Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican Group Plans ‘Second Taking of Congress’ to Push for Statehood

The Extended Congressional Delegation for Puerto Rico, a group of Puerto Rican lobbyists organized by the Puerto Rico Statehood Council, has announced its plans to make a second effort to pressure Congress to grant statehood to the U.S. colony.

  • Jan 10, 2022
  • 6:05 PM

Pro-Independence Puerto Ricans in New York Protest Against Debt Plan

Protestors gathered outside the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House on December 17 to confront Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi and the Fiscal Oversight and Management Board at its 31st open-to-the-public meeting.

  • Jan 10, 2022
  • 1:41 PM

Gentrifying Puerto Rico

Latino Rebels Radio, January 6, 2022.

  • Jan 6, 2022
  • 4:19 PM

Mothers of Femicide Victims Rescue Their Grandchildren

Grandmothers ignore their own trauma and loss to take care of the children of their murdered daughters.

  • Jan 4, 2022
  • 5:09 PM

Puerto Rico Battles COVID-19 Surge, Imposes New Measures

Puerto Rico on Tuesday imposed new measures to fight a surge in COVID-19 cases that has overwhelmed medical staff in the U.S. territory and led to temporary shortages of testing kits.

  • Jan 4, 2022
  • 11:52 AM

‘Dramatic’ Change in Mortality Profile Due to COVID-19 in Puerto Rico

A month after Gov. Pedro Pierluisi eliminated the key protection measures related to COVID-19, virus-related deaths in Puerto Rico saw a rebound that nearly reached the level of the highest peak of mortality of the entire pandemic. The difference was that this time most of the people who died were significantly younger.

  • Dec 17, 2021
  • 10:33 AM

Coalition Calls on Rep. Grijalva, House Committee to Move on Puerto Rico Statehood

On Thursday, a letter was sent to the chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ), and the ranking member, Bruce Westerman (R-AR), from a bipartisan coalition of 51 organizations advocating for Puerto Rican statehood.

  • Dec 16, 2021
  • 3:04 PM

Second Puerto Rico Mayor Charged in US Corruption Case

Guaynabo Mayor Ángel Pérez Otero faces three counts, including bribery and extortion. He is accused of regularly accepting payments of $5,000 in exchange for awarding contracts to the owner of a construction company.

  • Dec 9, 2021
  • 2:33 PM

Puerto Rico Mayor Pleads Guilty in Federal Corruption Case

A prominent mayor in Puerto Rico accused of awarding 50 contracts worth nearly $10 million to an asphalt company has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery and receive kickbacks, federal officials said Thursday.

  • Dec 2, 2021
  • 4:48 PM

Today Barbados, Tomorrow Puerto Rico (OPINION)

At the stroke of midnight on Tuesday, the Caribbean nation of Barbados bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state, becoming the world’s youngest republic. Though largely symbolic, the act will resonate throughout the Caribbean, especially in its oldest colony, Puerto Rico. 

  • Nov 30, 2021
  • 5:22 PM

VIDEO: On the Christie’s Auction of Taíno Artifacts

The auctioning of Taíno artifacts at Christie’s in Paris has led to a firestorm on social media, as Puerto Ricans and Taíno descendants call on the auction house to return items they believe were stolen and rightly belong to the people of Puerto Rico.

  • Nov 19, 2021
  • 10:32 AM

How a National Costume Speaks to Shifting Resistance in Puerto Rico (OPINION)

On Thursday, Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2021 Michelle Marie Colón Ramírez presented her national costume, a garment directly connecting to Colón Ramírez’s identity and pride as a Black Puerto Rican woman.

  • Nov 19, 2021
  • 9:55 AM

García Padilla, el cabildero de Rosselló y los funcionarios que le abren las puertas a LUMA

Figuras con acceso privilegiado impulsan a la empresa que administra el sistema de transmisión y distribución de electricidad de Puerto Rico.

  • Nov 17, 2021
  • 5:34 PM

Puerto Rican Utopia, Cuba Redux (OPINION)

History has a way of repeating itself, and in many ways Batista’s Cuba is echoed in today’s Puerto Rico.

  • Nov 17, 2021
  • 1:48 PM

Court Documents Reveal LUMA CEO’s $1.1 Million Salary

After a warrant was issued last week for the arrest of LUMA CEO Wayne Stensby, the energy company finally gave Puerto Rican legislators documents containing information about employee salaries and communications between Stensby and politicians.

  • Nov 16, 2021
  • 3:36 PM

FEMA Failed to Properly Address Hundreds of Sexual Harassment Cases

A federal audit found that between 2012 and 2018, at least 305 FEMA employees in the United States and its territories, including Puerto Rico, suffered workplace sexual harassment, but their complaints had no verifiable consequence in half of the cases.

  • Nov 16, 2021
  • 11:20 AM

Chilean President Sebastián Piñera Impeached

Chile’s lower house on Tuesday impeached President Sebastián Piñera over alleged financial misconduct revealed in the Pandora Papers. Seventy-eight of the 155 members voted to move forward with the charges.

  • Nov 15, 2021
  • 10:45 AM

Supreme Court Case Tests Equal Rights of U.S. Citizens in Puerto Rico

On Tuesday, November 9, the Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments in the case of United States v. José Luis Vaello Madero. At issue is whether a U.S. citizen has equal access to social safety-net programs when living in a U.S. territory.

  • Nov 10, 2021
  • 3:50 PM

El Museo Del Barrio Screening of Puerto Rico Documentary ‘We Still Here’ on Nov. 10

At 6 p.m. on Wednesday, November 10, El Museo del Barrio in Spanish Harlem will be screening the documentary ‘We Still Here/ Nos Tenemos’, which centers on a group of young Puerto Ricans seeking justice in the wake of Hurricane María.

  • Nov 9, 2021
  • 1:47 PM

Confirmation Hearings for Controversial Debt Plan Begin in Puerto Rico

Inside the Clemente Ruiz Nazario United States Courthouse, Judge Laura Taylor Swain presided over the first day of confirmation hearings for Puerto Rico’s debt adjustment plan. Outside, hundreds of people flooded the courthouse gates to express their repudiation of the plan.

  • Nov 9, 2021
  • 11:59 AM

Daniel Ortega Set to Secure Re-Election in Nicaragua

Daniel Ortega sought his fourth presidential term in Sunday’s Nicaraguan elections. With more well-known challengers sitting in jail, Ortega stood a greater chance of winning.

  • Nov 8, 2021
  • 12:43 PM

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