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Podcast: Interview with José R. González Irizarry, Esq.
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Puerto Rico Cannot Afford Another Disaster, Protect the Integrity of Its 2020 Elections
An opinion written by Gretchen Sierra-Zorita for Latino Rebels. As states race to protect voters from COVID-19 and their votes from foreign interference next November, Puerto Rico appears to be running in the opposite direction. A new electoral...
U.S. discrimination against residents of Puerto Rico
Column by José Enrique Fernández originally published in El Nuevo Día. It was last April 10, a Good Friday and in the middle of quarantine, that we learned of the decision of the First Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, which ruled that it was...
Are the lives of American citizens in Puerto Rico worth less?
Is it fair that U.S. citizens residing in Puerto Rico receive less in health care funds? According to the Federal Government, the lives of American citizens residing in Puerto Rico are worth less. Puerto Rico receives $1.5 billion less in Medicare funds than...
The Constitution, COVID-19, and Growing Healthcare Disparities in U.S. Territories
Article by Neil Weare, Rosa Hayes and Mary Charlotte Carroll as published on The American Constitution Society blog. COVID-19 has illuminated many unseemly cracks in the U.S. healthcare system. It's shocking to hear some of the country's premiere hospitals...
Appellate Court Issues Ruling On Supplemental Income In Favor Of U.S. Citizens Residing In Puerto Rico
The Federal Court of Appeals issued a key ruling this past Friday, April 10, 2020 on the supplemental security income claim. The decision comes after the federal government filed a lawsuit seeking reimbursement of more than...