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Breaking Puerto Rico’s Political Deadlock

The Puerto Rican political, social, financial, and economic situation is on the verge of a total collapse that must be avoided at all costs. The path of degradation that Puerto Rico is facing will ...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Powerful lawmakers in Puerto Rico are joining conservatives in states across the U.S. mainland in attempting to set tighter restrictions on abortions, alarming ...
It has also made one thing clear: for more than a century, the various factions in the debate over Puerto Rico’s political status have been living in a state of denial. And any hope of ...
After 125 years of debate the time has come for Congress to commit to real action and end our shameful territorial reality.” Puerto Rico is officially a commonwealth under its 1952 constitution, but ...
In Puerto Rico, there are no left, right parties like we have in the U.S. The political system is built around the question of the island's relationship to the U.S.
The two ran together in 2020. Politics in Puerto Rico are defined by the island’s political status, so it’s common to find both Democrats and Republicans in the same party.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A fiery debate over public health and personal rights gripped Puerto Rico this week, intensifying Wednesday when legislators clashed with medical experts.
The century-old status debate has distracted the government from dealing with poverty and other social problems, said the leader of Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico, an environmentalist movement ...
Powerful lawmakers in Puerto Rico are joining conservatives in states across the U.S. mainland in attempting to restrict abortions, alarming feminist groups and others on the island.