Bills to have a plebiscite on statehood in Puerto Rico this November 8th have been introduced in both houses of the Commonwealth Legislative Assembly. The… Read More »Bills for Statehood Plebiscite under Federal Law Introduced
Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla late yesterday announced that he will propose legislation to enable all residents of Puerto Rico who are not citizens to vote… Read More »Gov Proposes Non-Citizens Vote — Including Illegal Residents
The rate of Puerto Ricans leaving the territory for a State may have tripled between 2013 and 2014, according to numbers from the insular government Bureau… Read More »Rate of Puerto Ricans Leaving Territory for a State Triples
Rep. Pierluisi began his speech to the new House of Representatives by saying that he had an issue of national importance to discuss. The mainland… Read More »Pierluisi Explains Puerto Rico’s Status Requirements
Puerto Rico Senate President Eduardo Bhatia said Friday that he would support a Statehood: “Yes” or “No” plebiscite if authorized by Congress. He seemed to… Read More »Commonwealther Senate Pres. Would Back Statehood Vote
Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico’s only representative in the U.S. Congress, wrote a letter to President Obama on January 6th, 2015, asking for either the President or Attorney… Read More »Pierluisi Requests Guidance from the Obama Administration on Status Vote
Five members of Congress are on a low-key, several-day trip in Puerto Rico. All Democrats, they include Senators Kirstin Gillibrand of New York and Richard… Read More »Five Congress Members on Several Day Trip in Territory
We’ve shared the Top 10 Stories of 2014 at PUERTO RICO REPORT, but we were also interested to see the most widely read reports of… Read More »The Top 10 Articles Published by PUERTO RICO REPORT
A blog post entitled “The Perfect Human is Puerto Rican” in the normally staid blog, “Bits of DNA,” which provides “Reviews and Commentary on Computational Biology,” has… Read More »The ‘Perfect Human’ Is a Puerto Rican Woman
