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Héctor A. Ríos Maury

Professor of Management and International Trade at the School of Business Administration, University of Puerto Rico.

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Bad Bunny has a political agenda for Puerto Rico

Bad Bunny has turned his immense cultural influence into a platform for advancing a political vision for Puerto Rico's future.

Will Puerto Rico become the 51st state of the United States?

Some voting intention measurements project that statehood will again obtain a majority of around 55%, and the two forms of independence will oscillate around 45%.

Why does most of the Latin American left support Putin?

In addition to the absolute support of the autocrats Maduro, Díaz-Canel and Ortega to the Russian invasion, the leftist governments of Lula da Silva and Petro have also consented to the invasion of this ultra-right regime.

The Sur currency: a new chimera?

For decades, different common currency projects have been conceived and proposed in Latin America. All of them have failed.

Puerto Rico seeks to overcome its territorial-colonial condition

On December 15, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a law ordering a plebiscite to be held in Puerto Rico to determine its final status.