Episode 21 – Our Martí
Happy birthday, Martí! Hector chats with Alfred López, director of Latin American and Latino Studies at Purdue University, and author of ‘José Martí: A Revolutionary Life.’
The 11 Crises of Puerto Rico
A short swing at the Gordian Knot that is Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico Resiste
Puerto Rico resiste. It always has, and it always will.
Puerto Rico Se Levanta
Puerto Rico rises, every day.
Going Home to Puerto Rico, For the First Time
I am coming home, Puerto Rico, for the first time. How will I find you? Will you recognize me as one of your own? Am I too late?
Colonial Coincidences and Capitalist Charity in Puerto Rico
That the owner of Whitefish Energy and the Secretary of the Interior both come from the same small town in Montana isn’t a coincidence, but pure capitalist colonialism.
The Colony Before and After the Storm
Who now dares claim that Puerto Rico isn’t a colony?
The Farce of July
Few in Puerto Rico will celebrate the Fourth of July harder than statehooders, but their ignorance of its true meaning condemns their celebrations to mere farce.