Raymond LAUREANO-ORTIZ, PhD in Caribbean History. Author of Spanish-language textbook International Relations: Puerto Rico, the United States, and the Rest of the World. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Center for Advanced Studies on Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, in Old San Juan. Founding Managing Editor of Caribbean Conjunctures: The Caribbean Studies Association Journal. Former Chair of the UK Society for Caribbean Studies and former Vice President of the Association of Caribbean Historians.