Key congressional leaders quickly endorsed President Obama’s proposal today of $2.5 million for public education and a plebiscite in Puerto Rico to resolve the question… Read More »Key Leaders of Congress Back Obama Status Resolution Plan
President Obama today sent Congress legislation for another plebiscite in Puerto Rico to resolve the question of the territory’s future status. The proposal was included in… Read More »President Proposes Plebiscite to Affirm Puerto Rico’s Status Choice
Puerto Rican Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi (D/Statehood) has released a statement commending President Obama for including a $2.5 million appropriations request to fund the first… Read More »Pierluisi Praises White House Budget Proposal to Resolve Puerto Rico’s Future Political Status
The Puerto Rican Parade Committee of Chicago has held a parade in downtown Chicago every year since 1965. The Puerto Rican Cultural Center has been… Read More »Parade Controversy Centers on Puerto Rico’s Status
A majority of Puerto Ricans oppose the policies of the territory’s new “commonwealth” party governor, according to a major poll published today. In addition to… Read More »Most in Poll Oppose New Gov’s Policies
We know that there are now more Puerto Ricans living on the mainland than in Puerto Rico, but where do they live? New data released… Read More »Puerto Ricans on the Mainland
Since 1952, women have competed in the international beauty contest known as the Miss Universe pageant. Eight of the Miss Universe title holders have represented… Read More »Miss Universe Puerto Rico
The secretary general of Puerto Rico’s “commonwealth” party Monday erroneously claimed that actions of Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla had lowered the territory’s unemployment rate to 14.6% in January and that this was the lowest rate since January 2008, according to newspaper El Nuevo Dia.
Jorge Suárez Cáceres made the assertions in an attack on Puerto Rico’s resident commissioner in Washington, DC, Pedro Pierluisi (statehood party-D), who is expected to be Garcia’s main challenger in the 2016 election.Read More »Puerto Rico Governor’s Aide Wrong on Jobless Rate
Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States. Just what does that mean? As the United States grew from the thirteen original colonies,… Read More »What Does It Mean to Be a Territory?
