Hi HBosch. Your posts would be a lot more helpful if they were a little more specific.
I am sorry to read about your awful experiences in Puerto Rico. I will not attempt to deny your experiences even when they contradict a lot of what I've seen and heard. I am after all, a local who will never live the "anti-gringo" life that you lived. However, I would love it if you could elaborate on the hardships that you faced on the island. Your stories could help others that wanted to make the trip after ignoring your warnings about Puerto Rico being "The single worst place to live on Planet Earth."
Where on the island did you live? How long did you live there? Puerto Rico's population is diverse in culture, politics, education, and socioeconomic status. Was the anti gringo discrimination uniform across all groups or was it more prevalent in some people than others?
Are you fluent in Spanish? How were your efforts to learn the culture? How did you get involved with the locals? Did you make any expat acquaintances, and if you did, did they live the same hardships that you did?
What market were you overcharged at for being a "gringo"? Most stores will charge you the sticker price and most big stores will just scan the bar code of the products. Overcharging based on ethnicity is illegal and knowing what places do this would be really useful.
What do you mean with the description of "a mafia controlled island"? What was the nature of this mafia and what aspects of the island did they control?
The island is far from perfect, and many expats and locals complain about many things. However, your scathing remarks contradict the accounts of many other expats that have started blogs, etc., about their lives on the island. How do you explain this disparity of accounts? Are those people just being overly polite? If this is true, why do you think that they decided to stay?
I would like to thank you in advance for your response. I understand that you resent Puerto Ricans for the discrimination that you felt and I understand that it would take great courage to join me in dialogue because it would force you to remember your days in "purgatory".