If Puerto Ricans are very numerous in New York, there is one that stands out in particular: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, say AOC. The youngest elected to the US Congress, who embodies the left wing of the Democratic Party, has become a phenomenon. As Puerto Rico has only one resident commissionner Without the right to vote in Congress, she makes the island somewhat exist in Washington, even though she officially represents New York’s 14th district in the House of Representatives. We can count on AOC to display its ardor latina, with her bright lipstick and creole earrings.
“Forbidden to dogs and Puerto Ricans”
Here is another story of identity, roots, melancholy and diaspora. Like AOC, nearly 60% of Puerto Ricans live in the United States. Especially in New York and Florida. There have been several waves of migration, many sway, back and forth, between the mainland and the island. When the island was already a Spanish colony. Then, in 1950, the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party opened an office in New York and attracted those who were victims of repression on the island. A failed attack on President Truman that year caused tension and increased mistrust of Puerto Ricans with dreams of independence.
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