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In Puerto Rico, Activists Transform Abandoned Land To Build Food Sovereignty
This article was published in NextCity on September 19, 2022. Read full version here. Versión en español aquí. The structure of an old sugar mill sits in a once-abandoned parcel of land in Ponce, a city along Puerto Rico’s southern coast. Believed to be owned by the Puerto Rico Department of Housing, the space was…
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Buscando mariposas bajo la luna nueva en El Yunque
Read the English version here. Este ensayo fue publicado en 80grados el 12 de marzo de 2021. Iba caminando y pensando dos cosas: en que ya no aguantaba las piernas y en que quería ver un coquí. Llevábamos casi cuatro horas bosque adentro en El Yunque. Aunque quería mirar hacia arriba y apreciar el revolú…
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Puerto Rico’s Food Sovereingty
This is my translation of my recent column in Puerto Rico’s El Nuevo Día, published on March 19, 2020. Puerto Rican farmers and fisherfolks, beyond safeguarding our natural and agricultural resources, are key agents in strengthening our food security. Sadly, they have not been taken into account during the emergency we are going through. The…