When Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico it easily obliterated the island’s fragile infrastructure, stranding many without resources while wealthy mainlanders fled.
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Alan Taveras had just received an MBA when he decided to leave Buenos Aires, Argentina and move back home in 2012 with one mission in mind: help Puerto Rico. Like millions of Puerto Ricans abroad, his dream was always to give back to the island. As the founder of an e-commerce-based start-up created to help small Puerto Rican businesses, he was advised to move to New York or Silicon Valley where entrepreneurs have long flocked to be close to venture capital and a network of media-candy companies. But instead, he took a risk and moved back to Puerto Rico to start his business.
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Whether the territory becomes a state remains a divisive topic on the island.
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Puerto Rico pushes for change in territorial status
As Puerto Ricans strive to change the island’s territorial status with the U.S., opinions vary as to what that change should be.Ricardo Arduengo/AP, FILE
Puerto Rico’s territorial status has been a topic of conversation among residents on the island for decades.
“It s a place that s been a colony for 500 years,” said Ed Morales, a professor at the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race in Columbia University and author of the book Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico.