Puerto Rico
A Look at Contributions From Puerto Rico to Presidential Candidates
The clear winners for the Democrats are Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Joe Biden, who each raised $4,000 more than they had the previous quarter.
Scientists Race to Document Puerto Rico’s Coastal Heritage
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A group of U.S.-based scientists is rushing to document indigenous sites along Puerto Rico’s coast dating back a couple of thousand years before rising sea levels linked to climate change destroy a large chunk of the island’s heritage that is still being discovered.
Video Shows Man Berating Puerto Rican Junior Tennis Player at Private Florida Club for Speaking Spanish
“You told us to cut grass,” one boy said.
“So what,” the man said.
Puerto Rico Fiscal Control Board’s Scandalous Secrecy Exposed
Why does La Junta want to dismiss a CPI lawsuit that calls for greater transparency?
A New Play About Puerto Rico’s Cerro Maravilla Tragedy Seeks to Make a Mark in Colorado
Puerto Rican Nocturne investigates the nature of power, the limits of ideology, and the search for autonomy and peace in a colonized society.
Puerto Rico, Youth, and the Power of Protest
Though still not over, it’s fair to say that 2019 has been the year of the protest.
Puerto Rico’s Civil Code Is Being Attacked
Latino Rebels Radio: November 12, 2019.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Allowed Multimillion-Dollar Fraud in Puerto Rico’s Power Grid Repair Contracts
The audit of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) published on September 30, 2019 details how two of its districts —Hunstville and Jacksonville— failed to supervise and review the contracts, invoices and work performed by companies Fluor Enterprises and PowerSecure in Puerto Rico.
How Walter Mercado Inspired a Generation of Young People to Be True to Their Beliefs and Identity
“Since I was a kid, I would just be like, ‘How do you get to be so fabulous and so queer and so strange and be on like television and be watched by my family and a lot of Latinos in the United States,” Celia Sagastume told Latino USA.
FBI Arrests Puerto Rico Senator, 7 More in Corruption Probe
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — FBI agents arrested Puerto Rico Senator Abel Nazario and seven other people early Wednesday as part of an investigation into corruption in the U.S. territory.
El Cuerpo de Ingenieros de EE UU permitió un desfalco multimillonario en la recuperación de la red eléctrica en Puerto Rico
Estos fallos llevaron a que el Cuerpo de Ingenieros les pagara $20.9 millones a Fluor Enterprises y $29.2 millones a PowerSecure.
Just Months After Puerto Rico’s Worst Political Scandal Ever, Pedro Pierluisi Says That He ‘Does Not Regret’ Voting for Ricardo Rosselló
And here we go. In a classic case of political Macondo mediocrity, it looks like some factions of Puerto Rico’s pro-statehood party are trying to forget this past summer’s historic protests that led to the sudden resignation of governor Ricardo Rosselló. The latest example? Former Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi—yes, the same Pierluisi who claimed the […]
Puerto Rican Astrologer Walter Mercado Dies
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Walter Mercado, a flamboyant astrologer and television personality whose daily TV appearances entertained many across Latin America and the U.S. for more than a decade, has died. He was 87.
Puerto Rican Mother Says Local Indiana CVS Denied Son Cold Medicine Because of His PR Driver’s License
“The employee then refused to authorize the transaction and told him that his form of ID was not accepted because it was not a valid US identification,” Arlene Payano Burgos noted in an October 25 public Facebook post.
Puerto Rico Government Official Resigns Amid FBI Probe
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The secretary of Puerto Rico’s Department of Natural Resources is stepping down just days after announcing that her office is the target of an FBI investigation.
Puerto Rico’s Non-Voting Member of Congress Submits Another Bipartisan Statehood Bill That Will Surely Go Nowhere
Good luck on all of you who think this bill has any hope. Because it doesn’t.
The ‘Incorporated Territory of Puerto Rico’ Will Become a Supersized Colonial Problem: Here’s Why
The incorporated territory step has never offered a real or meaningful solution to the question of Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico’s Climate-Resilient Energy Infrastructure Should Be Focused on Renewables, Not Unproven and Risky Nuclear Technologies
Puerto Ricans should have all the facts about small modular nuclear reactors before making critical decisions about their energy future.
Puerto Rican Diaspora Activists Say Even With Proposed Changes, ‘PROMESA Is Poverty’
Amendments proposed in Congressional hearing reinforce “modern-day colonial relationship.”
Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner Gets Called Out for Supporting Trump During Visit at Camden, NJ School
This is not the first time that David Galarza Santa has appeared on video.
New Congressional Resolution Rejects ‘Racist and Imperialist Language’ of Supreme Court’s Insular Cases
Lawmakers say that “action on the Insular Cases is long overdue.”