Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Why would anyone choose to live in Puerto Rico?

US bailouts keep this poor relation afloat through bankruptcies, hurricanes and political bust-ups without even trying to boost its demographics or reverse its economic decline

An abandoned windmill for salt mining at Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. [Getty Images]
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  • Puerto Rico: A National History

    Jorell Meléndez-Badillo

    Princeton, pp. 312, £25

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