Javier Hernández, Author of "Puerto Rico For Puerto Ricans - Why It Will Always Be That Way"

Author Javier Hernández joins David to discuss his new book Puerto Rico for Puerto Ricans – Why It Will Always Be That Way.

Topics include:

:03 Colonialism, Puerto Rican culture and nationality

:13 English and Puerto Rico’s class system

:16 The myth of Puerto Rico Statehood

:20 Why Statehooders hate Casa Pueblo

:23 National Rail/Transit for Puerto Rico

:26 2014 GAO Report

:30 The Reality of Taking Congressional Seats

:34 Financial Independence and “Puerto Rico: The Economic Case for Sovereignty”

:36 The Need for Election Oversight in PR Elections

:42 Electoral Alliances

:49 Immigration and Xenophobia

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Javier Hernández, Author of “Puerto Rico For Puerto Ricans – Why It Will Always Be That Way”