Op-Ed: Success using ARPA funding
December 2, 2021
In Puerto Rico, we continue to set an example for other United States jurisdictions on how to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. After leading the administration of CARES Act funding effectively, without findings, we are now doing the same with the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. Among other financial allocations, ARPA represented a $2.47 […]
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Op-Ed: The importance of shopping locally
November 29, 2021
There is a popular song in the Caribbean written by King Obstinate titled: “How Will Santa Get Here?” The proposed solution? “There is no reindeer in my country. He’ll have to borrow de neighbor’s donkey.” These themes of getting creative and leveraging community resources are the perfect segue for our article. The people of the […]
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Op-Ed: The weak links in the Global Supply Chain
November 19, 2021
Out-of-stock, higher pricing, empty shelves, longer shipping times, rising shipping costs, and labor shortages, and now the Christmas season is adding the Black Friday specials. All these issues act in tandem, impacting the once stable producer/consumer relationships into a twilight zone. The preferred response by most is that the Global Supply Chain is both weak […]
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Op-Ed: The metaverse and surveillance capitalism
November 15, 2021
Edward Bernays, the father of public relations, published his book Propaganda in 1928. This text was considered innovative at the time and raises the importance of opinion leaders and persuasive messages to mobilize individuals, influence their behaviors and habits of speech. consumption. Twenty-one years later, George Orwell published the famous 1984, a dystopian novel set […]
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Op-Ed: Puerto Rico’s Plan of Adjustment in peril, we all face unknown journey
October 27, 2021
On July 1, 2016, Puerto Rico decided to default on its General Obligations bonds, a credit protected by our constitution and debt which should have NEVER defaulted. Most of us realize the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico (FOMB) exists because our politicians could not avoid the financial crisis that led us to […]
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Op-Ed: Looking back at public relations lessons learned during CaPeCo fire, explosion
October 22, 2021
It was the case that changed my public relations career. A loud thump woke me up from deep sleep that Thursday night. I was beyond exhausted when I put my preschoolers to bed that day. Our annual Halloween bash was only three days away and I had taken two days off from work to turn […]
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Op-Ed: Puerto Rico’s recovery funds demand a private match
October 12, 2021
A federal grant is “a way the government funds ideas and projects to provide public services and stimulate the economy,” and it is one among many ways the US government reallocates resources to eligible recipients. With the Biden administration, citizens and businesses in Puerto Rico expect that the massive investment in federal dollars allows full […]
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Op-Ed: Can you pass the US Citizenship test without Google?
October 7, 2021
We all have watched the never dull discussions surrounding the Shadow Congress members from Puerto Rico. The posts of shadow US Congressmen or Shadow Senator have been held by elected or appointed government officials from territories of the United States that do not have a congressional vote. We have representation in Congress in the form of a […]
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Op-Ed: 5 questions for House committee on Puerto Rico energy security
October 4, 2021
On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee will hold an oversight hearing on Puerto Rico’s electrical system and the LUMA Energy grid privatization contract. Since LUMA Energy took over the island’s transmission and distribution system operations on June 1, electrical service in Puerto Rico has deteriorated even further — including unacceptably long outage […]
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Op-Ed: Investing in Puerto Rico, investing in your future
October 1, 2021
We can all safely say that Puerto Rico’s great economic experiment began taking shape last year, marked by three extraordinary events. Our experiment starts with the earthquakes in the southern part of Puerto Rico that continues to affect thousands of lives from leaving children without schools to shuttering business to affecting the mental health of […]
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Op-Ed: The insensible sense of rights
September 23, 2021
We have seen a significant percentage of the population behaving with an insensible sense of rights. Some people believe they deserve privileges above anyone else; they do not care if their actions impact others and are often brazen and arrogant in their activities. We have in the U.S. 182,012,343 Americans fully vaccinated, just 54.8% of […]
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Op-Ed: Are vaccination rates impacted by politics?
September 13, 2021
As we all have watched in great amazement the outsize rise in COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant, particularly in most southern states, I wondered if there was a trend between vaccination rates and party affiliation. I know the mere thought sounds absurd; however, after watching a recent program on “Jugando Pelota Dura” in […]
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Op-Ed: Celebrating a milestone for local entrepreneurship
September 10, 2021
Puerto Rico is celebrating a major milestone for entrepreneurship that has been 25 years in the making. It all started with our founder Enrique Adsuar-González’s vision of forging a local industry driven by private capital to promote economic growth for Puerto Rico. A quarter of a century later, Grupo Guayacán’s achievements are a testament of […]
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Op-Ed: Why treating art as an investment will significantly increase your values
September 8, 2021
Is it worth investing in art? Investing in art is different from many other investments, such as cars, stocks, or bonds, in that if a financial need arises, you can sell these assets reasonably quickly. But art investments don’t have this flexibility of immediate monetization. It depends a lot on the artist, the trends, the […]
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Op-Ed: Is the CDC openly discriminating against Puerto Rico, USA?
September 2, 2021
On Aug. 31, we were all surprised to see that the Centers for Disease Control, known as CDC, issued a warning against traveling to several worldwide destinations and two US territories Guam and Puerto due to an increase in coronavirus cases. The CDC raised Puerto Rico to what they refer to as “Level 4,” to […]
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