Assoc Prof Law & Pol Sci | Prof agrégé droit & sciences po || Senator, McGill Arts Faculty || @AMPL_AMPD Grievance Officer || https://t.co/4fAk3fUVcJ
Jul 17 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
So @Uber_Col, and perhaps @Uber itself, is happy to be complicit in extortion. A 🧵
When I planned a trip to #Colombia, I was told by all my Colombian friends and colleagues that @Uber_Col was the way to travel. Street taxis were unreliable and sketchy. With @Uber, you knew the price of the ride before you accepted it, so there was no haggling or scamming.
Jul 23, 2019 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
(This'll be a bit long.)
There's been a lot of confusing talk about Puerto Rico Governor Rosselló being a Democrat. But this betrays a lack of knowledge about PR politics.
PR politics turns on the "status question"—the relationship between the Island and the United States.
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No one runs for office in Puerto Rico on the Democratic or Republican ticket. No one. Period.
There are several local parties. The two principal ones are the New Progressive Party (PNP in Spanish) and the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).
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