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Autoretrato en Verso
Finding Myself in Tato Laviera's PoetryBy: Hector Luis Alamo Jesús Abraham “Tato” Laviera Sánchez was a poet and a playwright. He was a Nuyorican and an “AmeRícan” from the island. He was born in...
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By: Hector Luis Alamo There’s a tug of war taking place between two dominant forces in the world today, between globalization on the one hand and tribalism on the other. Point to nearly any continent...
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Puerto Rico is Sinking
By: Hector Luis Alamo “Puerto Rico My heart’s devotion Let it sink back in the ocean” Anita del Carmen, the grateful Puerto Rican migrant from Bernstein and Sondheim’s popular musical, just might get...
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The Borinqueneers and the Case for Puerto Rico’s Independence
By: Hector Luis Alamo My paternal grandfather passed away a few years ago at the ripe old age of 80-something, and although we’d been estranged for about 20 years before his passing, I remember three...
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Scotland of the Antilles
By: Hector Luis Alamo Scotland covers an area of little more than 30,000 square miles, about eight times the size of Puerto Rico, and occupies the upper third of the island of Great Britain, which it...
View ArticleImmigration Reform vs. Puerto Rico’s Political Status
By: Hector Luis Alamo In his remarks following a conference on the Puerto Rican economy last week, Luis Fortuño said Congress must address Puerto Rico’s political status before it tackles the...
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Too Afraid to Say ‘Yes’ to Independence
Photo: Claridad newspaper After polls showed the pro-independence campaign leading the pro-union one ahead of last week’s historic referendum in Scotland, 300 years of London rule over Scotland seemed...
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Obama’s UN Speech Reveals an Empire Living in a Glass House
Photo: Brett Tatman, flickr I don’t know how President Obama did it. Really. I don’t know how he got up in front of the 193 member states gathered at the United Nations General Assembly last month,...
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Homage to Catalan Independence
Having a Puerto Rican father, and being an advocate of the island’s independence myself, it’s tempting to fall into an unthinking solidarity with the people of Catalonia, who on November 9 will vote...
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What the Aftermath of D.C.’s Weed Law Means for Puerto Rico
Whenever the colonial status of Puerto Rico is mentioned, some people hastily point out that the island has its own government, with its own constitution, and free and open elections. Remind them of...
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