The Energy of Empire 4. Puerto Rico - ’Belonging to but not Part of’

The Energy of Empire 4. Puerto Rico - ’Belonging to but not Part of’

‘Do not make peace until we get Porto Rico.’ That’s what Theodore Roosevelt wrote to his partner in imperial crime, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, as Roosevelt was preparing to personally invade Cuba. ‘Porto Rico is not forgotten and we mean to have it,’ Lodge replied.

Sources

War Against All Puerto Ricans, by Nelson A Denis

Fantasy Island, by Ed Morales

America’s Backyard: Puerto Rico

The History of Vieques in 10 Minutes. by Robert Rabin

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