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Ana amazing final show to close “La Residencia”. I am convinced that Benito and his team are showing us what boricua excellence looks and sounds like.

Went to see Benito last night. What an amazing concert!

Opinion | How Awful Is the Republican Megabill? Here Are Four of the Worst Parts.

Thanks for sharing, Yonah. This was a very revealing read. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...

Inequality and its highly pernicious impacts on display.

Las propuestas de desarrollo económico bajo el colonialismo estadounidense revelan un patrón demasiado común: los gobernantes boricuas, que carecen de destrezas e imaginación, bailan al son que le toquen en el norte. Y con los cambios de ritmo, andan aún más perdidos en la pista.

In MIT territory?

We’re not evidencing a structural shift towards a “planned economy” but a drunk walk towards an capricious and incoherent industrial policy.

No doubt.

Pero, ¿quién me va a backear en mis garatas? 🤣

The Cryptocurrency Scam That Turned a Small Town Against Itself How did a successful, financially sophisticated banker gamble his community’s money away?

Can’t help but think that this story is currently repeating itself and taking down a small financial institution in Puerto Rico, where crypto creeps unfortunately abound.

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Watching Bad Bunny’s latest video, Turista, I cannot help but feel how those of us living in—and not giving up on—Puerto Rico are cleaning up after those who take advantage of the extractive tourist economy.

According to data from the island’s Planning Board, Puerto Rico imported $1,218M and $647M from Mexico and Canada respectively, in 2023. The list of goods includes everything from pharmaceutical products to cars and food. Major impacts are coming thanks to the new tariffs.

“Se están llevando personas que tienen documentos”: agentes de ICE realizan operativo en el área de Barrio Obrero en Santurce Al menos, tres personas fueron detenidas en la primera intervención de este tipo luego que el presidente Trump revirtiera protecciones a inmigrantes en Estados Unidos

ICE raids in Puerto Rico are taking away innocent people who have all their migration documents in order. The most recent event took place in Barrio Obrero, Santurce. Story in Spanish: www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/seg...

The Walmart Effect New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.

Recuerdo cuando discutíamos el posible impacto de la llegada de Walmart a #PuertoRico. Según dos ensayos académicos recientes, “[…] Walmart makes the places it operates in poorer than they would be if it had never shown up at all.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

¿Habrá que ir a ver a los Mets con los papeles encima?

¿El aumento en el salario mínimo?

A Great victory, 2-✋🏽,
versus the “merengues” to win the Spanish Supercopa.
¡Visca el Barça sempre!
🔵🔴 🏆 🔵🔴

Las casetas de la La Parguera, en Puerto Rico, son un vivo ejemplo de un asentamiento informal. Pero, al ser habitados por la élite, no serán arrasados como aquellos habitados por gente pobre. Ya lo dijo Ananya Roy: el Estado crea la informalidad y usa estratégicamente el “estado de excepción”. 👇🏽

Hurricane María was just a recent episode in a very long history of plunder and violent colonial domination—since 1898.

Hay unas cuantas joyas en esa crónica.

Aquí les dejo un gran texto de Juan Villoro sobre un encuentro con el EZLN.
www.gatopardo.com/articulos/ez...

‘That is Maganomics’: where Trump is taking America on trade Maverick economist turned presidential adviser Peter Navarro has helped bring back a world in which power takes precedence over economic exchange. Will he prove his critics wrong?

An engaging and articulate essay by Jillian Tett, that summarizes numerous angles of a an evolving series of policy shifts.

‘That is Maganomics’: where Trump is taking America on trade on.ft.com/4h1VwnC

El error de conteo en la papeleta del plebiscito revela una cadena de incompetencia que incluye a compañías privadas contratadas para asistir procesos democráticos y a agencias públicas que han sido capturadas por intereses inescrupulosos. Es un reflejo del deterioro institucional en Puerto Rico.

Surreal y peligroso pues deja que esta noticia llegue a los oídos del corazón del rollo de la derecha en los EEUU. Aquellos que aún validan la teoría de conspiración que llevó al asalto del Capitolio.

So many images of said character come to mind.

When the Feds Are Still Watching Former Black Panthers fear the FBI is still keeping tabs on them decades after COINTELPRO. In at least one case, they were right.

For years, former Black Panthers have feared that the FBI is still keeping tabs on them decades after its notorious COINTELPRO program.

Malik Rahim had never been able to prove he was targeted. Now, government docs show he was correct.

Inside TSMC’s struggle to build a chip factory in the U.S. suburbs Missed deadlines and tension among Taiwanese and American coworkers are plaguing the chip giant’s Phoenix expansion.

A great read that reveals the clash of work cultures at the front lines of the the “new” industrial policy. Nearshoring is definitively easier said than done. restofworld.org/2024/tsmc-ar...

Sin duda, estos datos merecen ser examinados con mayor detenimiento, con un lente sociopolítico, y como parte de un ejercicio estratégico de movilización política.

¡Gracias, Xavier!

The meaning crisis, and how we rescue young men from reactionary politics In the recent US election, male voters overwhelmingly voted for Trump – because he offered them the illusion of meaning in a world where their position is uncertain

Aquí un artículo muy interesante sobre por qué tenemos que entender y atender el asunto de los hombres machistas que se sienten amenazados, y carentes de propósito, en las sociedades que se mueven a rechazar el patriarcado. www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/11/the-...