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Today, puerto rico faces a crisis that threatens the wellbeing of our childrens generations. With those dire words, the governors of puerto rico and new york held a 2hour exchange of ideas designed to help the u. S. Commonwealth confront an enormous debt that grows worse by the day. I dont believe were going to be able to solve any big problems today, but i think we can listen, we can learn, and we can then come up with a strategy. That strategy is already underway. The action plan unveiled by t...

The Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Hunter College) presents the authors of The News Media in Puerto Rico: Journalism in Colonial Settings and in Times of Crises (Routledge, 2020),Federico Subervi-Vélez, Sandra Rodríguez-Cotto, and Jairo Lugo-Ocando. This event takes place via Zoom TODAY, May 12, 2021, at 6:00pm (EST). [See Zoom link below.] There are many reasons why Puerto Rico, after more than 122 years, continues to be a colony of the United States. The island’s media system is one of...

Toggle Sidebar Yarimar Bonilla, Interim Director of El Centro (Hunter College/CUNY) Dr. Yarimar Bonilla has been named interim director of CENTRO—Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños [Center for Puerto Rican Studies] at Hunter College/CUNY. A search will be soon underway for permanent director. [For more information, see CENTRO.] Hunter College President Jennifer J. Raab today announced the appointment of Professor Yarimar Bonilla as Interim Director of El Centro, The Center for Puerto Rican...