"PUERTO RICO, PUERTO RICANS"
Edwin Meléndez, Director, Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Centro), and Professor Urban Affairs and Planning, Hunter College
12:30pm - Student Union 304B
This talk examines the economic, fiscal and unfolding humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico and its impact on stateside Puerto Ricans. Puerto Rico is in a prolonged recession resulting in a fiscal crisis, public service cuts and massive migration to the US leading to a significant decline in the island’s population. Congress enacted Promesa legislation and appointed a task force to examine long term solutions to the crisis. What lies ahead for Puerto Rico and for stateside Puerto Ricans?
Dr. Meléndez is a Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at Hunter-CUNY and Director of Centro. An economist by training, he has conducted considerable research in the areas of Puerto Rican and Latino studies, economic development, labor markets, and poverty.
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