Ben Norton speaks with Ángel Rodríguez Rivera, president of the Puerto Rican Association of University Professors, about the devastating neoliberal economic policies forced on Puerto Rico.
Washington imposed an unelected fiscal control board, called the junta, to control Puerto Rico's finances. Now it is pushing through so-called "debt restructuring," in law PC1003, that will slash social benefits, defund public universities, and crush working-class people in order to pay off foreign corporate debt vultures.
Meanwhile, the US-imposed privatization of Puerto Rico's electrical grid in a neoliberal public-private partnership has caused chronic blackouts, while executives at LUMA Energy make huge salaries.
US-Russia talks fail. Is war on horizon? Impact on Ukraine and Europe?
Is failed Kazakhstan coup attempt end of US 'color revolution' era?
What's causing the inflation crisis? Economist Michael Hudson explains
Far-right Pinochet supporter loses Chile's election. Will the neoliberal system change?
Is Russia really planning a war in Ukraine - or is Washington?
Nicaragua recognizes China, breaks ties with Taiwan. Is a Panama Canal alternative coming soon?
Venezuela's socialists win elections in landslide - so US tries to discredit them
Nicaragua explains why it’s leaving OAS, responds to US attacks on its elections
New US war on Nicaragua's Sandinistas: OAS rejects elections, Biden imposes sanctions
Julian Assange's fiancée Stella Moris discusses CIA threats and US extradition dangers
US govt-backed social media companies blatantly meddle in Nicaragua's elections
Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire with Michael Hudson
Are US spies behind the Pandora Papers? Why are no American politicians included?
Shady Facebook 'whistleblower' wants more censorship and crackdown on US adversaries
CIA plotted to kidnap and kill WikiLeaks journalist Julian Assange
Debunking 'Havana Syndrome' propaganda: CIA mass hysteria plus crickets
Biden's UN speech shows further US commitment to war and meddling, not 'diplomacy'
Is Bolsonaro's Brazil planning a far-right military coup?
20 years after 9/11, millions of victims of 'War on Terror': Reflection with Prof. Asad AbuKhalil
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