A secret effort by Puerto Rico’s new ‘commonwealth’ party administration to deny health care insurance to Puerto Ricans without it who need medical treatment has… Read More »Feds Reject Secret Commonwealth Bid to Deny Obamacare to Those Needing Care
The Obama Administration Tuesday rejected Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden’s request that it testify at a Committee hearing on Puerto Rico’s… Read More »Obama Admin. Slights Senate Panel, Puerto Ricans on Plebiscite Hearing
A letter from the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) to all members of the U.S. House of Representatives July 23rd urged support for… Read More »Nation’s Largest Latino Organization Backs Puerto Rico Statehood Choice Legislation
Puerto Rico’s representative to the Federal government, Pedro Pierluisi, delivered the following remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives this morning: As… Read More »Puerto Rico’s Representative: We are closer than ever to equality for Puerto Rico
As the number of members of the U.S. House of Representatives supporting a bill on statehood for Puerto Rico crossed the 100 mark, two others… Read More »101 in US House for Statehood Bill as Two Others Write Against Choice
In a Boston Globe opinion piece published today and reprinted below, a political commentator who was born in Puerto Rico but lives in Massachusetts notes… Read More »Boston Globe Commentator Calls for Statehood vs. Independence Choice
Actor and singer Marc Anthony, born Marco Antonio Muñiz in New York City, was chosen to sing “God Bless America” at Major League Baseball’s All… Read More »Marc Anthony: “More Puerto Rican Than Ever”
Puerto Rico’s Popular Democratic Party platform calls for “the Development of the Commonwealth.” This is not a call for the economic or social development of… Read More »Development of the Commonwealth?
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations today approved President Obama’s legislation for a plebiscite in Puerto Rico on options that would resolve the question… Read More »Republican Committee OKs Obama Puerto Rico Status Vote Legislation
