Puerto Rico

Adjunct Faculty in an Adjunct Country

August 29, 2019

Beatriz Llenín Figueroa

The precarious status of adjunct faculty at the University of Puerto Rico is a microcasm for the broader issues faced by the archipelago.

Facultad Adjunta en País Adjunto

August 29, 2019

Beatriz Llenín Figueroa

En las plantillas de Excel de los tecnócratas, la condición de los docentes "sin plaza" se trata de un mero headcount de empleados adjuntos que hay que reducir. En los cuerpos de la facultad adjunta, vivimos las precarias condiciones, empeoradas por las que hoy enfrenta el país en pleno.

Puerto Rican People’s Assemblies Shift from Protest to Proposal

August 20, 2019

Jacqueline Villarrubia-Mendoza and Roberto Vélez-Vélez

Following the resignation of Gov. Rosselló, a series of people's assemblies have emerged throughout Puerto Rico to keep the conversation—and the popular movement—going.

Puerto Rico Rises Up: Readings on a Simmering Crisis

August 2, 2019

A NACLA reading list to put ongoing protests in Puerto Rico into context beyond the breaking point of the governor’s chats scandal.

The Protests in Puerto Rico Are About Life and Death

July 18, 2019

Marisol LeBrón

The ongoing protests in Puerto Rico are not just about profane chat messages—they are a response to a broader context of violence, degradation, and exploitation.

Policing is the Crisis

May 15, 2019

Marisol LeBrón

Even as a dwindling police force in Puerto Rico raises concerns over increasing violence, marginalized communities better served by alternative methods of violence and crime reduction are still vulnerable to state violence.

The Anti-Corruption Code for the New Puerto Rico

May 7, 2019

José Atiles-Osoria

Amid the ongoing debt crisis and as the Island continues to recover from Hurricane Maria, a new anti-corruption law in Puerto Rico fails to address systemic issues stemming from colonialism, austerity, and neoliberal policy.