Puerto Rico has always been the whipping boy for US interests, because we are essentially slaves
when the US Pharma was developing the birth control pill, hundreds and hundreds of women in PR were sterilized unknowingly by the pharma companies doing "research."
"Women enrolled in medical school in San Juan were told they had to take part in the medical test or face expulsion." Again, these women weren't told what the pill was for; instead, they were supposed to shut up, take their medicine, and submit to frequent, invasive medical exams."
They were not allowed to sue , because we are slaves.
https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/artic...effects-secret
The US Navy used half of the offshore island Vieques as a bombing range for the navy ships (half the island is occupied and these people started getting cancers and tumors because of the spent uranium shells used by the Navy, along with tons of toxic chems tested out, including ASgent Orange before its use in NAM. They sprayed PR people, US citizens, killing hundreds and dooming many to cancer. To this day that part of Vieques is off limits due to toxicity. Protesters were shot at, including myself and my family when I was 6 and my parents were protesting. I have photos at home of a young man shot by US MP's during protest and my dad giving him first aid. horror.
to this day, big med and pharma companies are allowede to enter into a tax-free partnership, build facilities, hire puerto ricans for 1/4 of what they would pay in a mainland US city, and then they shut up and leave town after 6 years. If they stay 7 years, they have to start paying back all the taxes owed. soooo, they fire every single person, shut the shop, go back to US, in six months, with a new name, they reopen their labs and hire all new people and so on. My cousin who has two medical and science master degrees, earns $10.00/hour running one of these labs, and she has been "fired" and "re-hired" three times already.
there is so much more. so much. My mom and dad have a massive file in the FBI from thjeir involvement in the Puerto Rican nationalist party, which sought independence for the island. From 1974-1981, anytime my parents had a large group at home the FBI would show up and ask questions as to who was there and why. I distinctly remember them interrupting domino games, my dad's bible study groups (my dad was an episcopal priest) etc. NO JOKE.