Deciphering how the MAGA movement's rhetoric and proposals consolidate colonial status by advancing policies that deepen subordination and erode local self-governance.
"The spectacle in Washington is loud: government shutdowns, presidential bravado, 'invasion' rhetoric. But the real threat to the subsistence of thousands of Puerto Ricans is not in the daily headlines; it lies in the budgetary memos and executive orders signed or proposed under the shadow of the 'America First' and MAGA agenda."
We are talking about the restriction, cutting, or, worse, the elimination of vital funding for federal assistance programs. In Puerto Rico, this has a specific and chilling name: the PAN (Programa de Asistencia Nutricional/Nutrition Assistance Program) and housing subsidies like Section 8.
