When Puerto Rico became a colony of the US in 1898, much of its population was living in poverty. The US government and Puerto Rico's appointed government instituted an economic development strategy ...
From Puerto Rico's standpoint, it is certainly worthwhile to look at New York's 1970s experience. However, what stands out are the differences between the two—rather than the similarities—both in the ...
New Yorkers are watching the deteriorating fiscal situation in Puerto Rico with deep concern. For many New Yorkers, the Puerto Rican debt crisis is not a distant, abstract matter of fiscal planning ...
Founded in 1950, the University of Texas Press publishes over 90 books per year and 11 journals in a wide range of fields. In addition to publishing the results of original research for scholars and ...
Puerto Rico is a political paradox: part of the United States but distinct from it, enjoying citizenship but lacking full political representation, and infused with its own brand of nationalism ...