Alana Casanova-Burgess

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He says, like, I want them to put on a song of mine the day that Hostos returns. And Hostos was a Puerto Rican independence activist.

He says, like, I want them to put on a song of mine the day that Hostos returns. And Hostos was a Puerto Rican independence activist.

He says, like, I want them to put on a song of mine the day that Hostos returns. And Hostos was a Puerto Rican independence activist.

Well, I'm talking to you from San Juan. And I think what's been happening in Puerto Rico has been happening for a really long time. There's been a housing crisis. There's been, I guess you could call it a brain drain. There's been just a lot of young people leaving the island. That's been happening since Maria, but it's been happening before that because there's been an austerity crisis here.

Well, I'm talking to you from San Juan. And I think what's been happening in Puerto Rico has been happening for a really long time. There's been a housing crisis. There's been, I guess you could call it a brain drain. There's been just a lot of young people leaving the island. That's been happening since Maria, but it's been happening before that because there's been an austerity crisis here.

Well, I'm talking to you from San Juan. And I think what's been happening in Puerto Rico has been happening for a really long time. There's been a housing crisis. There's been, I guess you could call it a brain drain. There's been just a lot of young people leaving the island. That's been happening since Maria, but it's been happening before that because there's been an austerity crisis here.

And in fact, there's even a generation called Generación de la Crisis, Hijes de la Crisis, right? Like children of the crisis. On the album, there's a track called Boquete, which means pothole. And that is because, you know, you drive around and there are so many potholes. The electricity goes out all the time, right?

And in fact, there's even a generation called Generación de la Crisis, Hijes de la Crisis, right? Like children of the crisis. On the album, there's a track called Boquete, which means pothole. And that is because, you know, you drive around and there are so many potholes. The electricity goes out all the time, right?

And in fact, there's even a generation called Generación de la Crisis, Hijes de la Crisis, right? Like children of the crisis. On the album, there's a track called Boquete, which means pothole. And that is because, you know, you drive around and there are so many potholes. The electricity goes out all the time, right?

There was, I think people probably saw in the news, New Year's Eve, there was an island-wide blackout that lasted for some communities several days. There's just this sense of abandonment by the government. that kind of wants to invite people from the U.S.

There was, I think people probably saw in the news, New Year's Eve, there was an island-wide blackout that lasted for some communities several days. There's just this sense of abandonment by the government. that kind of wants to invite people from the U.S.

There was, I think people probably saw in the news, New Year's Eve, there was an island-wide blackout that lasted for some communities several days. There's just this sense of abandonment by the government. that kind of wants to invite people from the U.S.

and from abroad to enjoy tax incentives here so that they can move here, not really contribute financially to the island, and that that displaces people who are from here. And so that Debí Tirar Más Fotos, there are several references on the album to leaving, right, to like, being gone. And there's like a romantic sense to it. But it also is really about what is happening to PR today.

and from abroad to enjoy tax incentives here so that they can move here, not really contribute financially to the island, and that that displaces people who are from here. And so that Debí Tirar Más Fotos, there are several references on the album to leaving, right, to like, being gone. And there's like a romantic sense to it. But it also is really about what is happening to PR today.

and from abroad to enjoy tax incentives here so that they can move here, not really contribute financially to the island, and that that displaces people who are from here. And so that Debí Tirar Más Fotos, there are several references on the album to leaving, right, to like, being gone. And there's like a romantic sense to it. But it also is really about what is happening to PR today.

You know, it's interesting to think also about when the album came out, which is the Eve Vifera of Reyes, Three Kings Day. So Puerto Rico has just like the longest and most intense Christmas period in the world.

You know, it's interesting to think also about when the album came out, which is the Eve Vifera of Reyes, Three Kings Day. So Puerto Rico has just like the longest and most intense Christmas period in the world.