Forging Sovereignty: Javier A. Hernandez On Puerto Rico's Path To Independence
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2025
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Summary
Join us as we discuss Puerto Rico's sovereignty with author, writer, linguist, polyglot, artist, and entrepreneur Javier A. Hernandez. Born in Rio Piedras, Javier is a pro-sovereignty advocate for Puerto Rico who wrote PREXIT: Forging Puerto Rico's Path to Sovereignty and Puerto Rico: The Economic Case for Sovereignty. He is also a former Diplomatic Security Special Agent with the U.S. Department of State (2009–2017) and an experienced international security professional specializing in counterterrorism, diplomatic protection, crisis management, foreign security training, and global embassy security.
Javier's education includes a B.A. in Political Science & International Relations, an M.A. in International Communications, and an M.S. in Education. He brings extensive experience in geopolitics, strategic communications, education, and nation-state development – oh, and he's fluent in or conversant with 10 languages…
This episode explores:
- Why Javier believes that Puerto Rico deserves to be its own country.
- The complicated and harsh history of Puerto Rico.
- The curriculum that Puerto Rican students learn from the Department of Education.
- How U.S. tax breaks in Puerto Rico impact the local economy.
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You can follow along with Javier on X @PRexitBook!
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| 0:28.6 | Here come the geniuses. |
| 0:30.3 | This is the Finding Genius podcast. |
| 0:32.8 | The Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:37.5 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius podcast. |
| 0:41.5 | I guest today is Javier Hernandez. |
| 0:43.7 | He's a Puerto Rican author, writer, linguist, and an advocate for Puerto Rico's sovereignty. |
| 0:48.6 | He's the author of a book called Prexit, Forging Puerto Rico's Path So Welcome, Javier. |
| 0:54.0 | Thanks for coming. |
| 0:55.2 | Thank you. |
| 0:55.9 | Thank you, Rich. |
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