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Given that , his works are entering a complex area of copyright. Under U.S. and Puerto Rican law, copyright generally lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years (until 2049 for Marqués). Therefore, La Carreta is not in the public domain yet.

The central theme of the play is the destructive nature of forced migration. Marqués portrays migration not as an adventure, but as a trauma. The play suggests that the jíbaro is intrinsically tied to the land; when severed from the land, the individual loses their identity, dignity, and eventually, their life. The title itself refers to the oxcart that carried crops and people in the past—a symbol of a way of life that has been rendered obsolete by modernization.