Everyone wants to be Muñoz Marin
It is amusing to observe the game of Puerto Rican politics. During this last weekend, the unexpected happened. Lic Ruben Berrios, an 'independentista', met with Dr. Pedro Rossello, a statehooder, to discuss solutions to the purported stats problem. Perhaps the most curious about the meeting was that, during the previous debate for the governorship, Berrios had attacked Rossello about the antecedent corruption in the most moralizing tone. Once again, the politicians are trying to give prominence to a topic, the political status, as if it were a magic pill that will solve all our problems, principally economic in nature. Perhaps they believe they will be glorified after their deaths, akin to the celebrations this last weekend over our famous orator. Unfortunately, the keys to economic development, science and technology, recede into the deepest depths of our collective conscience. We try to relive our myths, trying to recapture that magic moment in our history, without actually making any 'history'. These politicians should learn from the classic greeks, such as Heraclitus, who observed that one could never step into the same river twice. There will only be one Luis Muñoz Marín. Let's leave his image in peace, and move towards the future, that there is still a great deal to be done.