Independent Caribbean Nations
Puerto Rico has never favored independence from the United States; however, the percentage of votes received by independence in the most recent status vote was… Read More »Independent Caribbean Nations
Puerto Rico has never favored independence from the United States; however, the percentage of votes received by independence in the most recent status vote was… Read More »Independent Caribbean Nations
The Taino were the original indigenous people of the island that is now Puerto Rico. While it was long believed that the Taino were extinct,… Read More »The Taino Language Lives On
Puerto Rico Report has been bringing you news and analysis about Puerto Rico from credible, original sources since 2012. In that time, we’ve written nearly… Read More »The Report’s Most Popular Stories
A few years ago, the Supreme Court confirmed that Puerto Rico, as an unincorporated territory of the United States, does not have sovereignty. A popular… Read More »Puerto Rican Sovereignty
As 2025 comes to a close, Puerto Rico Report looks back at the stories that most captured readers’ attention this year. From citizenship and status… Read More »The Top Stories of 2025
In the 1750s, when German was nearly as popular in some of the British colonies as English was, there was a lot of discussion about… Read More »A Resurgence of the English-Only Movement?
Puerto Rico is known for the length of its Christmas celebrations — why stop at 12 days of Christmas when you can have 45? Puerto… Read More »Celebrate a Puerto Rican Christmas in the States
One obstacle to a permanent political status for Puerto Rico is the myth of “commonwealth.” The story that “commonwealth” is a political status separate from… Read More »Should Future Plebiscites Include “Commonwealth”?
In the Puerto Rico Statehood Act (PRSA), legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in December of 2022, U.S. citizenship is “recognized, protected, and… Read More »U.S. Citizenship “Recognized, Protected, and Secured” only under Statehood