Opinión | The Roots of Our Discord

Puerto Rico has achieved the most when we have united together around shared principles and demanded clarity and concrete action from the United States, writes Adi Martínez and Edouardo Ortiz (Shutterstock)

Puerto Rico's toxic battles over political status have contributed to maintaining 125 years of U.S. colonial rule. Too often Boricuas have turned against one another, fomenting conflict and division instead of energy for change. But if we keep focusing exclusively on our own divisions, we will keep missing one of their principal causes: the ambiguity that the United States itself has created and perpetuated.