# ![@AlbertoMedinaPR Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::995006696673161216.png) @AlbertoMedinaPR Alberto C. Medina

Alberto C. Medina posts on X about puerto rico, status, in the, united states the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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[puerto rico](/topic/puerto-rico) #120, [status](/topic/status) 10.19%, [in the](/topic/in-the) #3595, [united states](/topic/united-states) #1975, [bad bunny](/topic/bad-bunny) 5.1%, [this is](/topic/this-is) 5.1%, [the most](/topic/the-most) 3.18%, [ahora](/topic/ahora) 3.18%, [politics](/topic/politics) 2.55%, [maga](/topic/maga) #2399

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### Top Social Posts
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"Colonialism creates fascinating (and troubling) contradictions in Puerto Rican politics. Puerto Ricans reject Trump. but elect a pro-Trump governor. The pro-statehood movement embraces MAGA. which sees Puerto Rican statehood as public enemy #1 and blocks it at every turn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2022407121783132389)  2026-02-13T20:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Most Americans will never understand this because they derive national pride from their dominant status as the worlds superpower. Other countries have a chip on our shoulder and were hungry to remind the world that we can also be greator hell even that we exist. (1/3) Vast majority of MLB players from countries outside the US absolutely would prefer a WBC championship over a World Series title. Thats why calling it simply an exhibition understates what it means. The MLB season isnt more important just cause it is their job Vast majority of MLB players from countries outside the US absolutely"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2018033423705665637)  2026-02-01T18:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Plus in greed is good American society there is an implicit assumption that whatever youre getting paid the most money to do has to be the most important thing in your life. That you owe more loyalty to the billionaire paying your salary than to your home community. (2/3)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2018033427165876590)  2026-02-01T18:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A common mistake re: Puerto Rico's economy is relying on GDP which includes all wealth created in PR by U.S. corporations but doesn't account for how much of it leaves the island. That's how you end up with PR having a higher GDP than South Korea but a 60% child poverty rate. @AlbertoMedinaPR Yes they face the horrors of *checks notes* being 2.5x richer than any other latin economy. oh no. the horror. @AlbertoMedinaPR Yes they face the horrors of *checks notes* being 2.5x richer than any other latin economy. oh no. the horror"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2018744028611608757)  2026-02-03T17:50Z [----] followers, 19.8K engagements


"You can literally see the sadness in Lindors eyes because hes gonna be stuck in Spring Training instead of playing for Puerto Rico at the @WBCBaseball. Francisco cant wait to see you all https://t.co/NWA3DM5QGr Francisco cant wait to see you all https://t.co/NWA3DM5QGr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2019904183714124087)  2026-02-06T22:41Z [----] followers, 32K engagements


"Had a lot of fun talking about Bad Bunny for this @BUDPR event a few days ago and answering lots of interesting questions about Puerto Rican independence. Check out the full recording https://www.youtube.com/watchv=-_JhAK58f0Q https://www.youtube.com/watchv=-_JhAK58f0Q"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2020201617237373036)  2026-02-07T18:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"OK: One more on this topic. The oft-repeated statement that Puerto Rico is "part of" the United States is simply not true. And it provides cover for colonialism by signaling there is inclusion where in fact there is only subordination. Read it here: https://freepuertorico.substack.com/p/puerto-rico-is-not-part-of-the-united https://freepuertorico.substack.com/p/puerto-rico-is-not-part-of-the-united"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2020256752319754320)  2026-02-07T22:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"One more time for the people in the back Read it here: https://freepuertorico.substack.com/p/bad-bunny-puerto-rico-independence https://freepuertorico.substack.com/p/bad-bunny-puerto-rico-independence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2020688573524214262)  2026-02-09T02:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Learn more: https://freepuertorico.substack.com/p/bad-bunny-puerto-rico-independence https://freepuertorico.substack.com/p/bad-bunny-puerto-rico-independence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2020706185729703945)  2026-02-09T03:47Z [----] followers, 32.2K engagements


"@admcrlsn Thats not really true: https://freepuertorico.substack.com/p/puerto-rico-is-not-part-of-the-united https://freepuertorico.substack.com/p/puerto-rico-is-not-part-of-the-united"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2020732960765603895)  2026-02-09T05:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@stuartpstevens @DrKYSR Weve kept Puerto Rico as a colony for [---] years and sent their people to fight in our warsfor a Commander-in-Chief they cant even vote forat an alarming rate is not the nice thing you think it is Stuart"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2020736468331950209)  2026-02-09T05:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Weve kept Puerto Rico as a colony for [---] years and sent their people to fight in our warsfor a Commander-in-Chief they cant even vote forat an alarming rate is not the nice thing you think it is Stuart Puerto Rico has Americas largest number of Medal Of Honor recipients per capita. Puerto Rico has Americas largest number of Medal Of Honor recipients per capita"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2020736524413980992)  2026-02-09T05:48Z [----] followers, 26.4K engagements


"@JennaLaineESPN This is simply inaccurate. El Apagn denounces how Puerto Rico's electric grid got worse after it was sold off to American companies notably LUMA. His official music video for the song (which includes literal news reporting about it) makes that clear: https://youtu.be/1TCX_Aqzoo4si=l-juNTK36VpXwdiE https://youtu.be/1TCX_Aqzoo4si=l-juNTK36VpXwdiE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2020783426417098898)  2026-02-09T08:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"In a few days the Bad Bunny furor will fade. But Puerto Rico will remain a U.S. colony. It doesnt have to be that way. Americans can commit to supporting Puerto Ricos decolonization and independence. Otherwise celebrating our culture is just another form of exploitation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2020904767808012307)  2026-02-09T16:56Z [----] followers, 10.3K engagements


"Yes: Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens. But handing out passports to the people youve invadedso you can claim them as your own and legitimize your conquestis a tool of imperialism. Dont believe me Its exactly what Putin has done in parts of Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2020910003130167434)  2026-02-09T17:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Puerto Ricos colonial status is not (just) interesting subtext for music and art. It is a concrete urgent and solvable political problem that only has one just and viable outcome: Puerto Rican independence. https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2024/04/the-case-for-puerto-rican-independence https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2024/04/the-case-for-puerto-rican-independence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2020977940243345796)  2026-02-09T21:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@meaultimasta Yeah theyre sending U.S. tax dollars to Puerto Rico so corporations can make bank. As always: Americans are getting played so that billionaires can profit too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2020978925170721155)  2026-02-09T21:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Las cosas estn cambiando. No de ayer a hoy y no solo por Bad Bunny. Pero muchos puertorriqueos que antes solo expresaban su apoyo a la independencia para Puerto Rico en voz baja ahora estn lo estn diciendo a gritos. Es un primer paso indispensable hacia nuestra soberana"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021015999114510348)  2026-02-10T00:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Silverback766 Weve kept Puerto Rico as a colony for [---] years and sent their people to fight in our warsfor a Commander-in-Chief they cant even vote forat an alarming rate is not the nice thing you think it is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021016315688067577)  2026-02-10T00:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I say again: Weve kept Puerto Rico as a colony for [---] years and sent their people to fight in our warsfor a Commander-in-Chief they cant even vote forat an alarming rate is not the nice thing you think it is For all you culturally illiterate fucks. Puerto Rico has the highest number of Medal of Honor recipients per capita in the United States. So spare us the lectures about patriotism from people who confuse speaking one language with loving the country. https://t.co/KAGFjmyJBB For all you culturally illiterate fucks. Puerto Rico has the highest number of Medal of Honor recipients per capita"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021016418599436521)  2026-02-10T00:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@KarthikForTexas Lol that was a tribute to the historical boxing rivalry between Puerto Rico and Mexico; you people truly know nothing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021019562117038263)  2026-02-10T00:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Why are things so bad in Puerto Rico if the U.S. sends billions of dollars If you assume the U.S. is a benevolent benefactor to PR that is indeed perplexing. If you understand that PR is a colony and colonies are exploited for the benefit of the colonizer the answers easy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021046283901993079)  2026-02-10T02:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@nazzobetweeting @ConquistaBrah Except we cant because Congress has the power to ignore every vote weve ever had and could ever have on this issue. Self-determination is a nice-sounding but empty euphemism when the reality is that Congress elected by American voters actually has the final say"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021070448491200964)  2026-02-10T03:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This is the Republican position on Puerto Ricos status which is why statehood hasnt had/will never have the votes. But you could build a bipartisan coalition for independence: liberals who actually want to end [---] years of colonialism + conservatives who wanna get rid of PR. We really should just grant Puerto Rico its independence unilaterally. It's a net consumer of federal revenue by a mile it has little to no strategic value and as long as it remains a territory it has the potential to become a state if Democrats get enough power We really should just grant Puerto Rico its independence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021078206347084127)  2026-02-10T04:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Los estadistas se estn enterando de lo que sus fellow Americans piensan de ellos"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021095902220517848)  2026-02-10T05:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@queerBengali Congress has refused to make all [--] votes binding or act on the results which has turned them into glorified opinion polls. Its the U.S. government that has repeatedly discounted them Youre just refusing to grapple with the practical consequences of that political reality"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021104855591404031)  2026-02-10T06:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@queerBengali If you cant get every single Democratic Senator AND 10-12 Republicans to vote for Puerto Rican statehoodand you cantyou are dooming Puerto Rico to decades of continued colonialism on top of the [---] years weve already endured"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021105780439789798)  2026-02-10T06:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@Carolyn26591696 You cant steal the supplies your way to a 60% child poverty rate. Thats a deep structural problem not the consequence of corrupt officials pocketing some cash"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021113077953917368)  2026-02-10T06:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@cwebbonline You are highlighting how long the United States has held Puerto Rico as a colonyas propertyas if it should be a source of pride. It should be a source of profound shame. https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2024/04/the-case-for-puerto-rican-independence https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2024/04/the-case-for-puerto-rican-independence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021116622631731636)  2026-02-10T06:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@RealiComplex1 Great: when the U.S. becomes fully bilingual the argument for statehood will be (slightly) stronger. Until then if Puerto Rico became a state it would be forced to assimilate linguistically or suffer inequality due to not speaking the dominant language"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021126537123332542)  2026-02-10T07:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@RealiComplex1 Start what CA and TX became states [---] years ago and the U.S. is still not bilingual. The U.S. invaded Puerto Rico [---] years agoeven tried to impose English-only education for a time and PR is still not bilingual. Sometimes you just gotta go: "yeah that's not happening.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021127737847816602)  2026-02-10T07:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Conservatives are (racist but) sometimes more clear-eyed than liberals about the fact that Puerto Rico and the U.S. are different nations with distinct cultures and identities. That should be uncontroversial if Democrats didn't insist on DEI-ing Puerto Rico's colonial status. If Puerto Rico is part of the United States why isnt English their first language If Puerto Rico is part of the United States why isnt English their first language"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021132802943746082)  2026-02-10T08:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Again: even if theyre motivated by exclusion racism or hate Republicans will get on board with Puerto Rican independence. Theyll never accept statehood. Independence is the only viable way to end [---] years of U.S. colonial rule. Its time for Democrats to acknowledge this. Give Puerto Rico its independence. - 63% of Puerto Ricans vote Democrat - 42% are on food stamps - 45% are enrolled in Medicaid - They cost taxpayers $25 Billion/year - It serves no strategic or military benefit - Democrats will certainly try to grant them statehood if they win Give Puerto Rico its independence. - 63% of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021146995914940755)  2026-02-10T08:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Heres what Democrats are really doing when they advocate for Puerto Rican self-determination: They are asking us to waitpossibly decades maybe foreveruntil Republicans are ready to admit a state of poor Spanish-speaking brown ppl. Its been [---] years. Im done waiting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021148074073313414)  2026-02-10T09:03Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@DragonDad771 The folks on the island dont get to decide that. Congress does. Theyve refused to grant Puerto Rico statehood for [---] years and its impossible to get the votes for it now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021257586301870466)  2026-02-10T16:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@abxc___ @RealiComplex1 Its also unclear that it would be good economically. Puerto Rico already gets most of the federal funding it would get under statehood and its still mired in poverty. And full federal taxation under statehood could decimate the middle class and drive corporations away"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021258033305723190)  2026-02-10T16:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Parisfools78782 Not really a "lifeline." Tourism has always made up less than 10% of Puerto Rico's economy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021269902745629058)  2026-02-10T17:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@anthony06594509"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021276106305962438)  2026-02-10T17:32Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@nokios @cwebbonline Not part of. Owned by. Puerto Rico is property and if we arent very clear about that we just sweep under the rug a colonial status that needs to end. https://freepuertorico.substack.com/p/puerto-rico-is-not-part-of-the-united https://freepuertorico.substack.com/p/puerto-rico-is-not-part-of-the-united"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021277402576585141)  2026-02-10T17:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Every racist rant from conservatives about how poor Puerto Ricans are is an admission that [---] years of U.S. rule. over the islandincluding the current regime overseen by a federally appointed financial boardhas resulted in precarity not prosperity. The most revealing part of the half time show was the "we accept EBT" sign. Welfare is such a huge part of Hispanic culture that they included it in the performance. And they're right. Half of the households in Puerto Rico are on welfare. HALF. Total insanity. The most revealing part of the half time show was the "we accept EBT" sign. Welfare is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021278804472365351)  2026-02-10T17:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The Matt Walshes of the world will of course conclude its because were brown and inferior. But how do liberals and Democrats justify the fact that the island whose people they supposedly support and love has been an impoverished colony for decades on their watch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021279514995950058)  2026-02-10T17:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@eduardkikiperez Any change to Puerto Rico's status requires an act of Congress. So "what Republicans might agree to" is actually one of the main things that it has to be about"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021281260380057988)  2026-02-10T17:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@istewart1919 Sure it is. Because we live in a political reality in which those racist Republicans exercise veto power over Puerto Rico's status. That doesn't mean I agree with them. It means I am unwilling to waste my time trying to get into a party where the bouncer will never let me in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021281842520002578)  2026-02-10T17:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Nadie en Puerto Rico habla con la claridad moraly con el estilode Mara de Lourdes Santiago. Benito Antonio Martnez Ocasio: cultura resistencia y el miedo al cambio poltico. El gobierno ha fallado en reconocer a Benito Antonio como un referente cultural clave por razones polticas. Ms all de su msica el artista fue elegido por una poderosa institucin deportiva https://t.co/4QYMWz8V6H Benito Antonio Martnez Ocasio: cultura resistencia y el miedo al cambio poltico. El gobierno ha fallado en reconocer a Benito Antonio como un referente cultural clave por razones polticas. Ms all de su msica el"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021311789896708254)  2026-02-10T19:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Tell me more about how the World Baseball Classic leads to more injuries than Spring Training. Francisco Lindor is being examined tomorrow for a stress reaction in his left hamate bone per @Joelsherman1 Lindor could need surgery that would require a six-week recovery. Mets general manger David Stearns says they're confident he'll be ready for Opening Day regardless https://t.co/J3RWEzuGmC Francisco Lindor is being examined tomorrow for a stress reaction in his left hamate bone per @Joelsherman1 Lindor could need surgery that would require a six-week recovery. Mets general manger David Stearns"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021327202416197796)  2026-02-10T20:55Z [----] followers, 10.6K engagements


"Mi gente check in con sus amigos estadistas MAGA boricuas. La estn pasando mal. Andaban tan preocupados por la amenaza que representamos los comunistas y la izquierda que descuidaron su flanco derecho y ahora andan a la defensiva contra los MAGA de verdadlos blanquitos"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021409592136302611)  2026-02-11T02:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@barricada_azul1 @marialourdespip"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021410430468620322)  2026-02-11T02:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Annus horribilis para la estadidad jbara y todos los que han insistido en que Estados Unidos le permitira a Puerto Rico mantener su idioma y su cultura tras la anexin. Esa gente no aguanta ni [--] minutos de espaol en el Super Bowl. BREAKING: I just sent a letter to @BrendanCarrFCC calling for a full and immediate investigation into the Bad Bunny Halftime Show. In America our laws are not suggestions and no matter what foreign language you speak you must comply. https://t.co/fPxVsc48n8 BREAKING: I just sent a letter to @BrendanCarrFCC calling for a full and immediate investigation into the Bad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021426843979743612)  2026-02-11T03:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Here's a question well-meaning people may be asking themselves: Why Isn't Puerto Rico a state A few years ago I offered some still-relevant answers on the @pr_diasporica podcast which I summarized here: https://freepuertorico.substack.com/p/why-isnt-puerto-rico-a-state https://freepuertorico.substack.com/p/why-isnt-puerto-rico-a-state"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021660241415512182)  2026-02-11T18:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Puerto Rico is a U.S. colony and colonialism is slavery between nations. That's the issue. We need to shift our focus away from subordinate problems like the Jones Act or a neglected power gridwhich amount to complaining that slaves are given poor treatment and accommodations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021698283622793229)  2026-02-11T21:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@DSobrevivientes Indigenous peoples throughout the Americas might beg to differ that their language and customs were "permitted to flourish" by the Spanish empire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021699505117098306)  2026-02-11T21:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@dardanidae1 @DSobrevivientes There was literally a royal decree from the King of Spain on the prohibition of indigenous languages. https://www.vialibri.net/years/books/330640785/1770-charles-iii-king-of-spain-1716-cedula-real-royal-decree-of-1770 https://www.vialibri.net/years/books/330640785/1770-charles-iii-king-of-spain-1716-cedula-real-royal-decree-of-1770"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021707789064675810)  2026-02-11T22:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@dardanidae1 @DSobrevivientes "You have to find the exact equivalent for the thing I've unilaterally established as the standard" is a child's argument. The suppression of native languages in the Americas is well-established as is violent abuse even in contemporary accounts from Spaniards themselves"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021713109367529761)  2026-02-11T22:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Love this from MAGA. Make your disdain for Bad Bunny and Puerto Ricans even clearer Keep driving him into the loving arms of the Puerto Rican independence movement Republican Congressmen claim that they're investigating Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show for things like "pelvic thrusts" https://t.co/itZOZQkbde https://t.co/Q1g76I0pw5 Republican Congressmen claim that they're investigating Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show for things like "pelvic thrusts" https://t.co/itZOZQkbde https://t.co/Q1g76I0pw5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021730476139196877)  2026-02-11T23:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Thought-provoking but I think I disagree. The country is already too drunk dangerous and violent. Are these laws used to target poor brown people Sure. But we have to tackle that piece of it not abolish any law that's discriminatory. All laws are https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/lets-legalize-public-drinking https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/lets-legalize-public-drinking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021738724699386031)  2026-02-12T00:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I've been reading the stupidest takes on the planet about Puerto Rico for [--] hours now. But I gotta say: "native cultures and its peoples survived relatively intact" really takes the cake for the dumbest thing I've seen all week / month / year @dardanidae1 @AlbertoMedinaPR @DSobrevivientes To be fair the Spanish wrote dictionaries for Native American languages before the English had a dictionary. Its impossible to expect perfect treatment of a continent [---] years ago with todays expectations; but native culture and its people did survive relatively intact. @dardanidae1 @AlbertoMedinaPR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2021755363708842450)  2026-02-12T01:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Can't stress enough how GROSS it is that liberals insist on turning Bad Bunny's music and politicswhich are forged in a crucible of ongoing American (U.S.) colonialism and directly oppose Puerto Rico's annexation by the United Statesinto a tribute to American (U.S.) greatness. .@BarackObama: "Bad Bunny's halftime show. This is what a community is. People who did not speak Spanish and have never been to Puerto Rico they saw that elderly woman serving a drink and the kids dancing with their grandmas. It was intergenerational. It was a reminder of what https://t.co/dKOpp711sW .@BarackObama: "Bad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2022808089691607541)  2026-02-14T23:00Z [----] followers, 22.2K engagements


"Here's something I'm excited about and I hope you will be too: I'm writing a book "Free Puerto Rico: The Case for Independence" will make a comprehensive and contemporary argument for Puerto Rican sovereignty to American readers. Very grateful to @ranchghoul and @thenewpress"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1978129891334775243)  2025-10-14T16:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Every time an American liberal makes a point of calling Bad Bunnyand by extension mean American here's what I hear and feel: "I care more about winning an argument with a MAGA troll than about the national identity you hold near and dear to your heart.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2020603118443188630)  2026-02-08T20:58Z [----] followers, 23.4K engagements


"Why yes Bad Bunny did bring out Ricky Martin to sing his WE DONT WANT PUERTO RICO TO BE A STATE anthem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2020678728125485530)  2026-02-09T01:58Z [----] followers, 476.7K engagements


"American friends: you dont have to keep Puerto Rico as a colony to keep enjoying our culture. We promise well keep injecting rhythm flavor and style into your otherwise staid and stale celebrations after we become an independent nation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2020707726175936654)  2026-02-09T03:53Z [----] followers, 38.3K engagements


"My short answer: one need not hate the United States or its symbols to support Puerto Rican independence. We hate colonialism and we denounce the U.S. for upholding it. That doesn't mean the U.S. should never be included or even celebrated in the context of Pan American unity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2020994415595343959)  2026-02-09T22:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The biggest problem of / with the Puerto Rican statehood movement is that they truly madly deeply believe they can convince American conservatives to accept them as equals. This isn't mockery. It's genuinely heartbreaking. Im impressed to see how many Americans feel offended by a 13-minute halftime show by Bad Bunny. Yet they dont feel offended by the undemocratic reality that [---] million Americans living in Puerto Rico cannot vote for the U.S. President or have voting representation in https://t.co/nRgRKwMMUa Im impressed to see how many Americans feel offended by a 13-minute halftime show"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2022469083443425772)  2026-02-14T00:32Z [----] followers, 26.3K engagements


"Los congresistas saben bien que la estadidad no tiene y no va a tener los votos en el Senado. Y tambin que el Senado no va a eliminar el filibusterismo para concederle la estadidad a Puerto Rico. Pero no es hasta que andan de salida como Hoyer y Nydia que se atreven a decirlo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2023094122475909518)  2026-02-15T17:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


""The United States has been neglecting and oppressing Puerto Rico for [---] years. It is time for Puerto Rico to *check notes* join their oppressor forever" This is how you people sound. Puerto Rico's 126-year territorial limbo proves that US territorial status is an unconscionable waiting room creating permanent second-class citizenship. If we are being honest it's long past time to admit Puerto Rico as a state and end this constitutional embarrassment. Puerto Rico's 126-year territorial limbo proves that US territorial status is an unconscionable waiting room creating permanent second-class"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2020990265595658686)  2026-02-09T22:36Z [----] followers, 12.1K engagements


"Delgado is 44th all-time in OPS. Nearly every other retired non-PED player ahead of him is in the Hall. People forget this now but Delgado protested the Iraq War (and U.S. imperialism in general) by staying in the dugout during God Bless America. Writers punished him for it. Its a crime that Carlos Delgado was one and done on the baseball hall of fame ballot https://t.co/X2lKNb4D2n Its a crime that Carlos Delgado was one and done on the baseball hall of fame ballot https://t.co/X2lKNb4D2n"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/2023114535406801115)  2026-02-15T19:17Z [----] followers, 109.7K engagements


"Est bien los independentistas tenemos que educar. Ese es uno de los retos. Pero estamos tratando de educar a un pueblo que vot por Garca Padilla dos (2) Rossell etc. Al menos acepten que no est fcil la cosa con ese estudiantado"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1486142845736075266)  2022-01-26T01:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Dicen por ah que los independentistas debemos dejar de debatir y empezar a construir. Eso ya sucede. Lo que pasa es que muchos proyectos empresas instituciones exitosas no se autodenominan independentistas porque entonces esos mismos que dicen que construyamos los marginaran"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1488222175937142788)  2022-01-31T18:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Yo no s como a los congresistas de EE.UU. no se les cae la cara de vergenza cada vez que dicen our territories"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1488618710285881344)  2022-02-01T21:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The only things you have to believe to support independence for Puerto Rico are: [--]. Having colonies is bad. [--]. The best way to stop having colonies is to free the nations you invadednot keep them. Every other consideration is not unimportant but secondary"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1490419022449438720)  2022-02-06T20:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In some ways it's a failure that U.S. media barely covers major stories from Puerto Rico. But mostly it's a reflection of the fact that we're different nations w/ distinct sociocultural + political contexts. The bigger failure is ours for not realizing it and acting accordingly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1491561550858973184)  2022-02-09T23:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"If it were true that Puerto Rico is so poor and vulnerable that it has no "viable" choice but to join the country under whose rule such precarity developed we don't have a political status problemwe have a hostage situation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1491852971033841664)  2022-02-10T19:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Every time I tweet or write I have to choose between Spanish so I can be understood by the vast majority of my fellow Puerto Ricans or English so I can be understood by the vast majority of people whose government controls our political fate. Thats colonialism for you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1492638248866254850)  2022-02-12T23:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I approve this message"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1507775859045941251)  2022-03-26T17:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Ojal un da no haya que venir a Washington D.C a luchar por los derechos y el bienestar de los puertorriqueos. Pero mientras as sea aqu estamos"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1519395823590772736)  2022-04-27T19:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Toda esa gente que dice que el PIP no ha robado porque no ha gobernado: acaben y pnganlos a gobernar Piensen en lo mucho que van a gozar si llegan a tener razn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1522302200399151105)  2022-05-05T19:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Bueno gente si nos van a obligar a leer tantos comentarios estpidos sobre el @PIPtwitteando vamos a jugar bingo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1522675822582276096)  2022-05-06T20:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Theres a lot of Puerto Ricans in U.S. politics media academia etc. who know full well statehood is nowhere on the horizon but stop far short of supporting independence. I know they think their neutrality is useful. But in essence theyre upholding the colonial status quo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1532859485798252544)  2022-06-03T22:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Los PNPs son tan malos que [--] minutos con Miguel Romero mat la campaa de Bill de Blasio en Nueva York. https://www.axios.com/2022/07/19/new-york-bill-de-blasio-drops-out-congress https://www.axios.com/2022/07/19/new-york-bill-de-blasio-drops-out-congress"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1549453865287835649)  2022-07-19T17:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"To most Americans things happening in Puerto Rico to Puerto Ricans are things happening to "other people". And they're right: [---] years of U.S. rule over PR have not changed the essential truth that we are different nations. The problem is the "U.S. rule over PR" part"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1571606283811274753)  2022-09-18T21:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Argue for Puerto Rico statehood all you want but dont give us this statehood = equality fairytale. Tell the truth: statehood = PR having to fight the same battles for equality and dignity that communities of color in the U.S. have been fighting (and often losing) for decades"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1571699513672310785)  2022-09-19T03:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""Americans should be honest with Puerto Ricans but most of all with themselves that Puerto Rico will never rank high enough on their list of priorities to spur meaningful political action." https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/9/19/2123774/-Stop-Pretending-You-Care-about-Statehood-for-Puerto-Rico https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/9/19/2123774/-Stop-Pretending-You-Care-about-Statehood-for-Puerto-Rico"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1571891950151733249)  2022-09-19T16:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Once you recognize that Puerto Ricos status is a colonial one arguing that it has nonetheless been good for PR is nonsense. Do you really think the U.S. is so star-spangled-awesome that it created the only colonial relationship in history that isnt extractive and oppressive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1572308865198137344)  2022-09-20T19:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This is everything I ever dreamed of reading in a publication like @TheAtlantic. Just a few years ago it was unthinkable. A few years from now may it be undeniable. Thank you @jaquiradiaz for this gift of words moral clarity and hopefully courage. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/11/puerto-rico-independence-not-statehood/671482/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/11/puerto-rico-independence-not-statehood/671482/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1572436523102142464)  2022-09-21T04:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Puerto Ricans in the U.S. have to start walking into every classroom newsroom community forum campaign meeting legislative sessionand demanding decolonization. Not more funding or media coverage or any other small-d demand with which they can appease us. Decolonization"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1572608841866301440)  2022-09-21T15:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Pro-statehood Puerto Ricans want to "hate the colony but love the colonizer" which turns out to be as morally incongruent (and politically useless) as the old "love the sinner hate the sin" line from religious homophobes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1573783248399892483)  2022-09-24T21:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"It's funny: I haven't heard a single American ask to see an economic study on whether Ukraine would be better off as a sovereign nation or as part of Russia. Which is surprising because they tell Puerto Ricans all the time our freedom should be conditioned on such an analysis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1579097094757011457)  2022-10-09T13:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Most of the corruption that takes place *in* Puerto Rico is not *by* Puerto Ricans. https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-puerto-ricos-troubled-energy-system-mckinsey-gets-paid-by-both-government-and-vendors-11665419560 https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-puerto-ricos-troubled-energy-system-mckinsey-gets-paid-by-both-government-and-vendors-11665419560"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1579648058328915968)  2022-10-11T01:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"En mi Viejo San Juan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1581728219304431616)  2022-10-16T19:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The mistake made by the Puerto Rican nationalists who attacked Congress on this day in [----] is that they tried to shock the conscience of a country that when it comes to its 125-year-old colonial domination of Puerto Rico has proven to have no conscience at all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1630986207525228550)  2023-03-01T17:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


""It was wrong of Puerto Ricans to try to achieve independence through violent means" say. .Americans"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1631062004420182016)  2023-03-01T22:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The irony is that the United States basically let Puerto Rico have sports sovereignty as one of a handful of "look look: they have self-rule so we're not an empire" moves in the 40s and 50s. Well now we love it and and they'll have to pry it from our cold dead hands"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1636476397643530240)  2023-03-16T21:15Z [----] followers, 19.1K engagements


"🧵In the past [--] years the U.S. Supreme Court has made a series of decisions (and non-decisions) that have reaffirmed the United States' colonial control over Puerto Rico and directly harmed our people. And if you think it's been just the conservatives on the Courtread on. 1/X"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1656735408053706752)  2023-05-11T18:57Z [----] followers, 94.6K engagements


"The bigger problem isnt that half of Americans dont know Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens. Its that *all* Americans know deep down we are a distinct nation and peopleyet they remain supremely comfortable with their countrys ongoing colonial rule over our own"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1659641305289609216)  2023-05-19T19:24Z [----] followers, 20.9K engagements


"Yo me alegro que @juandalmauPR tenga la popularidad que tiene y ojal sea nuestro prximo gobernador. Pero que a nadie se le olvide que @marialourdespip es igual o mejor; una luchadora incansable por Puerto Rico. Yo espero que sepa lo mucho que la apreciamosy necesitamos"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1664446352758308864)  2023-06-02T01:38Z [----] followers, 20.5K engagements


"Vale la pena recalcar que la obsesin estadista con Cuba y Venezuela es el hombre de paja ms grande del mundo. La mayora de los independentistas no queremos emular ni a esos pasesni a EE.UU. Queremos la libertad plena para crear un sistema poltico netamente puertorriqueo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1671952849125916673)  2023-06-22T18:46Z [----] followers, 24.1K engagements


"Un da como hoy hace cuatro aos botamos pal carajo a Ricky Rossell"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1682797347108159488)  2023-07-22T16:58Z [----] followers, 28.8K engagements


"July [--] marks the 125th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Puerto Rico of PRs [----] constitution and the [----] murder of independence activists. In @newrepublic I argue these three events share one lesson and conclusion: Puerto Rico must be independent. https://newrepublic.com/article/174393/puerto-rico-us-colony-125-dreadful-anniversaryutm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SF_TNR https://newrepublic.com/article/174393/puerto-rico-us-colony-125-dreadful-anniversaryutm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SF_TNR"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1683599149189550081)  2023-07-24T22:04Z [----] followers, 20.3K engagements


"New from me in @newrepublic: Today U.S. colonial rule over Puerto Rico turns an ignominious [---] years old. It's been a shameful era defined by a sham "Commonwealth" and persecution of the independence movement. It must end with Puerto Rico's liberation. https://newrepublic.com/article/174393/puerto-rico-us-colony-125-dreadful-anniversary https://newrepublic.com/article/174393/puerto-rico-us-colony-125-dreadful-anniversary"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1683823161618632704)  2023-07-25T12:55Z [----] followers, 16K engagements


"This is one of the worst things that's happened to Puerto Rico. Not in and of itself but because it further convinced liberal Americans (who hardly needed it) that the problem with Puerto Rico is that Republicans are mean to usnot [---] years of colonialism *under both parties*"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1686813615989342212)  2023-08-02T18:58Z [----] followers, 13.7K engagements


"Amigos de @ElNuevoDia: si quieren publicar las expresiones de un talking head de derecha bien. Pero importante: Alex Kaiser no. es. economista. Es abogado y politlogo (y charlatn)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1692417164853277046)  2023-08-18T06:04Z [----] followers, 33.8K engagements


"High schoolers in Puerto Rico have walked out of class to protest the fact that their classrooms have no working fans or air conditioning. The heat index in San Juan is [--] right nowand its raining. 💪 y seguimos protestando. https://t.co/ZHRuaQPKAX 💪 y seguimos protestando. https://t.co/ZHRuaQPKAX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1697290857836101939)  2023-08-31T16:50Z [----] followers, 16K engagements


"As a Puerto Rican I know one thing: if Palestinians did not violently resist their relative passivity would be interpreted as acquiescenceas proof that the conditions under which they live couldnt possibly be that bad or theyd be violently resisting Damned if you do"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1712295128554242470)  2023-10-12T02:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Ritchie Torres' maniacal support for Israel is a matter of political expediency surebut I think he also really believes in it. After all he supports Puerto Rican statehood. So in both cases he thinks a powerful country should get to invade a nation abuse it and keep it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1716611036877340957)  2023-10-24T00:22Z [----] followers, 29.6K engagements


"En Santurce"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1720977238831571013)  2023-11-05T01:32Z [----] followers, 11.7K engagements


"This is insightful reporting on some of the legal inequality created by U.S. colonialism in Puerto Rico. For example: The First Circuits relationship with Puerto Rico is a complicated one and the judges carefully walk the line between inclusion and intrusion. Heres what I witnessed when I accompanied them on their most recent trip to the island https://t.co/kwYqMyPhbc The First Circuits relationship with Puerto Rico is a complicated one and the judges carefully walk the line between inclusion and intrusion. Heres what I witnessed when I accompanied them on their most recent trip to the island"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1733632543054798854)  2023-12-09T23:39Z [----] followers, 16.5K engagements


"A major hearing has started re: Puerto Rico's debt. One journalist describes it as the "trial of the decade" for PR's finances. It's taking place of course in federal court before a U.S.-appointed judge in a language 80% of Puerto Ricans don't speak. It's legal colonialism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1764757985593573485)  2024-03-04T21:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Kamala Harris claps along to a song protesting her presence. Thats either a demented level of mockery (not impossible) or more likely it just didnt occur to her to have a Spanish-speaking aide at her side during a visit to her Spanish-speaking colonywhich is its own insult. Translation of the song pleneros were singing in Spanish during VP Harris visit to Puerto Rico: we want to know we want to know Kamala what you came here to do Harris was seen clapping to the rhythm of the music. 🎥: @JoseADelgadoEND https://t.co/dGQaWxf8sQ Translation of the song pleneros were singing in Spanish during VP"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1771306610071310804)  2024-03-22T22:42Z [----] followers, 243.4K engagements


"Using Trump as a bogeyman just doesnt work on (many) Puerto Ricans. PR already is and has been for 125+ years under both parties the worst thing it can be: a colony. So if your message boils down to: choose the slightly more benign dictatoryouve morally lost the plot"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1771705519570407798)  2024-03-24T01:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The level of cognitive dissonance and political confusion it takes to have "Anti-imperialist" in your bio AND then say: "Puerto Ricans should join the empire that invaded them otherwise they're doomed to be poor helpless brown people" is astoundingthough not surprising Puerto Rico voted to become a state and realistically they would benefit massively from being part of the United States. Not doing so would just turn them into another impoverished Caribbean island nation but hey it's ultimately up to Puerto Ricans to decide their destiny. Puerto Rico voted to become a state and realistically"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1780648059317186634)  2024-04-17T17:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Its never a coincidence seeing the Puerto Rican flag next to the Palestinian flag. (Photo from @ColumbiaSpec: https://www.columbiaspectator.com/city-news/2024/05/02/cuny-and-columbia-organizers-hold-press-conference-and-rally-after-tuesday-police-sweeps/ https://www.columbiaspectator.com/city-news/2024/05/02/cuny-and-columbia-organizers-hold-press-conference-and-rally-after-tuesday-police-sweeps/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1786230032613920976)  2024-05-03T03:03Z [----] followers, 126.7K engagements


"The U.S. media is terrible at writing headlines about Puerto Rico. Im pretty sure Puerto Ricans grasp the impact of constant blackouts just fine. You can find them all over social media crying with rage at how it may cost them their livelihoodsor their lives"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1802072084551524430)  2024-06-15T20:14Z [----] followers, 16.2K engagements


"Being Puerto Rican is like a superpower for understanding American politics. Oh are you now discovering that a large swath of the Democratic Party is (almost) as morally and intellectually bankrupt as the Republic Party Puerto Ricans have known that all along"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1807522703861055525)  2024-06-30T21:12Z [----] followers, 15.8K engagements


"When SCOTUS confirmed *eight years ago* that Puerto Rico is a colony it de facto held that the President is an emperorbecause only empires have colonies. So what we should really step back to consider is why nobody cared then but is freaking out now. I just want to take a step back and say that I think the Supreme Court just fundamentally altered the structure and nature of democracy in America. It awards the president the measure of power and immunity that is much much closer to a king or emperor than an elected official. I just want to take a step back and say that I think the Supreme Court"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1807821082302226688)  2024-07-01T16:58Z [----] followers, 25.6K engagements


"La independencia de Puerto Rico es una oportunidad de desligarnos de un pas cada da ms sumido en la gerontocracia el fascismo el racismo la violencia poltica interna y externa. En fin: todo un sinnmero de males que cada da nos afectarn ms directamente"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1812580365627756758)  2024-07-14T20:10Z [----] followers, 18.9K engagements


"It's morally bonkers to suggest that Puerto Rico join a country that you consider so dangerous to minorities and marginalized people that you're otherwise advising Americans to flee it. (Props to @deviIette for the find.) I think a lot of people should start making an exit plan to leave the US. We've reached a tipping point into instability as a country. Trump is likely to win and enact retribution against his enemies without any check on his power. It's going to get beyond ugly. I think a lot of people should start making an exit plan to leave the US. We've reached a tipping point into"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1812927421559058590)  2024-07-15T19:09Z [----] followers, 15.3K engagements


"Yup19 years ago the FBI picked the most sacred date for the Puerto Rican independence movement to conduct a raid on an elderly nationalist fugitive have a sniper shoot him in the neck after a brief exchange of gunfire and let him bleed out from a likely non-fatal wound. A sacred day for those of us who believe in our nation's freedom. The struggle for Puerto Rico's independence continues todaypeacefully and politically. But we honor those who took up arms against empires. Que vivan los hroes de la patria y que viva Puerto Rico libre https://t.co/qIRdvuUojZ A sacred day for those of us who"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1838271098539958415)  2024-09-23T17:35Z [----] followers, 15.9K engagements


"La estadidad ya est muerta en el Congreso. Pero ahora el movimiento estadista la va a enterrar ms todava al echarse de enemigas a las boricuas ms influyentes en el Congresoa quienes TODOS los otros congresistas les hacen caso en cuanto a Puerto Rico. Error garrafal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1846651151418032525)  2024-10-16T20:35Z [----] followers, 23K engagements


"In two weeks @juandalmauPR could become the first pro-independence governor in Puerto Rico's history. That's emblematic of a seismic shift in the island's politics. And it could signal the beginning of the end for PR's 126-year-old colonial status. https://albertomedina.medium.com/puerto-rico-could-be-about-to-elect-its-first-pro-independence-governor-d441daa27324 https://albertomedina.medium.com/puerto-rico-could-be-about-to-elect-its-first-pro-independence-governor-d441daa27324"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1848128842143281174)  2024-10-20T22:27Z [----] followers, 17.3K engagements


"Dalmau could do "what no Puerto Rican elected leader ever has: stand in front of the President and Congress and not merely ask for the end of U.S. colonialism in PR but demand it. Thats a message the U.S. has not yet heard from a Puerto Rican leader." https://albertomedina.medium.com/puerto-rico-could-be-about-to-elect-its-first-pro-independence-governor-d441daa27324 https://albertomedina.medium.com/puerto-rico-could-be-about-to-elect-its-first-pro-independence-governor-d441daa27324"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1848475456393142681)  2024-10-21T21:24Z [----] followers, 10.1K engagements


"Los jvenes que son la base de @juandalmauPR y la Alianza no son solo votantes. Son arte msica influencia en las redes energa en la calle. Son el alma y corazn del activismo y de la cultura en Puerto Rico. Son el futuro y cuidao si ya son el presente. No los para nadie. Vamos a ganar #PatriaNueva https://t.co/193DJMGa5x Vamos a ganar #PatriaNueva https://t.co/193DJMGa5x"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1850584784717873612)  2024-10-27T17:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Unpopular opinion: talking about your plan for Puerto Rico for [---] minutes and not once mentioning Puerto Rico's colonial status is more offensive than some edgelord "comedian" calling Puerto Rico garbage. Throughout my career Ive always fought for the people of Puerto Rico. Every chance he got Donald Trump abandoned and insulted them. As president I will invest in Puerto Rico's future so that Puerto Ricans can not just get by but get ahead. https://t.co/jkqOPWBhIy Throughout my career Ive always fought for the people of Puerto Rico. Every chance he got Donald Trump abandoned and insulted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1850657202270613720)  2024-10-27T21:53Z [----] followers, 52.1K engagements


"Hey why arent you more upset about a comedian calling Puerto Rico an island of garbage Me thinking every damn day about how the U.S. has kept Puerto Rico as a colonial possession for [---] years:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1850741105496637887)  2024-10-28T03:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I wonder if liberals understand that they are essentially telling Puerto Ricans: You know the country that has abused oppressed insulted and held you as a colonial possession for [---] years You should join it forever Dems. I am begging you. Make DC and Puerto Rico states. Do it. Dems. I am begging you. Make DC and Puerto Rico states. Do it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1851022597234049486)  2024-10-28T22:05Z [----] followers, 21.2K engagements


"While many American liberals reflexively support statehood for Puerto Rico as the progressive option The pro-statehood gubernatorial candidate in PR is a pro-Trump Republican And the pro-independence candidate wants to do universal healthcare and tax the rich. 🤔🤔🤔"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1851064173544833131)  2024-10-29T00:51Z [----] followers, 17.8K engagements


"One last pre-election essay from mewith a simple demand: Stop saying "Puerto Ricans are Americans" when you want to defend us from Trump and racist jokes. We are Puerto Rican and our dignity does not depend on the citizenship of our colonizers. https://albertomedina.medium.com/puerto-ricans-are-americans-is-insulting-colonial-rhetoric-a05db96f62d2 https://albertomedina.medium.com/puerto-ricans-are-americans-is-insulting-colonial-rhetoric-a05db96f62d2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1853147456038400026)  2024-11-03T18:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Truly extraordinary images out of Puerto Rico tonight at pro-independence candidate @juandalmauPR and his progressive Alianza de Pass final campaign rally before Tuesdays election. And this is *before* @sanbenito hits the stage"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1853202597584449961)  2024-11-03T22:28Z [----] followers, 63.1K engagements


"Americans: We love you Puerto Rico We want to make you a state Puerto Ricans:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1853204527719100771)  2024-11-03T22:36Z [----] followers, 103.1K engagements


"Permtanme un mensaje y un abrazo a los independentistas y/o pipiolos OG. A los que votaron por Dalmau en el [----] cuando sac menos votos que la asistencia al Festival de la Esperanza. Y ciertamente a los de dcadas anteriores que tuvieron que bregar con ms y peor todava. 1/3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1853603051711459744)  2024-11-05T00:59Z [----] followers, 17.7K engagements


"If I had $1 for every time Ive heard some American liberal proclaim that the U.S. needs to do better for Puerto Ricans I might have enough money to fix PRs power grid. It will never happen because PR is the United States colony. That is not a system designed for better. Its New Years Eve and almost the entire island of Puerto Rico has been plunged into a blackout. Inexcusably the power grid has still not recovered from damage in Hurricane Maria. This is 3.5M American citizens. We owe them so much better. Mandndoles mucho apoya desde ac. Its New Years Eve and almost the entire island of Puerto"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1874110202490077432)  2024-12-31T15:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Reminder: the American-Canadian company that runs Puerto Ricos power grid often simply decides it doesnt want to spend its money on critical maintenance and repairs. But tell me more about how its Puerto Ricans fault we dont have reliable electricity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1874521943770055080)  2025-01-01T18:23Z [----] followers, 20K engagements


"Democrats dont have a plan to fix Puerto Ricos power grid and are in fact as responsible as anyone for its current state. The grid was privatized in 2021during the Biden administration. The privatization was de facto mandated by the U.S.-appointed Juntacreated by Obama. Whats happening in Puerto Rico is ridiculous. VP had a plan to fix the power grid so all you idiots who voted for the dumbass can go to hell. https://t.co/JKZKBeoUBm Whats happening in Puerto Rico is ridiculous. VP had a plan to fix the power grid so all you idiots who voted for the dumbass can go to hell."  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1874579999090778345)  2025-01-01T22:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"One of the most insidious things about Puerto Ricos colonial status is that it obscures credit and blame. Something bad happens Well Puerto Ricans are in charge (Were not really.) Something good happens The U.S. must be helping It all makes for convenient narratives"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1874646243554869308)  2025-01-02T02:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"El nacionalismo cultural que todos celebran con @sanbenito esta semana solo se defiende con el apoyo a la independencia para Puerto Rico. Quien se quede neutral o despreocupado por el estatus en el fondo es cmplice de todo lo que supuestamente repudia sobre el colonialismo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1876683410103492995)  2025-01-07T17:32Z [----] followers, 12.9K engagements


"Puerto Rico's new pro-statehood governor Jenniffer Gonzlez is not just a Trump supporter she is bringing Trumpian levels of shameless corruption to the Puerto Rican government. https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-investigation-construction-quiles-cb4e87bc336dff15dff94da2a930149a https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-investigation-construction-quiles-cb4e87bc336dff15dff94da2a930149a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1877761548019548373)  2025-01-10T16:56Z [----] followers, 27.4K engagements


"Esta chica es ms boricua que todos los PNP juntos. Hasta los mismos norteamericanos reconocen lo que est pasando en la isla. 🤷🏻♂ https://t.co/lsEt1McIOm Hasta los mismos norteamericanos reconocen lo que est pasando en la isla. 🤷🏻♂ https://t.co/lsEt1McIOm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1878259130898550849)  2025-01-12T01:54Z [----] followers, 23.2K engagements


"Declararse neutral en cuanto el estatus de Puerto Rico siempre ha sido moralmente incoherente. Pero ahora cuando las opciones son o liberarnos o unirnos plenamente al pas liderado por un fascista explcitamente anti-latino como Donald Trump la neutralidad es imperdonable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1881743299540910157)  2025-01-21T16:38Z [----] followers, 10.6K engagements


"While Americans are busy tweeting about Trump Puerto Rican students have already hit the streets to protest massive cuts to PR's flagship public university proposed by the new pro-statehood and pro-Trump government. Comienza lo que podra ser manifestaciones amplias en la #UPR por la propuesta del presidente Luis A. Ferrao para cerrar [--] programas acadmicos por no tener estudiantes As est el ambiente ahora en la UPR de Ro Piedras. (Vdeos: Tatiana Ortiz/#NotiCentro) https://t.co/4IhKM6FgmB Comienza lo que podra ser manifestaciones amplias en la #UPR por la propuesta del presidente Luis A."  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1881793909275463799)  2025-01-21T20:00Z [----] followers, 56.3K engagements


"With the stroke of a pen Donald Trump froze $3 billion in funding for Puerto Rico. Soon enough you'll hear complaints about how Puerto Rico doesn't know how to budget and can't manage its finances. But who could at the mercy of our colonizer's whims https://www.elnuevodia.com/english/news/story/donald-trump-orders-halt-to-infrastructure-funds-disbursement-raising-alarms-among-democrats/ https://www.elnuevodia.com/english/news/story/donald-trump-orders-halt-to-infrastructure-funds-disbursement-raising-alarms-among-democrats/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1882181361290875224)  2025-01-22T21:39Z [----] followers, 13.8K engagements


"Democrats spent all of [----] saying that Trump was going to put people in concentration camps and then 12() Democratic Senators and 46() Democratic House members voted for the "put people in concentration camps" bill. Great stuff from the defenders of democracy This is the House roll call on the passage of #LakenRileyAct earlier today. [---] Republicans and [--] Democrats voted Aye https://t.co/E8QtPCsEyv This is the House roll call on the passage of #LakenRileyAct earlier today. [---] Republicans and [--] Democrats voted Aye https://t.co/E8QtPCsEyv"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1882419765123424392)  2025-01-23T13:27Z [----] followers, 37.6K engagements


"The Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico program the version of "food stamps" that applies in the U.S. colony clearly appears among the federal programs frozen by Trump. More than [------] Puerto Rican families receive food assistanceincluding more than [------] children"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1884353385207582965)  2025-01-28T21:30Z [----] followers, 62.3K engagements


"Meet some of the most unserious people on the planet:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1891890535901573299)  2025-02-18T16:40Z [----] followers, 29.3K engagements


"Lo seguir diciendo: uno de los problemas que tiene Puerto Rico es que hay miles de personas que saben que ser colonia es malo y que ser estado es imposible pero que no son abiertamente independentistas. Esa es una (no) postura totalmente incoherente"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1896006658331148322)  2025-03-02T01:16Z [----] followers, 10.2K engagements


"The fact that this Congressman celebrated the day in which U.S. citizenship was imposed on Puerto Ricans with an awful AI-generated image that they couldnt even be bothered to remake until the flags looked halfway decent is a *chefs kiss*-level metaphor. Happy Puerto Rico Citizenship Day [---] years ago the people of Puerto Rico were granted American citizenship. Today lets honor their contributions and service to our nation. https://t.co/se8wSAfH6r Happy Puerto Rico Citizenship Day [---] years ago the people of Puerto Rico were granted American citizenship. Today lets honor their contributions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1896607997750829281)  2025-03-03T17:05Z [----] followers, 22.5K engagements


"Si @sanbenito puede decir Viva Puerto Rico libre en la capital del imperio y seguir siendo el artista ms escuchado del planeta no se que esperan los tmidos que creen que declararse independentistas les va a hacer dao profesionalmente. Did you catch @sanbenito on @nprmusic Tiny Desk Come for the music stay for the Puerto Rican icon denouncing colonialism and calling for a free Puerto Rico. Video in the next tweet. Viva Puerto Rico libre https://t.co/ONnQ08afmW Did you catch @sanbenito on @nprmusic Tiny Desk Come for the music stay for the Puerto Rican icon denouncing colonialism and calling"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1909327524909531465)  2025-04-07T19:28Z [----] followers, 27.9K engagements


"The pro-statehood right-wing zealots running and ruining Puerto Rico whose only political idea is prostrating themselves before the American leaders who hate our people newly debase themselves by joining the anti-DEI crusadea farcical effort in a country of 99% brown people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1909821344641933734)  2025-04-09T04:11Z [----] followers, 16.2K engagements


"Whenever and wherever people are fighting against injustice I promise you will see a Puerto Rican flag"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1932202545855746559)  2025-06-09T22:26Z [----] followers, 31.5K engagements


"Guys I'm not sure "pained emotionless thousand-yard stare when he has to hug a black guy" is gonna be a winning visual. In it to win it. https://t.co/1pr5obsVAu In it to win it. https://t.co/1pr5obsVAu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1944850564363501621)  2025-07-14T20:04Z [----] followers, 13.1K engagements


"The fact that there is an "all-millionaire neighborhood" in a place where the median household income is $25000 and 60% of children live under the poverty line tells you all you need to know about about who Puerto Rico's colonial status is actually helpingand hurting. I live in an all millionaire neighborhood in Puerto Rico and I noticed a trend. Lots of them sold a tech company. But before doing so they moved to PR to avoid paying taxes. Taxes are 37% in the states + your state taxes. So if they make $100mil from selling a company theyd owe I live in an all millionaire neighborhood in Puerto"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1945161165270609944)  2025-07-15T16:38Z [----] followers, 53.4K engagements


"The problem is Americans will read these statistics and think: "And that's why Puerto Rico can't survive without the United States" When they should be thinking: "Oh shitthis is what has happened to Puerto Rico WITH the United States." The fact that there is an "all-millionaire neighborhood" in a place where the median household income is $25000 and 60% of children live under the poverty line tells you all you need to know about about who Puerto Rico's colonial status is actually helpingand hurting. The fact that there is an "all-millionaire neighborhood" in a place where the median household"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1945204340043518133)  2025-07-15T19:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"*The pro-statehood governor of Puerto Rico.* Gonzlez Ritchie Torres and many others are pro-statehood and pro-Zionism because it's the same ideology: that a powerful country can invade a nation colonize it oppress itand eventually permanently annex it. The Governor of Puerto Rico @Jenniffer Gonzlez supports Israeli apartheid and genocide. https://t.co/u2s52m7KyZ The Governor of Puerto Rico @Jenniffer Gonzlez supports Israeli apartheid and genocide. https://t.co/u2s52m7KyZ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1955740365358817639)  2025-08-13T21:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Puerto Rico has a right to independence. The oft-repeated idea that Puerto Rico can or should be independent only *if* it gets better leaders or straightens out its economy or whatever else is morally incoherent. Rights are unconditional. That's what makes them rights"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1955786700065792128)  2025-08-14T00:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Puerto Rican singer @ilevitable kicking off the march for independence in San Juan by singing our revolutionary national anthem. Dont miss the Palestine flag in the background Bet youll see a lot of them today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1962174934861709683)  2025-08-31T15:25Z [----] followers, 11.8K engagements


"Un poco raro publicar una foto as en la que fcilmente se ven cientos si no miles de personas y poner en el titular que fueron "decenas""  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1962335795232248167)  2025-09-01T02:04Z [----] followers, 11.2K engagements


"Bad Bunny arguably the biggest artist in the world is a vocal believer in Puerto Rico's decolonization and sovereignty. As I wrote last month it's part of a broader political and cultural trend: massive growth in support for independence. Link in the next tweet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AlbertoMedinaPR/status/1944490425244586309)  2025-07-13T20:13Z [----] followers, 12.7K engagements

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