Puerto Rico Essay

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In recent years, there has been a significant importance when studying the governmental life of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is an island in the Caribbean, in which there has been a growing problem when it comes to debt, government, the living cost of the communities, and impoverishment. On September 8, 2015, I attended an event hosted by Teresita Levy, whom is part of the graduate committee of CLACLS (center for Latin American, Caribbean & Latino Studies. This event, “Puerto Rico is not Greece: U.S Colonialism, Debt, And Migration”, largely addressed the debt issue in Puerto Rico, and a little of the history and myths that goes behind it. The three main scholars’ speakers were, Ismael Garcia, whom specializes in the Puerto Rican’s experience in labor in the U.S, Harry Rivera, whom is a Hunter professor and an expert in the History of PR, and Dr Cordero, has an PhD in sociology and it’s a professor. These experts spoke about how the debt in Puerto Rico is over $73 billion, affecting the workers and the poor, ‘forcing them to immigrate in mass to the U.S.’ The economy has …show more content…

According to the Kruger Report, it says that the debt is increasing because “Puerto Rico is a low skilled place, welfare is too generous, minimum wage should be lowered, and there is a low level of education.” Well, I love how Cordero spoke against these myths with statistics, to PROVE that this is WRONG. First, the education level: more than 44.7% (Image 1) hold a Bachelor’s Degree. This was a shock to me, because it seems higher, than the degrees earned in the United States. The “lazy”: the high unemployment is affecting those looking for jobs.
He met this fisher man and his family that work
Over 12 hours a day trying to catch fishes to sell; they got 400 pounds of fish.
Each pound, they sold to a ‘picaderia’ for $2/pound: IF lucky.
With the $2 they try to feed their

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