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José B. Carrión is the chairman of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico. Andrew G. Biggs is a member of that board and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise ...
Students in Puerto Rico tired of attending classes in dilapidated public schools have used TikTok to expose the poor conditions in their buildings, putting education officials on the defensive ...
The Caribbean island’s cuisine combines African, Indigenous and Spanish influences to create dishes of distinction.
Weeks after Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto Rico, experts say, the inequities in aid response they saw after Hurricane Maria may be happening again.
Students in Puerto Rico tired of attending classes in dilapidated public schools have used TikTok to expose the poor conditions in their buildings, putting education officials on the defensive ...
As long as the Oversight Board offers virtually nothing to many PREPA bondholders, the bankruptcy is likely to be tied up for ...
Back then, Puerto Ricans chose the commonwealth option. Most politicians in Puerto Rico—and those people wired into the American social and economic system—now favor statehood.
A new study found that people living in Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands reported worse overall physical health than those living in the states.
In Puerto Rico, a Small Town Takes Climate Action Into Its Own Hands 6 minute read Solar panels on a rooftop in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, contribute to a new community-owned microgrid project.
Puerto Rico Can Blame Its Total Blackout on Predatory Companies and Poor Decisions in Washington Hurricane Fiona hit the island as only a Category 1 storm. But thanks to bad management, the ...
But much of the reason why Puerto Rico is so poor boils down in large part to the long-term consequences of colonialism, which has held the territory back from making progress.