Hedge funds that own certain bonds issued by Puerto Rico’s Commonwealth government have circulated a report which asserts the territory’s economy is better than all other… Read More »Bond Traders’ Report Alone in Seeing Growth in Commonwealth; Economists See Decline
Although there are more than 900,000 people of Puerto Rican origin in Florida, few hold elective office because many have only relatively recently moved from… Read More »Puerto Ricans of Both Parties in Florida Primary Elections Today
Dennis Freytes of IGUALDAD USA wrote the following comments: Florida Legislators, acting on a Court Order by Judge Lewis to re-examine Florida Congressional Re-Districting Maps,… Read More »Florida’s 9th District Gerrymandering Affects Puerto Ricans
Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla has been considering three strategies for defeating not only statehood but the “Sovereign Commonwealth” advocated by many in the ‘Commonwealth’ party… Read More »Governor’s Plan to Beat Both “Sovereign Commonwealth” and Statehood in Plebiscite
Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla late Wednesday asserted that Puerto Ricans could continue to obtain U.S. citizenship by birth if Puerto Rico became a sovereign nation… Read More »Governor Claims US Citizenship Was Negotiated in 1952 and Can Be Granted Under Nationhood
A central Florida television station (Channel 9) was told that the Government of Puerto Rico’s office for providing services to citizens of the area “helped… Read More »Near-Broke Commonwealth Government Continues Spending on Services to Taxpayers in State
The Chairman of the Finance Commission of the International Olympic Committee said that statehood would not cost Puerto Rico its representation in Olympic games. Richard… Read More »Statehood Wouldn’t Cost Puerto Rico Olympic Team, Olympics Official Assures
Prof. Alice Pousada of the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Pedras, shares a timeline of Puerto Rico’s history as a bilingual territory. As the timeline… Read More »The History of Bilingualism in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico will become a State if Puerto Ricans vote for the status again, the main ideologue of the ‘Commonwealth’ party worried Thursday night. Former… Read More »‘Commonwealth’ Party’s Leader on Status: Puerto Rico Will Be a State if Puerto Ricans Vote for It Again
