Martínez Roque v. USA

Samuel Martínez Roque

Martínez Roque v. USA is a nonfiction political essay series examining howthe United States enable exploitation through institutional neglect, bureaucratic indifference, and structural violence. At the center of the series is Ramon Ontiveros as a case study in its impersonation. Ramon Ontiveros is not America, yet he learned how to perform it: how to invoke its myths, brand himself with its symbols, claim moral authority while conspiring to defraud the United States, exploit immigrant vulnerabil...