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Roberto A. Fernández

Roberto A. Fernández

Introducción

7 min readFeb 16, 2024

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Roberto A. Fernández

Chapter 7 — Unraveling the Mystery of the Consent to Domination

During more than 125 years of U.S. presence and domination, a constant has been its acceptance by at least eight generations of Puerto…

36 min readDec 27, 2023

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Roberto A. Fernández

6 — Anti-Politics, Paralysis and Unfreedom

We rummage at times in the past, without living it, looking for usable tangencies in those projections of its spirit that, by their virtue…

42 min readDec 19, 2023

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Roberto A. Fernández

Chapter 5 — Cerro Maravilla and State Terrorism

You always have to reckon with human wickedness, ignorance and stupidity.

14 min readDec 19, 2023

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Roberto A. Fernández

Chapter 4 -Commonwealth and the “Generic Consent” Nonsense

For more than 125 years, generations of Puerto Ricans have gone through life carrying our particular dissociation between concepts and…

30 min readDec 18, 2023

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Chapter 3 — The Exclusion from Constitutionalism and other Evils

Since 1898, Puerto Ricans have been excluded from constitutionalism. We have been governed by an imperial power that has maintained…

22 min readDec 17, 2023

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Chapter 2 — Capitalism, Racism, and Domination

What’s past is prologue. William Shakespeare, The Tempest

25 min readDec 17, 2023

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Roberto A. Fernández

Chapter 1 — A Colonial Saga: History, Culture, and Power

Since 1898, Puerto Ricans have been subjugated by the forces of capitalism and imperialism. Of course, we are not unique in this respect…

37 min readDec 14, 2023

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1 — La saga colonial: Historia, cultura y poder

38 min readOct 9, 2023

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1 — La saga colonial: Historia, cultura y poder

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Roberto A. Fernández

7 — Develando el misterio del consentimiento a la dominación

Durante ya más de 125 años de presencia y dominación estadounidense, una constante ha sido su aceptación por al menos ocho generaciones de…

37 min readSep 5, 2023

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7 — Develando el misterio del consentimiento a la dominación

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Roberto A. Fernández

Roberto A. Fernández

Writer, amateur saxophonist, lawyer. My book “El constitucionalismo y la encerrona colonial de Puerto Rico” is available at the libraries of Princeton and Yale.

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