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The island of Puerto Rico suffers from a stagnant economy, devastating unemployment, and severely limited political autonomy. In this book, Collado- Schwarz addresses Puerto Rico's more than a century-old relationship with the United States and presents compelling strategies for gaining independence. Through a series of interviews and newspaper columns, the author examines six countries similar in size to Puerto Rico that have all successfully navigated a course to sovereignty: Singapore, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Estonia, and Slovenia. Collado-Schwarz chronicles the political history of each country, the ways in which each achieved independence, and what lessons can be applied to Puerto Rico. With cogent analysis and carefully reasoned arguments, this book will reopen the national dialogue in the United States about the future of Puerto Rico.

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• List of Maps(p. xi)
• Introduction to the 2011 English Edition(p. xiii)
• Introduction to the Third Edition (2010)(p. xix)
• Introduction to the First Edition (2008)(p. xxvii)
• General Note(p. xxxiii)
• Part 1 A Brief History of Puerto Rico(p. 1)
• Part 2 Interviews
• Successful Sovereignties: Decolonization Models for America's Last Colony, Puerto Rico(p. 17)
• Singapore(p. 35)
• Slovenia(p. 55)
• Ireland(p. 75)
• Israel(p. 97)
• New Zealand(p. 227)
• Estonia(p. 137)
• Part 3 Comparative Tables
• World Bank Statistics, 2010(p. 158)
• Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook Statistics, 2010(p. 159)
• Growth of Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP, %), Five-Year Forecast: Economist Intelligence Unit(p. 160)
• Part 4 Newspaper Columns
• Federal Laws Mean Hardships for Puerto Rican Consumers(p. 163)
• China and Latin America(p. 166)
• The Visits of Five Presidents, a Pope, and a King(p. 169)
• The Bride Refuses to Marry(p. 172)
• Ireland Is Stealing Our Cookies(p. 175)
• Puerto Rico: An Archipelago Without Fresh Seafood?(p. 178)
• The Bahamas, Small Yet Sovereign(p. 181)
• The Spirit of Bangalore(p. 184)
• The Neglect of Solar Energy(p. 187)
• An Agricultural Country Without Agriculture(p. 190)
• Violence, Mental Health, and Status(p. 193)
• Sovereign Gardens(p. 196)
• Alaskan Statehood(p. 199)
• The Most Exclusive Club in the World(p. 202)
• Sovereignty for Development(p. 205)
• A Quarter-Century Lost(p. 207)
• The Bankers Club and Puerto Rico(p. 210)
• Drug Trafficking and the Feds(p. 213)
• A Federal Plebisciteùso Close Yet so Far(p. 216)
• The Territorial Clause Versus Sovereignty(p. 219)
• The Experts and the Territorial Clause(p. 221)
• The Hispanic Effect and Statehood(p. 223)
• The Flight of the Pharmaceuticals and Commonwealth(p. 225)
• JOBS, JOBS, JOBS...(p. 228)
• Asia Headed Toward the Lead(p. 231)
• A Decade Lost: 2000-2010(p. 234)
• Obama's 238 Minutes in Puerto Rico(p. 236)
• The Thirty-Eighth Parallel and Commonwealth Status(p. 239)
• Stagnation and the Lack of Indignados(p. 242)
• Suggested Reading(p. 247)
• Contributors(p. 252)
• Index(p. 253)

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ngel Collado-Schwarz is the founder and chairman of the Fundacin Voz del Centro, a cultural nongovernmental organization, and the producer and host of the radio program La Voz del Centro. He is the author of four books including Voces de la cultura 1, Voces de la cultura 2, Voces de la cultura 3, and Soberanas exitosas.