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Author: Dr. Harry Franqui

I'm a historian by training, a professor of history by day, and a public intellectual and blogger by night. I'm the author of: Soldiers of the Nation: Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952. University of Nebraska Press, 2018. http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9780803278677/ You can find my academic work at: http://www.academia.edu/ I also write and blog about current issues, from politics to foreign policy, military matters, identity, culture, race and privilege. You can find my most popular works in; Latino Rebels http://www.latinorebels.com/author/harryfranquirivera/ Centro Voices http://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/centrovoices/meet-the-authors/harry-franqui https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/harryfranquirivera-315 80 Grados http://www.80grados.net/author/harry-franqui-rivera/ Follow me @hfranqui
February 28, 2026February 28, 2026 Dr. Harry Franqui

The Borinqueneers: The Forgotten Heroes of a Forgotten War

February 13, 2026February 13, 2026 Dr. Harry Franqui

“Boricuas en la Luna?” Popular and Cultural Production on Puerto Rican Migration Waves and the Peninsularism of Insular Puerto Ricans

February 13, 2026February 19, 2026 Dr. Harry Franqui

Pride and Courage: A Borinqueneers’ Story

February 11, 2026February 11, 2026 Dr. Harry Franqui

The Last Betrayal and Ultimate Act of Colonization: When “Educators” Carry Water for Ultra-Nationalistic Ideologies and Lie to their “own” People for a Living…

February 7, 2026 Dr. Harry Franqui

Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl LX: Whiteness Is Watching Its Last Halftime Show

August 16, 2025 Dr. Harry Franqui

From Illegal Aliens to Foreign Invaders: Using Military Jargon to Demonize Immigrants and Latinos

June 13, 2025 Dr. Harry Franqui

La Parada Militar del 14 de junio y el Despliegue de Fuerzas Armadas es otro Juego de Poder.

January 23, 2025January 24, 2025 Dr. Harry Franqui

Fábula en tres tiempos

December 2, 2023October 7, 2025 Dr. Harry Franqui

Puerto Ricans did not Receive U.S. Citizenship So They Could Fight in WWI-

November 21, 2023November 21, 2023 Dr. Harry Franqui

Mollejitas con guineos en escabeche.

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