“Puerto Rico Chose Statehood” March
July 27th was the birthday of José Celso Barbosa, and some Puerto Ricans celebrated it this year with a march from Dos Hermanos Bridge to… Read More »“Puerto Rico Chose Statehood” March
July 27th was the birthday of José Celso Barbosa, and some Puerto Ricans celebrated it this year with a march from Dos Hermanos Bridge to… Read More »“Puerto Rico Chose Statehood” March
Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla yesterday proposed a new definition of “Commonwealth” that resurrects some of the ‘Commonwealth’ party’s old, rejected proposals for changes… Read More »Governor’s New ‘Commonwealth’ Proposals are Old; Were Rejected in the Past by the Federal Government
President Obama recycled a three and a third year-old letter for today’s Government of Puerto Rico ceremony marking the 62nd anniversary of the territory’s constitution.… Read More »Obama Recycles Letter Inconsistent with ‘Commonwealth’ for ‘Commonwealth’ Celebration
The discussion of Puerto Rico’s status sometimes focuses on economic viability. What, people ask, could Puerto Rico bring to the U.S. as a State, or… Read More »Puerto Rico Has Valuable Natural Resources
The Chairman of the Republican National Committee today suggested that the plebiscite in Puerto Rico on the territory’s ultimate political status authorized by a Federal… Read More »Republican Party Chairman Suggests Plebiscite be on Statehood, Criticizes ‘Commonwealther’ Governor
Frederick Lois Riefkohl was born in Maunabo, Puerto Rico on February 27th, 1889. He was educated in Puerto Rico and on the mainland, and had… Read More »Puerto Rican War Heroes: Rear Admiral Riefkohl
While visiting a D.C. school yesterday, President Barack Obama clearly expressed his preference for statehood for the District of Columbia. “I’m in D.C., so I’m… Read More »Obama Endorses Statehood for Washington D.C.
The Obama Administration acted questionably late last week to take more benefits of the 2010 healthcare law known as ‘Obamacare’ away from Puerto Rico and… Read More »Obama Administration Takes More Obamacare Benefits from Puerto Ricans After Gov’s Request
Puerto Rico’s representative to the Federal government, Pedro Pierluisi, moved closer this week to trying to amend the Federal Bankruptcy Code to enable Commonwealth government… Read More »Will Puerto Rico Agencies Have Two Bankruptcy Processes?