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There is no Puerto Rico without the University of Puerto Rico

We have already seen this script. First mistrust is sown, then the institution is weakened, and finally its privatization is justified, says Silverio Perez

April 21, 2026 - 2:18 PM

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The UPR leads nearly 80% of the country’s research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. (Carlos Rivera Giusti/Staff)

By Silverio Pérez

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Let’s be clear. Without the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), there is no future for Puerto Rico. And that is not a slogan. It is evidence. The official historian of Puerto Rico, Carlos Hernández, says that there are institutions that are not measured by their buildings, but by the country they carry on their shoulders. The UPR is not just another agency in the government’s ledger. It is the most important social project we have built as a people.