Hurricane Fiona devastated Puerto Rico last month, but it also brought focus, once more, to Puerto Rico's peculiar status within the United States... that it is a territory, not a state, despite the fact that more than 9 million Americans identify themselves as Puerto Rican.
To better understand Puerto Rico's rich history, I spoke with Dr. Jorge Duany, who was born in Cuba and raised in Panama and Puerto Rico. Dr. Duany is the Director of the Cuban Research Institute and Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies at Florida International University. And prior to that, he served as Acting Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Puerto Rico. 
Dr. Duany is the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of twenty-two books, including the following 4 that I am identifying here:

1st… Puerto      Rico: What Everyone Needs to Know 
2nd… The Puerto      Rican Nation on the Move: Identities on the Island and in the United      States 
3rd…Cuba and      Puerto Rico: Transdisciplinary Approaches to History, Literature, and      Culture 
4th…Cubans in      Puerto Rico: Ethnic Economy and Cultural Identity 

In addition, below are links to other episodes about Caribbean nations: 
S1E24: Cuba's History, Dr. Lillian Guerra 
S1E23: Haiti's History, Dr. Robert Fatton 
I hope you enjoy these episodes.
Adel
Host of the History Behind News podcast

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