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A. Rivera<p>In American <a href="https://mas.to/tags/imperialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imperialist</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a>. It was on July 25th, which btw eventually became the local holiday for the declaration of the Puerto Rican constitution (establishment of ELA, or in English the "Commonwealth"). </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/YankeeGoHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YankeeGoHome</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonPR</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>&gt; Food banks are already stretched thin, and changes to SNAP benefits are likely to leave some Americans hungry <a href="https://irjci.blogspot.com/2025/07/food-banks-are-already-stretched-thin.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">irjci.blogspot.com/2025/07/foo</span><span class="invisible">d-banks-are-already-stretched-thin.html</span></a></p><p>Let's be honest. I can't expect gringos to give a fuck about the citizens <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a> when they DGAF about their own people in the mainland. In the end, that surplus population ain't going to decrease itself. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/hunger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hunger</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FoodInsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodInsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ThisIsAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CullTheHerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CullTheHerd</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AmericanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanEmpire</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>BTW, reminded of this meme every time some gringos whine their government is not doing enough, etc. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AmericanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanEmpire</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>Meanwhile, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a> </p><p>&gt; High prices, blackouts and half the money: Inside Puerto Rico’s stagnant food aid system <a href="https://19thnews.org/2025/07/puerto-rico-food-aid-nap-congress-frozen/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">19thnews.org/2025/07/puerto-ri</span><span class="invisible">co-food-aid-nap-congress-frozen/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FoodInsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodInsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/hunger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hunger</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AmericanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanEmpire</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonPR</span></a></p>
ecosentido<p>Decolonization, citizenship, and identity: An overview of the relationship between the <a href="https://boriken.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> and its territories<br><a href="https://boriken.social/tags/USTerritories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USTerritories</span></a> <a href="https://boriken.social/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a> <a href="https://boriken.social/tags/PUERTORICO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PUERTORICO</span></a> <a href="https://boriken.social/tags/Guam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Guam</span></a> <a href="https://boriken.social/tags/AmericanSamoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanSamoa</span></a> <a href="https://boriken.social/tags/USVirginIslands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USVirginIslands</span></a> <a href="https://boriken.social/tags/decolonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decolonization</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://pasquines.us/2025/07/14/decolonization-citizenship-and-identity-an-overview-of-the-relationship-between-the-united-states-and-its-territories/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pasquines.us/2025/07/14/decolo</span><span class="invisible">nization-citizenship-and-identity-an-overview-of-the-relationship-between-the-united-states-and-its-territories/</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>(Spanish language news) The failure of PROMESA law [and the Fiscal Control Board] nine years later. </p><p>&gt; El fracaso de PROMESA nueve años después <a href="https://claridadpuertorico.com/el-fracaso-de-promesa-nueve-anos-despues/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">claridadpuertorico.com/el-frac</span><span class="invisible">aso-de-promesa-nueve-anos-despues/</span></a> via <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ClaridadPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClaridadPR</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AmericanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanEmpire</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonPR</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>Claridad continues their series on food and Puerto Rican culture, today looking at fast food and how it has become a lifestyle sacrificing the traditional lunch.</p><p>&gt; Fast food, fast life, fast death: cómo la comida rápida se convirtió en estilo de vida <a href="https://claridadpuertorico.com/fast-food-fast-life-fast-death-como-la-comida-rapida-se-convirtio-en-estilo-de-vida/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">claridadpuertorico.com/fast-fo</span><span class="invisible">od-fast-life-fast-death-como-la-comida-rapida-se-convirtio-en-estilo-de-vida/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FastFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FastFood</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonPR</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>Meanwhile, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a> </p><p>&gt; Puerto Rico’s power struggles. The island is staring down a dirtier, and potentially darker, future — with little say over what happens. <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/17/1118216/puerto-rico-power-struggles-future/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">technologyreview.com/2025/06/1</span><span class="invisible">7/1118216/puerto-rico-power-struggles-future/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonPR</span></a> (c)</p>
A. Rivera<p>Meanwhile, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a>, ICE is "on the streets everyday" (doing the fascist <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fuckery</span></a> they do). (Spanish language article).</p><p>&gt; El ICE está “en la calle todos los días”: desde que llegó Trump, aumenta cinco veces la cifra de inmigrantes detenidos en Puerto Rico <a href="https://periodismoinvestigativo.com/2025/06/desde-trump-aumenta-cifra-inmigrantes-detenidos-puerto-rico/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">periodismoinvestigativo.com/20</span><span class="invisible">25/06/desde-trump-aumenta-cifra-inmigrantes-detenidos-puerto-rico/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AmericanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanEmpire</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/YankeeGoHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YankeeGoHome</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonPR</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>Meanwhile, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a> </p><p>&gt; Redirected funds in Puerto Rico leave solar plans in the dark as hurricane season looms <a href="https://www.dailyclimate.org/redirected-funds-in-puerto-rico-leave-solar-plans-in-the-dark-as-hurricane-season-looms-2672188990.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailyclimate.org/redirected-fu</span><span class="invisible">nds-in-puerto-rico-leave-solar-plans-in-the-dark-as-hurricane-season-looms-2672188990.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SolarPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPower</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AmericanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanEmpire</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonPR</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a>, PR loses FEMA funding for climate change assistance. (Spanish language article) </p><p>&gt; Puerto Rico pierde fondos de FEMA que promovían la adaptación climática <a href="https://periodismoinvestigativo.com/2025/04/puerto-rico-pierde-fondos-de-fema-que-promovian-la-adaptacion-climatica/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">periodismoinvestigativo.com/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/puerto-rico-pierde-fondos-de-fema-que-promovian-la-adaptacion-climatica/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PartyOfStupid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartyOfStupid</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FEMA</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonPR</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>On the costs of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a> to the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AmericanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanEmpire</span></a>. </p><p>&gt; El colonialismo cuesta <a href="https://claridadpuertorico.com/el-colonialismo-cuesta/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">claridadpuertorico.com/el-colo</span><span class="invisible">nialismo-cuesta/</span></a> via <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ClaridadPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClaridadPR</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonPR</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>This week in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> via <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ClaridadPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClaridadPR</span></a> </p><p>&gt; Esta semana en la historia <a href="https://claridadpuertorico.com/esta-semana-en-la-historia-172/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">claridadpuertorico.com/esta-se</span><span class="invisible">mana-en-la-historia-172/</span></a></p><p>Among the highlights: </p><p>&gt;March 21, 1937: the Ponce Massacre. <br>&gt; March 24, 1980: Archbishop Romero is assassinated by Right Wing death squads.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonPR</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/YankeeGoHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YankeeGoHome</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>&gt; Is the Jones Act Unconstitutional?<br>The law is wasteful and protectionist. Now, a new lawsuit argues that it is unconstitutional too.<br><a href="https://reason.com/2025/02/25/is-the-jones-act-unconstitutional/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">reason.com/2025/02/25/is-the-j</span><span class="invisible">ones-act-unconstitutional/</span></a></p><p>Hawaiian company suing, but you know who else this hurts? Puerto Rico and the rest of its colonies and territories, not that regular gringos give a fuck. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fuckery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fuckery</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonPR</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>If anything, old map, ca. 1903 or so, few years after US invaded, shows there was quite a bit of agriculture on the island...which gringos then proceeded to fuck up over time and make what was once a relatively autonomous nation into a dependent colony. </p><p>&gt; A Patchwork of Plantations in Puerto Rico <a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2024/11/a-patchwork-of-plantations-in-puerto-rico/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/maps/2024/11/a-p</span><span class="invisible">atchwork-of-plantations-in-puerto-rico/</span></a> via <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LibraryOfCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryOfCongress</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cartography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cartography</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GovDocs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovDocs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonPR</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>Meanwhile, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a>, where this is as ridiculous as it gets. It has about as much value as straw poll, if at all. Just when I think local politics cannot get more ridiculous.</p><p>&gt; Puerto Rico residents can vote symbolically for president in November <a href="https://www.sanjuandailystar.com/post/puerto-rico-residents-can-vote-symbolically-for-president-in-november" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sanjuandailystar.com/post/puer</span><span class="invisible">to-rico-residents-can-vote-symbolically-for-president-in-november</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonPR</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>In sad news from the world of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> back in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a>. </p><p>&gt;Muere el cantautor Antonio Cabán Vale “El Topo” <a href="https://www.periodicolaperla.com/entretenimiento/muere-el-cantautor-antonio-caban-vale-el-topo/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">periodicolaperla.com/entreteni</span><span class="invisible">miento/muere-el-cantautor-antonio-caban-vale-el-topo/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RIP</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonPR</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ElTopo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElTopo</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>In the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a>. One of the many reasons I am not going back to the island in my lifetime. (Some of this may also be <a href="https://mas.to/tags/gentrification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gentrification</span></a>). </p><p>&gt;Cost of living in San Juan, Bayamón &amp; Caguas exceeds national average <a href="https://www.sanjuandailystar.com/post/cost-of-living-in-san-juan-bayam%C3%B3n-caguas-exceeds-national-average" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sanjuandailystar.com/post/cost</span><span class="invisible">-of-living-in-san-juan-bayam%C3%B3n-caguas-exceeds-national-average</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonPR</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>In follow up. Apparently all that sweet gringo contractor money was not enough. Guy lost his primary. </p><p>&gt;Puerto Rico governor concedes defeat in primary upset <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4700007-puerto-rico-governor-concedes-defeat-primary-upset/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/homenews/campaign/</span><span class="invisible">4700007-puerto-rico-governor-concedes-defeat-primary-upset/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonPR</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>Meanwhile, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BackInTheUSColony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackInTheUSColony</span></a> </p><p>&gt;U.S. Contractors Put Their Money into Re-electing Puerto Rico Governor <a href="https://periodismoinvestigativo.com/2024/05/usa-contractors-money-governor-campaign/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">periodismoinvestigativo.com/20</span><span class="invisible">24/05/usa-contractors-money-governor-campaign/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PuertoRico</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FollowTheMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FollowTheMoney</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RealOwners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RealOwners</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MastodonPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonPR</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a></p>