Puerto Rico
Cancel Puerto Rico’s Debt Now!
Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans took to the streets and forced the governor to resign. But this isn’t about one politician. This is a product of the colonial debt regime imposed on the island.
Francesca Gomes
July 25, 2019Popular Uprising and the Fight for Independence in Puerto Rico
The massive protests that have rocked Puerto Rico are about more than Governor Rosselló. They are the product of a rising anger against decades of colonial rule and neoliberal disorder.
Francisco J. Fortuño Bernier
July 24, 2019Outpouring of Rage Hits Streets of Puerto Rico
Facing down tear gas and police, thousands of people took to the streets for three consecutive days in Puerto Rico, demanding the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rossello.
Jimena Vergara
July 16, 2019Hurricane Maria Death Count over 5,000–not 64, New Study Finds
A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine estimates the number of deaths caused directly or indirectly by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico at over five thousand.
Juan Cruz Ferre
May 30, 2018Disaster Colonialism in Puerto Rico
More than seven months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans are still reeling — not only from the power outages and water shortages caused by the storm but also from the ruthless austerity measures imposed the U.S. Government. However, the people of the island are beginning to organize, fight back and determine their vision for a new Puerto Rico.
Héctor Reyes
April 21, 2018Storms, Colonial Chains, and US Cruelty
The condition of the infrastructure on the island is the product not only of the economic crisis that Puerto Rico has been trapped in for more than a decade, but even more so of the criminal conduct of the US.
Héctor Reyes
October 4, 2017Puerto Rico: Drowning in Debt While Capitalists Swim in Profits
In an interview with Left Voice, Francisco J. Fortuño Bernier describes on-the-ground organizing and conditions in Puerto Rico, considering the political implications of disaster capitalism’s greed, U.S. imperialist neglect, and the devastation wrought by two destructive hurricanes.
Francisco J. Fortuño Bernier
October 1, 2017Irma Hits Puerto Rico
The path of recovery in the aftermath of Irma, in the context of unresolved economic crisis on the island.
Héctor Reyes
September 8, 2017A New Dangerous Stage of the Colonial Plunder of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is facing its most severe crisis since it was militarily captured and turned into a colony by the U.S. in 1898. The Island has been in economic recession for more than a decade, compelling more than half a million people to emigrate. The colonial project upheld by the U.S. since the 1950s has exhausted over the past 30 years of neoliberal ravages.
Héctor Reyes
May 25, 2017Puerto Rico: Debt, Crisis and Colonialism
On July 1, Obama passed the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) and the Puerto Rican government virtually defaulted on the nearly $2 billion in bond payments due the same day.
Eduardo Molina
September 6, 2016