On Tuesday, Houston Astros’ catcher Martín Maldonado caught his third no-hitter of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career. The victory places him near the top… Read More »Martín Maldonado Catches Third No-Hitter
In 2020, during the COVID epidemic, a survey from George Washington University found that 40% of Puerto Rico’s population was food insecure, meaning that they… Read More »Food Sovereignty Plan Creates Controversy
On Monday, Puerto Rico celebrated the 71st anniversary of the ratification of its constitution. As previously reported in the Puerto Rico Report, while Governor Luis… Read More »The “New Commonwealth” of Puerto Rico?
Following up on last week’s IRS announcement of a new campaign to identify illegal activity surrounding Act 60, a Puerto Rican law that provides tax… Read More »Congress Asks GAO to Examine Tax Compliance in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico has for many years tried to lure investors to the Island by offering extreme tax incentives. Most recently, Act 60 and its predecessors allowed… Read More »IRS Cracks Down on Puerto Rico Tax Cheats
Puerto Rico was a colony of Spain for four centuries before being ceded to the United States in 1898. The neighboring nation, the Dominican Republic,… Read More »Comparing Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic
We compared Puerto Rico with Haiti, a former colony of France which is now an independent nation. We can also compare it with Guadeloupe, another… Read More »Comparing Puerto Rico and Guadeloupe
When considering Puerto Rico’s political status, there’s been some focus on possible ramifications for U.S. citizens who were born in Puerto Rico but living in… Read More »The Fate of U.S. Citizens in a New Nation of Puerto Rico
Every territory that became a state faced a struggle. Each one had anti-statehood factions arguing against its admission to the U.S. One of the greatest… Read More »Anti-statehood Arguments against Utah
