On Octer 23, the Biden-Harris Administration included San Juan in its announcement of funding for 31 regional tech hubs across the country, to “spur American… Read More »Puerto Rico Awarded U.S. Funding for New Tech Hub
By guest contributor Howard Hills* U.N. Human Rights Committee petitioned to question U.S. on decolonization of American territories Beginning on what Americans alternately celebrate as… Read More »Puerto Rico and Guam NGOs seek U.N. political status intervention
The Puerto Rico Status Act, currently being considered in Congress, gives Puerto Rico voters a choice among three options: statehood, independence and sovereign free association.… Read More »How Puerto Rico Is Different: Understanding the Freely Associated States
The United States began with 13 colonies that turned into states. Since then, 37 more states have been admitted. The U.S. Constitution doesn’t go into… Read More »U.S. Report Tells 50 Stories of Statehood
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) has called on the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for data parity for Puerto Rico. Specifically, she and eleven… Read More »Data Parity for Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is making a change. From now on, driver’s licenses from Puerto Rico will specify, “Puerto Rico, USA.” Licenses from states don’t identify the… Read More »New Drivers License: Puerto Rico, USA
In a congressional hearing yesterday on recent U.S. agreements with the three Freely Associated States, Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon turned the discussion towards… Read More »Congressional Hearing Again Confirms: Freely Associated States Are Independent, Sovereign Nations
Comparing the territory of Puerto Rico with the 50 states of the United States, we see that poverty is higher, food insecurity is higher, and… Read More »Comparing Puerto Rico with Trinidad and Tobago
As Congress considers the reauthorization of federal nutrition assistance in the context of the Farm Bill, the perennial issue of Puerto Rico’s inclusion in the… Read More »Congress Considers Equality for Puerto Rico in Nutrition Assistance
