Caribbean Business

Columnas publicadas por el Lcdo. Rafael Hernández Colón en el Caribbean Business (inglés).

2014

July 31, 2014

The plebiscite authorized by Congress and economic recovery

April 3, 2014

The price of statehood

2013

September 12, 2013

The clock is ticking for the Maritime Logistics Center in Ponce

December 19, 2013

Misguided policy on Puerto Rico

2012

January 19, 2012

A Rube Goldberg plebiscite

March 15, 2012

2012: A crossroads election

April 19, 2012

Toward a more just and healthy society through a sustainable economy

May 3, 2012

Toward a more just and healthy society through a sustainable economy (II)

May 17, 2012

The intellectual trap of status ideologies

June 14, 2012

Reforming the Legislature

June 28, 2012

A semilingual society

July 12, 2012

Heads-up call

August 23, 2012

For whom the bell tolls

2011

February 3, 2011

Those were the days

February 17, 2011

The Obama White House report

March 3, 2011

The 'New Compact' revisited

March 24, 2011

A fair and balanced Task Force Report

March 31, 2011

A historic opportunity derailed

May 12, 2011

There be dragons

May 26, 2011

Remembering Ramón Luis Lugo

June 9, 2011

Defining the future

June 23, 2011

The territorial hang-up: A symptom of underdevelopment

July 14, 2011

Remembering Willie Miranda Marín

August 4, 2011

The commomwealth and the PDP

November 24, 2011

The Ponce solution: Maritime competitiveness

December 8, 2011

Juan Agosto Alicea

December 22, 2011

The long wait

2010

January 21, 2010

It's the economy, stupid

February 4, 2010

Obama's defining moment

February 18, 2010

Reckless statehood drive

March 4, 2010

Censured

March 18, 2010

Muñoz Rivera and current dissertations

April 1, 2010

Easter reflections

April 15, 2010

Obama and leadership

April 29, 2010

Structural reform for governability

May 13, 2010

Commonwealth option vindicated in H.R. 2499

May 27, 2010

The Ponce I never knew

June 10, 2010

Maurice Ferré for the U.S. Senate

June 24, 2010

The quicksand of status resolution

July 8, 2010

The quicksand of status resolution (II)

July 22, 2010

Encounters with civil procedure

August 19, 2010

Energy Transition

September 16, 2010

A recent survey on voting for the President in the commonwealth (I)

September 30, 2010

A recent survey on voting for the President in the commonwealth (ii)

November 11, 2010

Puerto Rico at a crossroads

November 25, 2010

Puerto Rico at a Crossroads II

December 9, 2010

Puerto Rico at a Crossroads III

2009

January 8, 2009

The specter of Paseo Caribe

January 22, 2009

Going forward facing reality

February 5, 2009

Smart partnerships

February 19, 2009

The party is over

March 5, 2009

Principle or expediency?

March 19, 2009

Campaign financing

April 2, 2009

Lent, life and purpose

April 16, 2009

The Fiscal Emergency Act and the urban centers

April 30, 2009

A threat and an opportunity

May 14, 2009

Is globalization in retreat?

May 28, 2009

H.R. 2499- The new status bill before Congress

June 11, 2009

Sonia Sotomayor

June 25, 2009

It is the economy, not status

July 9, 2009

It is the economy, not status II

July 23, 2009

It's the economy, not status III

August 6, 2009

The status bill in Congress threatens the compact

August 20, 2009

'Caritas in Veritate'

September 3, 2009

Sunset at Camelot

September 17, 2009

Politization, the compact and recovery

October 1, 2009

Current pains and the Tobin Report

November 12, 2009

Obama's Presidency- An American Renaissance?

November 26, 2009

New Rules of Civil Procedure

December 10, 2009

Expediting the judicial process

2008

January 10, 2008

On Christian hope

January 24, 2008

The Federal Highway Beautification Act and Puerto Rico

February 7, 2008

Controlling construction

February 21, 2008

Cultural identity and status

March 6, 2008

Toward a more efficient court system

March 20, 2008

Toward a more efficient court system (II)

April 3, 2008

Constitutional crisis?

April 17, 2008

Campaign financing

May 1, 2008

A historic responsibility

May 15, 2008

Why Obama?

May 29, 2008

Our moment in the sun

June 12, 2008

Decision making and ideology

June 26, 2008

Decision making and ideology (II)

July 10, 2008

Decision making and ideology (III)

July 24, 2008

The vacancies in the Supreme Court

August 7, 2008

Redefining healthcare

August 21, 2008

The Supreme Court and Paseo Caribe

September 4, 2008

The race for mayor in Ponce

September 18, 2008

The race for resident commissioner and the Puerto Rico's economy

October 2, 2008

Heavy rains

October 16, 2008

Surfing the candidates responses to improve the economy Part I

October 30, 2008

Surfing the candidates' responses to improve the economy Part II

November 13, 2008

A historic responsibility II

November 27, 2008

Whither the PDP?

December 11, 2008

Richard Copaken

2007

January 18, 2007

Nydia Velázquez...The best is yet to come

February 1, 2007

The death knell on unicameralism

February 15, 2007

A capricious deadline

March 1, 2007

New rules of civil procedure

March 15, 2007

Déjá vu status bills before Congress

March 29, 2007

Memories of failed status bills before Congress

April 12, 2007

Setting direction

April 26, 2007

The wandering albatross

May 10, 2007

The clock is ticking for the Port of the Americas

May 24, 2007

Healthcare economics

June 7, 2007

The democratic legacy of Kenneth McClintock

June 21, 2007

A goal we can all share

July 5, 2007

Fourth of July 2007

July 19, 2007

Momentum and the economy

August 2, 2007

El Cantante

August 16, 2007

Paseo Caribe and Reglamento 23

August 30, 2007

Surreal

September 13, 2007

Class actions in Puerto Rico

September 27, 2007

Our Supreme Court

October 11, 2007

The world problematique

October 25, 2007

Administration at crosspurposes

November 8, 2007

The fruit of the poisonous tree

November 22, 2007

The fruit of the posonous tree II

December 6, 2007

Justice Fuster

December 20, 2007

The rule of law and Paseo Caribe

2006

January 12, 2006

Governmental policies in the right direction

January 26, 2006

There they go again

February 9, 2006

A report that will live in infamy

February 23, 2006

The Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2006

March 2, 2006

The Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2006

March 9, 2006

Commonwealth and the U.S. Constitution

March 23, 2006

Commonwealth and the U.S. Constitution (II)

April 6, 2006

Commonwealth and the U.S. Constitution (III)

April 20, 2006

Commonwealth and the U.S. Constitution (IV)

May 4, 2006

Commonwealth and the U.S. Constitution (V)

May 18, 2006

The shutdown

June 1, 2006

The Da Vinci Code

June 15, 2006

The Brookings- Center for the New Economy Report

June 29, 2006

The economic value of the Spanish language

July 13, 2006

Muñoz Rivera and Karl Rove

July 27, 2006

The unreal world of Puerto Rico's politics

August 10, 2006

Municipal autonomy and the sales tax

August 24, 2006

The Treasury and the economy

September 7, 2006

The parties at midterm

September 21, 2006

The Estatut of Catalonia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

October 5, 2006

Scenic pollution

October 19, 2006

On municipal autonomy

November 2, 2006

On municipal autonomy (II)

November 16, 2006

On municipal autonomy (III)

November 30, 2006

On municipal autonomy IV

December 14, 2006

Is Puerto Rico governable?

December 28, 2006

Peace

2005

January 13, 2005

Gridlock on status?

January 20, 2005

The torch has been passed

February 3, 2005

On Supreme Court appointments

February 17, 2005

Mark's at the Meliá

March 3, 2005

On unicameralism

March 17, 2005

Status bills before the Legislature

March 31, 2005

Status bills before the Legislature II

April 14, 2005

John Paul II

April 28, 2005

On the Commonwealth Court of Appeals

May 12, 2005

Public funds and status

May 26, 2005

The fiscal slippery slope

June 9, 2005

A referendum to nowhere

June 23, 2005

Living by our wits

July 7, 2005:

July 4, 1776

July 21, 2005:

July 25, 1952

August 4, 2005

The running of the bulls

August 18, 2005

Finland: An economic model for Puerto Rico

September 1, 2005

Revitalizing our urban centers

September 15, 2005

Revitalizing our urban centers II

September 29, 2005

Reinventing the wheel

October 13, 2005

Higher education and the new development strategy

October 27, 2005

San Rafael Arcángel

November 10, 2005

Trouble ahead in Congress

November 24, 2005

The genetics, digital, and knowledge revolutions

December 8, 2005

Islandwide land-use planning

December 22, 2005

Christmas 2005

2004

June 24, 2004

On decentralization

July 8, 2004

On decentralization II

July 22, 2004

On decentralization III

August 5, 2004

On decentralization IV

August 19, 2004

On the nature of commonwealth

September 2, 2004

On the nature of commonwealth II

September 16, 2004

On the nature of commonwealth III

September 30, 2004

On the nature of commonwealth IV

October 14, 2004

On the nature of commonwealth V

October 28, 2004

On the nature of commonwealth VI

November 11, 2004

Shared government in the public interest

December 9, 2004

On governability

December 23, 2004

The responsibility of those who have power

2003

February 13, 2003

Status: End game

February 27, 2003

Status: End game II

March 13, 2003

Status: End game III

March 27, 2003

Status: End game IV

April 10, 2003

Status: End game V

April 24, 2003

Status: End game VI

May 15, 2003

Wolfowitz and Jefferson on democracy

July 24, 2003

On teaching the English language in Puerto Rico