Remembering Herman Badillo
Herman Badillo, the first U.S. congressman born in Puerto Rico, died this week at the age of 85. Badillo represented New York’s 21st District in… Read More »Remembering Herman Badillo
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Territory Worst ‘State’ in Nation Financially: 51 of 51
Puerto Rico is the worst “state” in the nation fiscally, according to Barron’s, the country’s leading weekly newspaper on financial matters. A cover story entitled,… Read More »Territory Worst ‘State’ in Nation Financially: 51 of 51
Culebra Cleanup Remedy On Track to Become Law
Legislation to require the Department of Defense to decontaminate and remove military munition debris from the Northwest Peninsula of Culebra is poised to become federal… Read More »Culebra Cleanup Remedy On Track to Become Law
Senior US Senator: Close Puerto Rico Tax Loophole
A senior U.S. senator identified closing the tax loophole that enabled Microsoft to avoid $4.5 billion in Federal income taxes 2009-11 by attributing up to… Read More »Senior US Senator: Close Puerto Rico Tax Loophole
New US House Chairman Open to Status Choice
The next chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives committee with general jurisdiction over the governing of U.S. territories has suggested that he would support… Read More »New US House Chairman Open to Status Choice
Calle 13 Speaks Out on Puerto Rico’s Status: “It Really Has To Do With Human Rights”
Calle 13 is a highly successful band composed of three siblings: René Pérez Joglar, Eduardo José Cabra Martínez, and Ileana Cabra Joglar, all from Puerto… Read More »Calle 13 Speaks Out on Puerto Rico’s Status: “It Really Has To Do With Human Rights”
Less College Aid for Students in Territory than in States
Puerto Rico has “the sixth highest rate of college enrollment in the world,” according to a claim of the ‘commonwealth’ party administration of the territorial… Read More »Less College Aid for Students in Territory than in States
New Fed Tax Disproves ‘Commonwealth Tax Autonomy’
Healthcare insurance companies in Puerto Rico were recently forced to pay a Federal tax levied by the 2010 Federal healthcare reform known as ‘Obamacare.’ The… Read More »New Fed Tax Disproves ‘Commonwealth Tax Autonomy’
A New Debate over Columbus
Puerto Rico’s historians estimate that Christopher Columbus landed in Puerto Rico roughly November 19th, 1493, on his second voyage to the New World. But where… Read More »A New Debate over Columbus