The political status of Puerto Rico continues to be intensely contested, but measures to make the island the 51st state remain elusive.
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Puerto Rico has reached an agreement to partially settle its historic bankruptcy crisis. But public cuts to education and health care are unlikely to ease, creating ongoing challenges for Puerto Ricans
Trump has repeatedly misconstrued the territory as not being part of the United States. But it is.
It’s been one year since a Category 4 storm turned Puerto Rico into a disaster zone. Today, nearly every pillar of society — including the economy, health care and schools — remains hobbled.
A Puerto Rican librarian with a personal relationship to hurricanes describes the brutal reality of life on this Caribbean island more than a month after Maria and Irma left their mark.
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PhD candidate in African & African Diaspora Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
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Research, Reference and Special Collections Librarian, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao
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Professor of Anthropology and Director of Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University
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Associate Instructional Professor in Political Science, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida