November 8, 2024

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Growing up in Puerto Rico, I heard one phrase over and over when the adults in my life talked politics: Quítate tú pa’ ponerme yo. I heard it at family dinners. I heard it at Christmas parties. I heard it in our church’s parking lot. Step out of the way so that I can step in. These adults were complaining that the island’s political system was not working for them. They alternated between putting their faith in the pro-statehood Partido Nuevo Progresista and the pro-commonwealth Partido Popular Democrático. Once seated in office, politicians from both parties raided the public coffers and doled out government contracts to their friends; the most urgent issues affecting Boricuas took a back seat to party infighting and power grabs. People were convinced that voting these officials out would finally teach them a lesson. And so they did, replacing one party with the other every four years, undoing whatever policies the previous administration managed to implement to benefit Puerto Ricans.

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