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?
The former ‘Commonwealth’ party president who July 4th called for a plebiscite in Puerto Rico on the territory becoming a State Thursday declined to rule… Read More »Ex-‘Commonwealth’ Party Head Who Called for Statehood Plebiscite May Run for Governor
Statehood for Puerto Rico has been championed by the national Republican Party and by many Republican elected leaders, including Presidents Ford, Reagan, George H.W. Bush… Read More »Partisan Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico is seeing an exodus: The territory’s population has been decreasing by about 100 every day for the past few years, according to U.S.… Read More »Is Puerto Rico’s Population Drop Really a ‘Brain Drain’?
Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla (‘Commonwealth’ party) has been taking pains since Wednesday to claim that 55,305 jobs had been created in Puerto Rico under his… Read More »Federal Figures Show 37,921 Jobs Lost During Governor’s Administration Instead of 55,305 Gained as He Now Claims
