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Puerto Rico Rocked by Storm of Colonialism
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
10 Oct 2017
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A report by the Washington-based Center for Economic and Policy Research says Puerto Rico needs “a whole new economic plan” if it is to recover from hurricane damage. According to researcher Kevin Cashman, however, the island’s colonial status “was a big part of why Puerto Rico is in this mess, to begin with.”

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