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Title: Environmental Colonialism, Criminalization and Resistance: Puerto Rican Mobilizations for Environmental Justice in the 21st Century
Authors: Atiles-Osoria, José M. 
Keywords: Anti-colonialism; Environmental colonialism; Environmental justice; Puerto Rico; Repression
Issue Date: Oct-2014
Publisher: Centro de Estudos Sociais
Serial title, monograph or event: RCCS Annual Review
Issue: 6
Place of publication or event: Coimbra
Abstract: Struggles for environmental justice have become a fundamental part of Puerto Rican sociopolitical and anticolonial mobilizations since the mid-twentieth century. In this context, and paying particular attention to the criminalization processes used by the United States in the post 9/11 era, the article develops three lines of analysis: 1) a reflection on environmental colonialism in the context of Puerto Rico; 2) an analysis of the mechanisms of criminalization and repression developed by the governments of the US and Puerto Rico; 3) a review of the Puerto Rican socio-environmental conflicts between 1999 and 2012. The discussion of these points shows the close connection between Puerto Rican environmental and anti-colonial movements, as well as the mechanisms of repression and criminalization deployed against them.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/36579
ISSN: 1647-3175
DOI: 10.4000/rccsar.524
10.4000/rccsar.524
Rights: openAccess
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