Puerto Rico Has Valuable Natural Resources
The discussion of Puerto Rico’s status sometimes focuses on economic viability. What, people ask, could Puerto Rico bring to the U.S. as a State, or… Read More »Puerto Rico Has Valuable Natural Resources
The discussion of Puerto Rico’s status sometimes focuses on economic viability. What, people ask, could Puerto Rico bring to the U.S. as a State, or… Read More »Puerto Rico Has Valuable Natural Resources
The Chairman of the Republican National Committee today suggested that the plebiscite in Puerto Rico on the territory’s ultimate political status authorized by a Federal… Read More »Republican Party Chairman Suggests Plebiscite be on Statehood, Criticizes ‘Commonwealther’ Governor
Frederick Lois Riefkohl was born in Maunabo, Puerto Rico on February 27th, 1889. He was educated in Puerto Rico and on the mainland, and had… Read More »Puerto Rican War Heroes: Rear Admiral Riefkohl
While visiting a D.C. school yesterday, President Barack Obama clearly expressed his preference for statehood for the District of Columbia. “I’m in D.C., so I’m… Read More »Obama Endorses Statehood for Washington D.C.
The Obama Administration acted questionably late last week to take more benefits of the 2010 healthcare law known as ‘Obamacare’ away from Puerto Rico and… Read More »Obama Administration Takes More Obamacare Benefits from Puerto Ricans After Gov’s Request
Puerto Rico’s representative to the Federal government, Pedro Pierluisi, moved closer this week to trying to amend the Federal Bankruptcy Code to enable Commonwealth government… Read More »Will Puerto Rico Agencies Have Two Bankruptcy Processes?
The Governing Board of the ‘Commonwealth’ party, which narrowly won control of Puerto Rico’s local government in 2012, yesterday agreed to the plebiscite to resolve… Read More »‘Commonwealth’ Party Accepts Federal Plebiscite Law, Will Propose Unprecedented ‘Commonwealth’
In a change of strategy, Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla has announced plans to hold a status plebiscite before the end of his current… Read More »Governor Calls for Status Vote by 2016
The #1 McDonald’s franchisee is not an individual, but the Argentina-based company Arcos Dorados, which owns over 2,000 McDonald’s franchises. In 2007, Arcos Dorados bought… Read More »McDonald’s or Arcos Dorados?