In this episode, we discuss the draft of an Executive Order sent to Donald Trump outlining the process to grant Puerto Rico's independence. We go over the debate this draft sparked about whether all methods to change the status of Puerto Rico are accepted including an Executive Order. For this discussion, we have Javier Hernandez, one of the creators of this draft, who answers common questions, describes in detail the content of the draft pertaining to Puerto Rico's transition to independence and discusses the intention behind this proposal. We asked him if he really thinks this draft has the potential to be taken seriously and signed by Donald Trump.

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In today's episode, we discuss a recent play called "We Reserve the Right of Admission," produced by Flamboyán Theater in Denver, Colorado, and written by Alberto Medina, the current president of Boricuas Unidos en la Diaspora. This play portrays the current relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States in the form of several characters, each representing the US, PR, and the Secretary, who serves as the messenger that also colludes with US interests and endorses power and control dynamics. Alberto takes us through some emerging themes in this play, such as how Puerto Rico is trying to get statehood, but it never arrives because of US arbitrary rules regarding the status of Puerto Rico and how the United States, in spite of its reluctance to offer statehood, also shies away from supporting independence for Puerto Rico.

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En el episodio de hoy hablamos con Javier Hernandez quien fue una de las personas que colaboró en la redacción de un borrador de una Orden Ejecutiva para otorgarle la independencia a Puerto Rico. Discutimos la intención de este borrador y los procesos que esboza para una transición ordenada y en colaboración con Estados Unidos. Traemos a colación las críticas que se le han hecho a esta iniciativa por el movimiento independentista y el sector colonial donde ambos sectores coinciden en que la propuesta es anti democrática.

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