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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
July 24, 2026August 5, 2026 Dr. Harry Franqui

From the Great Depression to the Korean War: Puerto Rico’s Greatest Generation—and the Global Nature of the Puerto Rican Soul

July 23, 2026 Dr. Harry Franqui

Did Puerto Rico once produce 85% of what it consumed?

July 22, 2026 Dr. Harry Franqui

El nacionalismo: el verdadero opio de las masas

July 18, 2026July 19, 2026 Dr. Harry Franqui

When Academia’s Principles Suddenly Don’t Apply: The World Cup, Argentina, and the Crisis of Scholarly Credibility

July 4, 2026 Dr. Harry Franqui

The Odyssey of El cabo Gómez: A Puerto Rican Soldier Returns Home a Hero for an Emerging Nation

July 3, 2026August 18, 2026 Dr. Harry Franqui

The 1937 Warning We Have Forgotten

June 23, 2026 Dr. Harry Franqui

NY-13 Democrat Primary Race & the Toxic Ethno-Religious Nationalism Destroying the Country

June 18, 2026June 19, 2026 Dr. Harry Franqui

America’s Ireland: Nationalist Violence and Colonial State Terror in 1930s Puerto Rico

June 13, 2026 Dr. Harry Franqui

Mayor Mamdani’s Capitulation to Puerto Rican Nationalist Bigotry—and Why Democrats Keep Losing

June 13, 2026August 12, 2026 Dr. Harry Franqui

The Gag Law (Ley de la Mordaza) in Puerto Rican Memory, Political Discourse, and History

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