Puerto Rico

June 11, 2018
Laura Weiss, Marisol LeBrón, Michelle Chase

NACLA's editors introduce the latest print issue, Eye of the Storm: Colonialism, Capitalism, Climate in Caribbean.

April 9, 2018
Lara Merling

They won’t admit it, but it’s in the fine print: federal relief funds are being earmarked for bondholders.

February 22, 2018
Pedro Cabán

What does the history of emigration—and the policies that compelled it—mean for the de facto colony today?

February 1, 2018
Lara Merling

Puerto Rico recently announced they will privatize its power utility. Past experience shows that fixing the broken electrical system won’t be so simple.

October 19, 2017
Angel “Monxo” López Santiago

In the wake of Hurricanes Maria and Irma, the Caribbean must escape the trappings of modern-day colonialism and seek out its own kinds of sovereignties.

October 2, 2017
Marisol LeBrón

How can the history of policing in Puerto Rico deepen understandings of race, class, and colonialism in Puerto Rico—and what can it tell us in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria?

September 29, 2017
Ed Morales

The Trump administration's delay in sending real aid to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria is a distasteful display of colonialist racism. But it's par for the course: our citizenship has always been second-class.

September 26, 2017
Marisol LeBrón

How reconsidering the history of policing in Puerto Rico complicates our understandings of the island's colonial relationship with the United States

June 16, 2017
Ricardo Gabriel

What does the controversy about Oscar López Rivera’s participation in this year’s Puerto Rican Day parade tell us about Puerto Rico’s anti-colonial struggle?

January 6, 2016
Lilia Fernández

The history of Puerto Rican migration to the U.S. shows why the fight for migrant rights must also be a struggle for racial justice.

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