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“We are an adolescent country”: sociologist Manuel Torres Márquez makes a harsh diagnosis of Puerto Rico

An essayist and poet, the retired professor believes that the island is closing its eyes to the profound changes in the United States, and in the world, that could profoundly affect it

March 2, 2025 - 7:05 PM

We are part of

Dr. Manuel Torres Márquez, who, in addition to being an essayist, is also a poet, recently retired from the chair of Sociology that he held for 26 years at the Interamerican University. (Xavier Araújo)

By Benjamín Torres Gotay

Subdirector de Proyectos Especialesbenjamin.torres@gfrmedia.com

During more than 40 years of university teaching, work and study trips, collaboration with international organizations such as, among many others, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Organization of American States (OAS), in journeys that have led him to attend to and see first-hand the problems of 43 countries, sociologist Manuel Torres Márquez has not stopped thinking for a moment about his first love: Puerto Rico.