Just Pinned to Domestic and Global News: Puerto Rico Declares Bankruptcy (image: @lgbtpr/Twitter) Colonized and exploited by America since 1898 its people governor and other officials are powerless ruled by US administrations and Congress. Islanders have no control over their lives welfare and destiny no say over foreign relations commerce trade air space land and offshore waters immigration and emigration nationality and citizenship currency maritime laws military service US bases on its territory constitutionality of its laws jurisdictions and legal procedures treaties radio and television communications agriculture natural resources and more. For nearly 120 years its been victimized by US imperial rapaciousness. Things finally came to head financially. Puerto Rico is bankrupt though cant declare it under US law. Its a wasteland of high unemployment poverty and deprivation. Force-fed austerity exacerbates dire economic conditions. Islanders are US citizens without enfranchisement on the mainland. They pay federal taxes getting back pathetically little in return. They suffer from mismanagement political greed widespread corruption deplorable social services and monied interests exp
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