Yesterday, 9/11, Americans remembered the attack on the World Trade Center in many different ways, commemorating the fallen, celebrating the public servants who stepped up to help the injured and rebuild the community, and giving or listening to speeches.Read More »100 Puerto Rican Troops Deployed on 9/11
A Puerto Rican veteran who fought in some of the bloodiest battles of the Korean War was awarded a Bronze Star on Friday in San Juan. Luis Ramos, who served with the Puerto Rico–based 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers, received the medal at a ceremony held at a monument to the Borinqueneers.Read More »Luis Ramos Receives the Bronze Star
Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi (D) addressed the Democratic Convention last night, urging the nation’s 50 million Hispanics to vote for President Obama.Read More »Pierluisi Speaks at the Democratic Convention
Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi ended his remarks at the Democratic National Convention last night with the assurance that President Obama “will stand with” Puerto Ricans “the day they choose to have the same rights and responsibilities as their fellow American citizens.”
Imbedded in this statement is the recognition that not all U.S. citizens have equal rights and responsibilities today. Most do, but not all. The most prominent exception is that of American citizens who live in a territory.Read More »A Bipartisan Call for Equal Rights and Responsibilities in Puerto Rico
Governor Fortuno spoke at the Republican National Convention last week, Luce Vela Fortuno introduced Ann Romney and Resident Commissioner Pierluisi will be speaking tonight at the Democratic National Convention. (See it live on CSPAN at approximately 6:16 pm EST).Read More »Puerto Rico at the 2012 Conventions
Puerto Rican Governor Luis Fortuño opened his remarks at the Republican National Convention last night with a welcome of “buenas noches” and ended with “muchas gracias.” In between, he explicitly told the convention delegates that in Puerto Rico “[l]ike in your home states, we raise and salute the American flag,” and described freedom as “the essence of who we are as Americans.”Read More »Puerto Rico at the Republican Convention
Puerto Rico’s first lady Luce Vela Fortuño introduced Ann Romney at the Republican Convention in Tampa last night, first highlighting Governor Luis Fortuño’s “success story of fiscal responsibility.. and compassionate attention to a social and faith-based agenda of unprecedented reach and consequence.”Read More »Fortuño and Vela at the Republican Convention
A Black Hawk crash this weekend left 11 dead, including a serviceman from Puerto Rico, Sgt. Luis Galbreath of San Juan. Sgt. Galbreath was 41 and a member of 25th Infantry Division’s 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade from Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Three of the eleven were U.S. soldiers.Read More »Puerto Rican Soldier Among Casualties of Black Hawk Crash
Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns are paying more attention than ever to Florida’s Puerto Ricans this election cycle. Most recently, President Obama visited Orlando in early August, and Florida Senator Marco Rubio visited the same area that day to campaign for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.Read More »Puerto Ricans’ Growing Influence in Florida and Presidential Politics: Part II
