“The tariff issue is a controversial one, but for Puerto Rico, it’s a great opportunity,” said Governor Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon last week as she explained that… Read More »Could Puerto Rico Benefit from Tariffs?
Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández has introduced the HABLA Act, a bill to ensure multilingual access to government services. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Nydia Velázquez… Read More »HABLA Act Seeks to Ensure Multilingual Access to Government Services
The United States government has thirteen principal statistical agencies (PSAs), a dozen of which gather data in the U.S. territories, including Puerto Rico. A new… Read More »Data Collection in Puerto Rico
Independence is not a popular choice among the voters of Puerto Rico, but it is a viable option under the U.S. Constitution. Independence has also… Read More »A Long History of Puerto Rico Independence Bills in Congress: No U.S. Citizenship
Most of the current states were once territories of the United States, and — as we’ve seen in previous posts — most of them had… Read More »Why Are Territories Admitted as States?
In recent years, Puerto Rico’s economy has been shorn up by U.S. funds, often allocated in response to a natural disaster or as a one-time… Read More »Puerto Rico Told to Expect Cuts in Federal Funding
Tourism industry publication Travel and Tour World reports that visits to Puerto Rico from Canada are increasing even as tourism from Canada to the states… Read More »Puerto Rico Experiences a Canadian Tourism Surge
The off-again on-again tariffs on foreign imports are upsetting consumers, businesses, and the stock market. People are seeking a tariff workaround, from ordering directly from… Read More »Shipping Through Puerto Rico: A Tariff Workaround?
One thing is clear: many people continue to be confused about Puerto Rico’s status. To make sure we all start on the same page, the… Read More »Puerto Rican Independence?
