Puerto Rico News News Puerto Rico » Politics: Puerto Rico Killings Timeline, a Lawyer and an Activist
A Ponce lawyer and a former activist were shot dead and the suspect died. Here is the Puerto Rico killings timeline and what police have confirmed.
News Puerto Rico » Politics: Progressives Are Backing Puerto Rican Independence. It’s About Time.
More and more leftists are concluding that statehood for the island is not enough. Something is changing in the political conversation about Puerto Rico. In recent months, major leaders and ...
News Puerto Rico » Politics: U.S. Denies Ada Colau Entry to Puerto Rico
Colau’s delegation was cleared through the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) required due to the island’s colonial status, but her own ...
News Puerto Rico » Politics: Who Was the Puerto Rico Activist Félix Plaud?
Félix Plaud, a former Puerto Rico statehood youth leader, was found dead on 23 October 2026. Here is his public life and what is still unknown.
News Puerto Rico » Politics: Puerto Rico governor formally requests US statehood
Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González has signed a resolution formally requesting that United States (US) President Donald Trump and Congress admit the Caribbean territory as the 51st state of the ...
News Puerto Rico » Politics: Spanish-speaking Puerto Rico balks at Trump's proposal to require English at Head Start centers
The U.S. government wants all Head Start programs to conduct instruction exclusively in English, and some of the strongest outcry is coming from Puerto Rico.
News Puerto Rico » Politics: Citizenship comes with an asterisk for Puerto Ricans. It shouldn't
The roughly 3.2 million Americans who live in Puerto Rico cannot vote for president, and the island has no senators and no voting representative in the House. “Citizenship without equal political ...
News Puerto Rico » Politics: Puerto Rican Communities Bear the Brunt of the Water Crisis
As a child, visits to my grandmother’s home in the rural area between the municipalities of Humacao and Yabucoa, in eastern Puerto Rico, often began with ...
News Puerto Rico » Politics: Puerto Rico tax benefits for Americans: What to know
As a U.S. territory, Puerto Rico offers unique tax advantages that set it apart from the mainland. Through programs established under Acts 20 and 22 (now part of Act 60), the island provides ...
News Puerto Rico » Politics: Opinion: Why the safest political path on daylight saving time is to do nothing
What will the Senate do with the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025? Likely nothing.
News Puerto Rico » Politics: As Atlanta FBI raid showed, Trump is raring to meddle in the 2026 midterms
President Donald Trump and his allies worked to delegitimize the 2020 elections and to undermine Americans’ faith in the United States electoral system.
News Puerto Rico » Politics: Trinity Fine Arts Professor Opens Solo Exhibition in Brazil
Pablo Delano’s installation, The Museum of the Old Colony, opens this fall at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP). It brings together around 300 photographs and objects that ...