San Juan Moda, Puerto Rico’s fashion week, had a special guest on the runway this year when Puerto Rico’s resident commissioner, Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon, served as… Read More »Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez Colon Models at San Juan Moda
An organization calling itself the Puerto Rican Action Movement (MAP, from El Movimiento de Acción Puertorriqueña) has proposed a compact of free association (COFA) with… Read More »Puerto Rican Action Movement Proposes Free Association; Gonzalez-Colon Pushes Back
With more than 95% of votes counted, Puerto Rico voters have chosen statehood in yesterday’s plebiscite vote. The ballot question was, “Should Puerto Rico be… Read More »Puerto Rico Voters Choose Statehood
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) includes a onetime cash payment of up to $1,200 directly to each eligible adult and… Read More »Distribution of Stimulus Checks in Puerto Rico Finally Begins
On Tuesday, Thomas Rivera Schatz, the President of the Puerto Rico Senate, sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Minority… Read More »President of Puerto Rico Senate Urges Federal Lawmakers to Extend Child Tax Credit
Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon has introduced a new Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act. The bill (H.R. 4901) calls for a federally-sponsored plebiscite asking… Read More »Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act of 2019
As an unincorporated territory of the United States, Puerto Rico has some of the rights and responsibilities that the 50 States have. For example, working… Read More »Child Tax Credit for Puerto Rico
In a press conference this week, Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon rejected the idea that she will leave her current post to become Governor of Puerto… Read More »“Puerto Rico is back to normal,” says Resident Commissioner
“Almost a year and a half since the hurricane,” said MSNBC news anchor Chris Hayes in a recent report, “there has been no sustained formal… Read More »Funds for Puerto Rico “Excessive”?
