Amilcar Barreto All Experts

Associate professor of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies and Director of the Master of Arts Program in International Affairs

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a.barreto@neu.edu

617.536.4887

Amilcar Barreto In the Media

Amilcar Barreto for Northeastern

Migration

The changing face of Puerto Rican migration

Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Rican people have migrated from the island to various parts of the U.S. mainland since Hurricane Maria swept through six…
- by Molly Callahan April 11, 2018
Puerto Rico

‘Wild card’ at play in weekend’s Puerto Rico status vote

This Sunday, Puerto Ricans will vote to decide the territory’s status—either to remain an unincorporated U.S. territory, become an independent country, or become a full…
- by Molly Callahan June 9, 2017
Business

What’s next for Puerto Rico’s debt crisis, and why Americans should pay attention

Faced with $123 billion in debt it cannot pay, Puerto Rico took the unprecedented step of filing for bankruptcy protection in a federal court last…
- by Jason Kornwitz May 18, 2017
Society & Culture

3Qs: ‘Pessimistic’ prognosis on fix to Puerto Rico’s debt crisis

Amílcar Barreto—an expert in Puerto Rican politics and an associate professor in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities—weighs in on the cash-poor island’s debt…
- by Jason Kornwitz August 7, 2015
Society & Culture

3Qs: Historic policy shift for US and Cuba

President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced plans to “normalize relations” between the U.S. and Cuban governments. Here, associate professor Amílcar Antonio Barreto discusses what this…
- by Joe O'Connell December 19, 2014
Society & Culture

Racial divisions in Obama’s America

Obama’s presidency has polarized the public’s views on race, say Northeastern professors Amílcar Barreto and Richard D. O’Bryant, whose new book explores this issue from…
- by Jason Kornwitz February 10, 2014