Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in September 2017. The island was left without electricity and clean water for months. However, the natural disaster was not the only cause of this lasting devastation. The financial fall-out from predatory loans, which led to Puerto Rico’s inability to invest funds in its own infrastructure, caused an enduring humanitarian disaster. Artist Miguel Luciano (b. 1972) in this interview discusses his work in relation to the 2017 Puerto Rican debt crisis and the legacy of the over 100-year span of Puerto Rico’s colonial status as a US territory, which gives the US disproportionate control over the island’s economy. Luciano’s aesthetic economic investigations also examine the impact of the financial crisis and immigration on the Puerto Rican diaspora living in the US mainland.

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美国的经济承诺已经结束：对米格尔·卢西亚诺的采访

飓风玛丽亚于 2017 年 9 月袭击了波多黎各。该岛几个月没有电和干净的水。然而，自然灾害并不是造成这种持久破坏的唯一原因。掠夺性贷款造成的金融后果导致波多黎各无法将资金投资于自己的基础设施，从而引发了一场持久的人道主义灾难。艺术家 Miguel Luciano（生于 1972 年）在本次采访中讨论了他与 2017 年波多黎各债务危机以及波多黎各 100 多年作为美国领土的殖民地位的遗产有关的工作，这使美国对岛上的经济。Luciano 的美学经济调查还考察了金融危机和移民对居住在美国本土的波多黎各侨民的影响。