Editing Rafael Hernández Colón (section)

===Retirement===
Hernández Colón published various works specializing in law. Among his works are ''Procedimiento Civil: Trayectoria Histórica de la Autonomía Política Puertorriqueña'' and ''Nueva Tesis'' {{efn| The ISBN of this work is 84-599-6756-5.}} which discusses the Puerto Rican [[Commonwealth (U.S. insular area)|Commonwealth]]'s political relationship with the United States.

In later years, Hernández Colón maintained his distance from public political engagement, but continued to be involved in [[Puerto Rico]]'s political affairs assisting active politicians. He occasionally appeared at official events. For example, in December 2011, he publicly admitted before the Senate of Puerto Rico that "the U.S. Congress can do as it wishes with Puerto Rico."<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120111094029/http://www.elsuralavista.com/periodico/?p=44756 ''RHC admite congreso puede hacer lo que quiera con el ELA.'']}} El Sur a la Vista. Ponce, Puerto Rico. December 14, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2011.</ref>

Some {{who|date=December 2011}} political analysts speculated that Hernández exerted sizeable control over the PDP's party structure during his retirement from office, which may have rivaled the PDP president's.