Ep. 134 - Puerto Rico Deserves Better Than This

Welcome back to Frown Town! This week, Vee and J talk about Puerto Rico and how colonialism has negatively impacted their ability improve their present and their future. 

Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon

Relevant Links:

An Uncertain State: In the debate over whether to admit Puerto Rico to the union, which side is Puerto Rico on? - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/puerto-rico-statehood-us-politics-democrats.html

What Does It Mean to be A Territory of the United States - https://www.puertoricoreport.com/educators-mean-territory-united-states/#.YzDNenbMJEZ

Freely Associated States 2022 - https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/freely-associated-state

Compacts of Free Association - https://www.doi.gov/oia/compacts-of-free-association

Colonialism's Ledger: Puerto Rico in the shadow of debt - https://www.thenation.com/article/society/rocio-zambrana-colonial-debts/

The Origins of the Puerto Rican Debt Crisis - https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/090915/origins-puerto-rican-debt-crisis.asp

S.2328:  PROMESA - https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2328

Act 22 - https://www.the2022actsociety.org/tax-incentives/act-22/

White liberals must stop pushing Puerto Rican statehood for their own benefit. Let us decide. - https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/white-liberals-must-stop-pushing-puerto-rican-statehood-their-own-ncna1247419