Two weeks after rioters stormed the Capitol building, approximately 140 members of the Puerto Rico National Guard flew into Washington, D.C., to provide security for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Ironically, these soldiers cannot vote for their Commander in Chief. Soldiers from the 92nd Military Police Brigade joined more than 20,000 members of the… Read more »
Research has shown that states that vote for the president or might vote for them in the future tend to get more federal support than those that didn’t or won’t vote for the president. Puerto Rico cannot vote in presidential elections, and some observers point to this as part of the problems Puerto Rico faces…. Read more »
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) made headlines when he spoke about Puerto Rico Statehood in an interview on CNN last Sunday. Asked about statehood for Washington, D.C., Manchin said he needed more information. “I don’t know enough about that yet,” he responded. “I want to see the pros and cons,” he added. “I am waiting to… Read more »
Jose Cabrera of the Puerto Rico Star Project wrote in the Honolulu Star Advertiser that Puerto Rico can learn from Hawaii’s experience of becoming a State. The author begins by reporting that Puerto Rico voted for statehood on November 3, 2020, but that some people are arguing against respecting the vote on the grounds that… Read more »
On December 31st, 2020, the official results of the 2020 status vote were posted on the official State Elections Commission (CEEPUR) website. In all, there were 1,248,176 votes cast in the plebiscite. 655,505 votes, or 52.52%, were pro-statehood “Yes” votes. 592,671, or 47.48%, were “No” votes, which represented any political status except for statehood This… Read more »
Joe Biden has been officially certified as the next president and will be inaugurated on January 20, 2021. In an effort to keep Puerto Rico on his radar and that of Congress, a group of Puerto Rican organizations joined together to send a letter to President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. A separate, identical… Read more »
Puerto Rico election results have been finalized. Pedro Pierluisi has been sworn in as Governor, and Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon has begun her new term as Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner. Puerto Rico’s November election is finally complete, and all the votes have been counted and certified. The process finally ended on December 31, 2020, following an unusually… Read more »
Over the past eight years, Puerto Rico Report has brought you hundreds of articles answering many questions about Puerto Rico. We’ve kept you up to date on current events, reminded you of historical milestones, and explained complicated issues. These are the articles that have been read most frequently over the years: Puerto Rico Is Not… Read more »
The Puerto Rico Report is proud to provide our readers with the latest news from and about Puerto Rico. As we close 2020, we look back on an eventful year as we share our top 10 stories from over the last twelve months: Stimulus Checks for Puerto Rico. Puerto Ricans received stimulus checks, but it… Read more »
Puerto Rico voted for statehood in November 2020 — and in 2017 and 2012 as well. These votes, like all other statehood votes in Puerto Rico and every territory that has gone on to become a state, were nonbinding. Such is the nature of plebiscites. In fact, the “non-binding” nature of virtually all federal decisionmaking… Read more »
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