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What rural, coastal Puerto Ricans can teach us about thriving in times of crisis

  • Written by Carlos G. García-Quijano, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island
imageA man fishing from a dock in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo

Puerto Ricans are searching for solutions to the island’s worst economic and social crisis in a long time.

An unprecedented debt level is creating widespread uncertainty about employment and the state’s ability to provide basic services. This crisis is not going...

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