The Puerto Rico Status Act now has a number: House Bill 2757. The bill, which is substantially the same as the Puerto Rico Status Act… Read More »U.S. Congress House Bill 2757: The Puerto Rico Status Act
In a recent article published in The Hill, José Enrique Meléndez-Ortiz, a representative in Puerto Rico’s House of Representatives, argues that “[i]t is no coincidence… Read More »Puerto Rico and U.S. National Security
While Puerto Rico is in a strong economic position compared to other Caribbean and Latin American economies, it is not well off when compared with… Read More »Would Statehood Strengthen Puerto Rico’s Economy?
In remarks last Friday, Ambassador Joseph Yun, who was appointed Special Presidential Envoy for Compact Negotiations in 2022 and is leading U.S. deliberations with the… Read More »Freely Associated States are Foreign Countries with “Complete Independence” Says Presidential Advisor
Puerto Rico voters have voted for statehood three times since 2012. It seems simple: the voters chose statehood, so now Congress should admit Puerto Rico.… Read More »The Story Behind the Puerto Rico Status Act
When a senior U.S. military leader described U.S. national security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region at a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Armed… Read More »House Armed Services Committee Considers Freely Associated States
On Thursday, April 20, 2023, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AR) was joined by Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR), Rep. Nydia… Read More »Puerto Rico Status Act Reintroduced
After decades of debate, Puerto Rico is now recognized for what it is: a U.S. territory, or to put it less gently, a colony. Puerto… Read More »Puerto Rico’s Next Step: Statehood or Nationhood?
There are many misconceptions about Puerto Rico. Some people believe that Puerto Rico is a separate country from the United States and that a passport… Read More »Puerto Rico Voted for Statehood
