America's Last Fortress - Odishelidze, Alexander
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A Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller China's Belt and Road initiative is on the way. Premier Xi's agenda? For China to have unrestricted access to the rest of the world. At the focus is America's last fortress, Puerto Rico, which sits primely at the southern entrance of the Caribbean from the Atlantic Ocean. The only way that China can exercise influence in Puerto Rico-and move freely around the globe-is if Puerto Rico becomes an independent nation. Puerto Rico's political process is in shambles and the island is now slipping toward independence. Author Alexander Odishelidze spent 30…mehr

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A Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller China's Belt and Road initiative is on the way. Premier Xi's agenda? For China to have unrestricted access to the rest of the world. At the focus is America's last fortress, Puerto Rico, which sits primely at the southern entrance of the Caribbean from the Atlantic Ocean. The only way that China can exercise influence in Puerto Rico-and move freely around the globe-is if Puerto Rico becomes an independent nation. Puerto Rico's political process is in shambles and the island is now slipping toward independence. Author Alexander Odishelidze spent 30 years on decolonization with a preference for statehood. This is his firsthand account of the mistakes made during that process, and of the vested interests-both on the mainland US and in Puerto Rico-that fought to maintain the status quo. In the 1970s, independence drew less than 5 percent of the vote in Puerto Rico's elections. During the last election, independence-leaning candidates received almost 50 percent of the vote. The trend is away from statehood. And China is watching.
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A Russian-Georgian born in Belgrade, Serbia, Alexander Odishelidze survived the Nazi occupation of Yugoslavia and the Holocaust. Despite losing his family and being shipped to refugee camps in Europe, Odishelidze grew into a strong, intelligent, and driven man. Immigrating to America with no grasp of the English language, no friends, and only twenty dollars in his pocket, he was drafted into the United States Army, where he trained in Alaska and became an expert skier. But his dreams and ambitions evolved. Upon leaving the Army, Odishelidze began his career in financial services and became the youngest ever general manager of a prestigious MONY financial services operation in Manhattan, New York. In 1971, Odishelidze began insurance and securities operations in Puerto Rico, until Aetna bought them out in 1985. He formed Eba, Inc. in 1979, as a consulting subsidiary, which he continued in Puerto Rico, and formed his financial and political consulting firm, Omanagement, LLC, in 2008 for his U.S. mainland operations. He's a guru in his field, writing columns, newsletters, and books on finance. Odishelidze and his wife, Odette Bouret, spend their time between their homes in Florida, St. John, and Colorado.