deep dives with edgard: puerto rico's economic exploitation and migration
from operation bootstrap to the nuyorican dream: a tale of two islands
tl;dr: uncle sam turned puerto rico into a tax haven, cheap labor pool, and human guinea pig lab. the result? a vibrant diaspora community, a struggling island economy, and some seriously messed up medical experiments. it's more complicated, y'all. and itβs infuriating as fuck.
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