Decolonization Models for America's Last Colony ─ Puerto Rico

Collado-Scharz is the founder and chairman of the cultural non-government organization FundaciA3n Voz del Centro, and producer and host of the radio program La Voz del Centro. Here he presents an English edition of SoveranA-as Exitosas: Seis Modelos para el Desarrollo EconA3mico de Puerto Rico (2008, 2010) which advocates independence for the Caribbean island that has been a US colony since the Spanish American War in 1898. It incorporates radio interviews with two prominent economists aired by Univision Radio in Puerto Rico and New York in 2007. Tables provide statistics updated to December 2011. They describe how six countries about the same size and population as Puerto Rico manage economically, undermining arguments that Puerto Rico is too small to govern itself. Annotation Ac2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Angel Collado-Schwarz, CEO of Badillo, Nazca, Saatchi and Saatchi, is chairman of the board of the University of Puerto Rico Press and a trustee of New York City’s Museo del Barrio. He hosts a weekly radio talk show that airs in Puerto Rico, New York City, and Chicago, and heads the Puerto Rico–based Fundacion Voces del Centro