Economic Order. Yes, it’s true, the Global South is banding together again Continue reading
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Explosions of Unrest Mark Puerto Rico’s Economic Crisis By Juan A. Ocasio Rivera
Puerto Rico is witnessing the kind of social, economic, and political upheaval not seen in decades. Declaring a fiscal emergency, the pro-statehood Fortuño administration recently passed a Fiscal Emergency Law, which, among other measures, implemented the layoff of over 20,000 government workers—nearly 10% of the total. In addition to huge cuts in budgets and services,… Continue reading
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Firuzeh Shokooh Valle, “Puerto Rico: Reflections on the National Strike”
22 October, 2009 — MRZine – Monthly Review On October 15, thousands of people in Puerto Rico flooded the streets to protest the government’s decision to lay off around 17,000 government employees (in total there have been around 25,000 lay-offs this year). Workers and members of trade unions, women, environmentalists, religious groups, students, teachers, professors, Continue reading
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