Puerto Rico already had some of the tightest restrictions on people’s movements, and last night Governor Wanda Velazquez Garced issued new rules that make Puerto… Read More »Puerto Rico Tightens COVID-19 Restrictions
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a status bill for Puerto Rico in 2022 and a new status bill is expected this year. What will discussions… Read More »A Page from History: Free Beer and BBQ for Puerto Rico
Governments, businesses, and residents of the five U.S. territories are poised to obtain billions of dollars in assistance through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic… Read More »Puerto Rico Included in Coronavirus Economic Stimulus
Puerto Rico was one of the first jurisdictions in the United States to pass strict curfew and quarantine rules, and it has now become one… Read More »Puerto Rico Announces Coronavirus Stimulus Package
The COVID-19 response bill that U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) released this afternoon as an alternative to the bill put forward by… Read More »House Democrats Propose Up to $1.4 Billion for Puerto Rico
As the federal government discusses economic relief for individuals and companies affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, Puerto Rico is seeing new support for an… Read More »Manufacturing Tax Deal for Puerto Rico?
With all of the criticism of President Trump’s personal responses to Puerto Rico’s major natural disasters and the territory’s government and his administration’s slow release… Read More »Leaders Unite to Include Puerto Rico in Congressional Proposals
Puerto Rico has 21 confirmed cases of COVID-19, as of this writing. There is currently no evidence of community spread — contagion within the territory.… Read More »Coronavirus in Puerto Rico
Late yesterday, Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced issued Executive Order No. 2020-023 laying out the actions to be taken in response to COVID-19, the coronavirus which… Read More »Coronavirus Restrictions Imposed in Puerto Rico
