How Bad Bunny’s power pole dance spotlighted the colonial legacy of energy poverty
- Written by Jenna Imad Harb, Research Fellow, Australian National University
When Bad Bunny and his dancers scaled power poles during his Super Bowl performance, he wasn’t just entertaining millions. He was spotlighting how Puerto Rico’s chronic power outages are a legacy of its colonisation.
Puerto Rico is far from alone in this struggle – colonialism and geopolitical power imbalances have shaped access...





