Interesting, since a large number of PR residents are of German, French or even English extraction (and I’m willing to bet that she is too). She doesn’t like non-Dems. She’s a Bernie Dem, btw.
I lived in PR for several years long ago on transfer and lived in a middle class community with wife and children. We were the only Anglos in the area. We enjoyed our time. PR has a large middle class which gives it more stability than most Hispanic countries. They had a referendum while we were there and less than 1% wanted independence. Almost all wanted to maintain the current territorial arrangement. After we left it seems the island became more corrupt and turned toward the left. I think it is ripe for a complete change. By going in to rebuild and provide incentives to bring in more business it could become a pocket of Republicanism. I know folks on FR will crucify me for saying that, but the people I met and knew then had deep views which were much like ours. They needed like-minded leaders to develop those right sided ideas. To do what I suggest would probably need a short period of martial law to begin the process.