In 2021, shortly after taking the reins of power, Democrats set about making Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico states. This ...

An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico this week, leaving 1.4 million customers without power and more than 400,000 without ...

In 1993, a non-binding vote taken in Puerto Rico showed most citizens still wanted to maintain their commonwealth status with the United States, while the possibility of statehood came in second.

In his political campaign, Ferré will try to prove that self-determination means statehood sooner or later. A Roman Catholic bishop in predominantly Catholic Puerto Rico last week jumped broadly ...

Her husband, Dr. Leopoldo Figueroa, was a political pioneer who advocated for independence and statehood for the island ...