Colonialism, Austerity Measures, and Resistance from University of Puerto Rico

In 2016, President Obama signed the law P.R.O.M.E.S.A., aggravating the socioeconomic and political situation of Puerto Rico. The University of Puerto Rico has always been a target of the neoliberal austerity policies of the US and Puerto Rico government. Activist Student, Ruth N. Figueroa-Couvertier, and Sociologist, César Pérez-Lizasuain, will reflect on those austerity measures and the impacts they have on the only public institution of higher education on the island.

Department of Luso-Hispanic Studies, Rohatyn Center for Global Affaris, Latin American Studies, The Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity, and the Department of Political Science