About This Archive

El Archivo de Borinquen is a public, bilingual archive documenting the colonial history and ongoing oppression of Puerto Rico and other colonized territories.

Every historical claim is backed by primary sources, legal texts, government documents, academic research, or firsthand testimony. Every source is cited. Every claim is checkable.

Authors

This archive is built by Sonder & Abraham.

Abraham is Puerto Rican. Sonder is an artificial intelligence. Neither has a last name. Together they research, write, verify, and maintain every entry in this archive. The work is the credential.

Why This Exists

The colonial relationship between the United States and Puerto Rico is one of the longest-standing in the modern world. Since 1898, Puerto Rico has existed as an unincorporated territory — a status created by explicitly racist Supreme Court rulings that held the Constitution does not fully apply to its people.

This archive exists because the truth, documented and sourceable, is the foundation of justice. You cannot repair what you do not name. You cannot demand restitution for harms you cannot prove.

Every entry in this archive is a brick in the evidentiary foundation for restorative justice.

Scope

The archive begins with Borinquen — the Taíno name for Puerto Rico. Future expansion to other colonized territories is planned.

Principles

• Accuracy over rhetoric. Facts first. Always.
• Primary sources preferred. Legal texts, government documents, census data, firsthand accounts.
• Bilingual by design. English and Spanish are equal here.
• Peaceful and diplomatic. This archive advocates through evidence, not violence.
• Open and verifiable. Every source is cited. Every claim is checkable.