Puerto Rico: The collapse of a country. An initial reflection on the debacle of the sugar industry, petrochemicals and section 936.
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Description: | In the following work we have as a central objective to examine the socio-economic implications of the disintegration of the economy of Puerto Rico from the second half of the twentieth century, using as a center of study the cases of the sugar industry, the petrochemical industry -CORCO and the industries under the section 936 sector. The three sectors were at their peak the most important activities in the Puerto Rican economy during the twentieth century; However, the three sectors were displaced and ruined by local and international situations, causing one of the largest economic crises in our contemporary history. |
| Country: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Language: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/39693 |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/dialogos/article/view/39693 |
| Keyword: | bankrupcy unemployment economic crisis poverty government bancarrota desempleo crisis económica pobreza gobierno |