During the 2020 campaign, then Democratic candidate Joe Biden spoke at a Hispanic Heritage Month event in Florida and addressed Puerto Rico’s political status by saying that he “happen to ...

Puerto Rico prepares to vote on political status amid crisis FILE - In this July 29, 2015 file photo, the Puerto Rican flag flies in front of Puerto Rico's Capitol as in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

SAN JUAN, PR — Following the unceremonious firing of five out of the seven members of Puerto Rico’s unelected fiscal control ...

-- Puerto Rico's political status as a commonwealth and an unincorporated territory of the United States is unlikely to change anytime soon, despite the Caribbean island's Sunday vote asking the U ...

Puerto Rico’s New Political Party Is Putting Faith Before State The right-wing Projecto Dignidad skips the island’s status debate. Coral Murphy Marcos July+August 2024 Issue ...

As a US territory, Puerto Rico does not have statehood status, although its residents are American citizens. As residents of a territory rather than a state, Puerto Ricans can’t vote for ...

That was never supposed to be the deal. In 1952, as anticolonial movements arose worldwide, Puerto Rico was cast as a showcase of American-led progress through the creation of the commonwealth status.

(CNN) — A sense of excitement has permeated Puerto Rico as homegrown artist Bad Bunny, one of the world’s biggest music stars, begins his long-awaited residency on Friday.