The People of Vieques, Puerto Rico vs. the United States Navy
On April 19, 1999, two F-18 jets mistook the navy’s red-and-white checked observation post on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico for a target, and dropped 500 pound bombs on it. Vieques resident David...
View ArticlePuerto Rico: The Crisis Is About Colonialism, Not Debt
Tourists are fascinated by the heavy blue cobblestones that pave the streets of Old San Juan. Why they are there is as good an explanation as any for Puerto Rico’s current crisis. In the days of...
View ArticleShe Works Like a Man; If a Woman’s Word
Linda Backiel is a criminal defense attorney practicing in San Juan, Puerto Rico. | more… Source
View ArticleA Duel of Dreams
This article will be released in full online October 21, 2019. Naomi Klein’s The Battle for Paradise (Haymarket, 2018) describes a duel of dreams for post-Hurricane Mara Puerto Rico. On the one hand,...
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