Headless

Since everyone in PR knows about this (not because of the USDoJ report, but because we live it), I write this in English for those curious about what does it mean to be a US colony in the twenty-first century:

It means having political leaders with no idea regarding our collective destiny, other than those guidelines imposed from above.

This is happening, for instance, with the state of Higher Education in the Island, as the MSCHE has placed several campuses on probation. It is the case, as well, with regard to the protection of civil liberties in courts, as more and more it becomes evident that the only reasonable recourse will be the 1st Circuit in Boston, as the Supreme Court of PR has proven to be inadequate for the task.

The most recent example is the US Department of Justice's report on the devastatingly critical state of the protection of civil rights in Puerto Rico by the police department. Check out the report and NYT article HERE.