Why I Choose to Live on a Floating Island of Garbage

 Puerto Rico loves democracy.

In the current news context, what is perhaps most notable is that Puerto Rico has one of the highest voting rates in this hemisphere — surpassing the U.S. mainland by 50% in many election years. 

Of course, we cannot vote in the presidential election, even with U.S. citizenship (Puerto Ricans can vote if living on the mainland — island residents cannot).

Why I Choose to Live on a Floating Island of Garbage 

What can be learned from Puerto Rico

But if different languages and cultures are not viewed as isolated islands, but as stimuli for learning and improvement, we should ask how the Puerto Rican model of education and healthcare could be implemented in many areas of the mainland.