The upper house of Puerto Rico’s ‘Commonwealth’ party-controlled legislature passed a resolution late last week that specifically contradicts the Federal-territorial agreement in 1952 on the… Read More »‘Commonwealth’ Senate Contradicts 1950-2 US-PR ‘Commonwealth’ Agreement
This week marks the ten year anniversary of the death of Luis Ferré, a Puerto Rican leader whose life and work made him, in the… Read More »Celebrating the Life of Luis Ferré
Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla’s Secretary of the Family said late last week that Puerto Rico’s political status was a major cause of economic inequality and… Read More »Commonwealth Family Secretary: Social Ills from Territory’s Status
Ireland is bowing slightly to international pressure to prevent tax avoidance by companies locating different parts of their businesses in different places — the tax… Read More »Ireland Addresses International Tax Reform; Puerto Rico Hasn’t …Yet
Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla’s commitment that 50,000 jobs would be created during his first 18 months in office is not to increase employment in Puerto… Read More »Gov’s Pledge to Create 50,000 Jobs Said Not to Mean 50,000 More Jobs
The official transcript of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing August 1st on Puerto Rico’s status issue has just been released. The… Read More »Transcript of U.S. Senate Hearing on Puerto Rico’s Status Released
In 1853, according to the House of Representatives, Territorial Delegate José Manuel Gallegos became the first Mexican American to serve in Congress. Representing New Mexico,… Read More »A Page from History: Spanish in Congress in 1853
Much of the news from Puerto Rico at present is depressing: shaky bonds, decreasing population, financial crisis, and uncertain leadership. Puerto Rico has a lot… Read More »The Arecibo Observatory
On October 21, 1966, Congressman John P. Saylor (R-PA) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives about bipartisan legislation he co-sponsored that sought to… Read More »Historic Bipartisan Support For Puerto Rican Self Determination & Statehood
