Bad Bunny or Energizer Bunny?
Robert Sanchez wrote in the Miami Herald that Puerto Rican pop star Bad Bunny “deserves a new nickname: Energizer Bunny.” What’s he talking about? His… Read More »Bad Bunny or Energizer Bunny?
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Puerto Rico Status Act Introduced in U.S. Senate with Broad Support
On Monday, United States Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced the Puerto Rico Status Act (S3231). The legislation… Read More »Puerto Rico Status Act Introduced in U.S. Senate with Broad Support
Holding For-Profit Colleges in Puerto Rico Accountable
For-profit colleges have been called out for predatory practices in recent years. In the award-winning book Weapons of Math Destruction, Cathy O’Neil reported on the… Read More »Holding For-Profit Colleges in Puerto Rico Accountable
Federated States of Micronesia to Permit New Pathway to FSM Citizenship; Limits on US Citizenship Unchanged
The Federated States of Micronesia, or FSM, has a Compact of Free Association (COFA) with the United States. People from FSM can travel, study, work,… Read More »Federated States of Micronesia to Permit New Pathway to FSM Citizenship; Limits on US Citizenship Unchanged
Happy Independence Day, Federated States of Micronesia!
“On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I extend my warmest wishes to the people of the Federated States of Micronesia… Read More »Happy Independence Day, Federated States of Micronesia!
Puerto Rico Awarded U.S. Funding for New Tech Hub
On Octer 23, the Biden-Harris Administration included San Juan in its announcement of funding for 31 regional tech hubs across the country, to “spur American… Read More »Puerto Rico Awarded U.S. Funding for New Tech Hub
The Taino of Puerto Rico
The first known inhabitants of the land that is now Puerto Rico were the Taino, an Arawak group which migrated from the Amazon basin in… Read More »The Taino of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico and Guam NGOs seek U.N. political status intervention
By guest contributor Howard Hills* U.N. Human Rights Committee petitioned to question U.S. on decolonization of American territories Beginning on what Americans alternately celebrate as… Read More »Puerto Rico and Guam NGOs seek U.N. political status intervention
How Puerto Rico Is Different: Understanding the Freely Associated States
The Puerto Rico Status Act, currently being considered in Congress, gives Puerto Rico voters a choice among three options: statehood, independence and sovereign free association.… Read More »How Puerto Rico Is Different: Understanding the Freely Associated States