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The Context of the 2012 Plebiscite on Puerto Rico’s Status
By Charles R. Venator-Santiago, Latino Decisions On November 6, 2012, the residents of Puerto Rico went to the polls to vote on both island-wide general elections and a local plebiscite on […]
Connecticut School Victims Include Puerto Rico Mayor’s Grandniece
By Tony Castro, Voxxi Officials release names of Connecticut school victims The six-year-old Hispanic grandniece of a Puerto Rican political figure was among the Connecticut school victims that were gunned down in the […]
Puerto Rico’s Speaker of the House: Racist Obama Tweets Were “Unacceptable”
By Rebeldes, Latino Rebels As her adviser (and Chief of Staff) continues to face a controversy for racist tweets she made about President Obama, Puerto Rico’s Speaker of the House Jenniffer […]
500 Years And Puerto Rico Is Still A Colony
By Xavier “Xavi” Luis Burgos My great-grandfather, Marcos Burgos Santiago, died at the age of ninety-nine. His funeral, as my cousin Denise recalled, was larger than life. It seemed as […]
Cecilia Muñoz To “Lead” Immigration Reform, Puerto Rico Status
As we reported earlier today, Cecilia Muñoz has been appointed Director of The White House Domestic Policy Council, replacing Melody Barnes. Although she told the Wall Street Journal that her appointment would not […]
Puerto Rico To Hold Referendum On Statehood, Independence
On Wednesday, Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño approved a two–part referendum that will get the ball rolling on whether the island wants to change its status. Both parts of the […]
Obama to Puerto Rico: The U.S. Congress Decides Your Fate
By Julio R. Varela In a much-heralded White House Roundtable Discussion today with journalists from Yahoo!, MSN, and AOL, President Obama offered his views about Puerto Rico’s quest to finally […]
Police In Puerto Rico Violate Constitution, Other Laws
The police in Puerto Rico engage in a pattern of behavior that not only violates the U.S. Constitution, but other federal laws, according to a new report from the Justice […]
Puerto Rico’s Hostile Environment To LGBT Leads To Murder
In 18 months, 18 people from Puerto Rico’s LGBT community have been killed, according to a report from Autostraddle. The murders are the result of homophobia, a tolerant political environment, […]
President Obama Visits Puerto Rico
President Barack Obama is set to visit Puerto Rico today, the first time a sitting president has done so since John F. Kennedy in 1961. Obama’s visit is, it seems, […]