Op-Ed: Congress v. P.R.: Modern day struggle for equality
July 20, 2015
It's ironic that on the heels of the celebration of America's greatest achievement, the month when the land of the free and the home of the brave was forever liberated from the shackles of its colonial status, we now find one of its remaining illegitimate sons, Puerto Rico, on the cusp of a similar crossroads.
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Op-Ed: What is Puerto Rico selling?
June 9, 2015
Is our current political status limiting our economic potential? That was the controversial question that was asked during last year’s ALPFA Puerto Rico’s marquee event, when a panel of five senior executives from the corporate, nonprofit and entrepreneurial sectors answered questions about our island’s most pressing problem: How to stop the infamous “brain drain.” It […]
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Op-Ed: Pour some sense into your water usage
June 1, 2015
Did you know that if you turn off the tap while brushing your teeth you could save up to three gallons of water? Did you know that leaks can waste the average household 10,000 gallons of water per year?
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Op-Ed: Puerto Rico’s energy ‘revolution’ marks birthday
May 21, 2015
A year ago, as Puerto Rico welcomed the signing of the Energy Transformation and Relief Act of Puerto Rico (Act 57-2014), I shared my sentiment of great enthusiasm with friends, by quoting the extraordinary anthem of the Beatles 1968 “Revolution.”
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Op-Ed: Puerto Rico’s reality distortion field
May 11, 2015
As aptly described in Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs, this late genius of technological innovation was prone to deploying a “reality distortion field” to bend friends, foes and facts alike to his will.
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Op-Ed: Small biz must export east to keep leadership
March 23, 2015
By 2030, more than 2 billion Asian consumers are expected to join the global middle class. In 15 years, the Asian market is projected to be six times larger than the U.S. market.
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Op-Ed: Tech systems will be key to launching tax reform
February 20, 2015
At the Puerto Rico Information Technology Cluster we believe that the potential success of the implementation of a value added tax system and how fair it could be for Puerto Ricans will depend largely on the strength of information systems that are launched to support it.
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Op-Ed: ‘Mr. Governor, your strategy hurts’
February 13, 2015
Your speech hurts. Your government strategy hurts. Your tax reform hurts.
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Op-Ed: Puerto Rico’s IT sector ranks #1 in value in U.S.
February 11, 2015
Yesterday we learned that, according to the Cyberstates 2015 report, published by the Technology Councils of America, Information Technology (IT) salaries in Puerto Rico rank lowest in the United States.
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Op-Ed: Purging ’14’s anxieties in favor of ‘hope’ in ’15
December 29, 2014
Forty years ago, as I prepared for a personal adventure that would change my life forever, I read an autobiography by U.S. Supreme Court Judge William O. Douglas called “Go East Young Man, The Early Years.”
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Op-Ed: Myths and truths on Puerto Rico’s current cycle
December 2, 2014
Puerto Rico’s “Great Recession,” as is the case with any complex phenomena, is not without its own myths.
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Op-Ed: On Small Biz Saturday, ‘shop small, dine small’
November 18, 2014
As the voice for our nation’s entrepreneurs, we at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) celebrate small businesses daily.
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Op-Ed: Game changers in Puerto Rico
November 17, 2014
According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, a game changer is a newly introduced element or factor that changes an existing situation or activity in a significant way.
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Op-Ed: Puerto Rico, the sum of its parts
November 10, 2014
Puerto Rico’s economic situation raises serious questions about the capacity of policymakers to get it under control.
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Op-Ed: Puerto Rico needs a financial control board
October 27, 2014
A renewed slide in investor confidence, on the heels of worsening economic and budgetary trends in Puerto Rico, raises the specter that in the absence of enlightened political leadership in San Juan, the U.S. Congress may soon have to establish a federal oversight board to manage the Commonwealth’s grave fiscal situation.
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