Powerful Photo Series ‘Puerto Ricans Underwater’ is a Biting Metaphor For an Island Drowning in Debt
“Puerto Rico has been controlled by the United States since 1898—that’s nearly 120 years of colonial rule, and a whole slew of transgressions, from stifling trade restrictions to the exploitation ofunknowing Puerto Rican women in dangerous early contraceptive testing. The in-progressimplementation of the U.S.-appointed Fiscal Control Board—La Junta de Control Fiscal—marks yet another abusive colonial infliction. With the oppressive austerity cuts that await, the weight of Puerto Rico’s American overlords today is undeniably heavy.“









