As Puerto Rico braces for a looming economic crisis, the government in San Juan remains politically paralyzed and ...

The island of Puerto Rico was acquired by the United States after the Spanish-American War. Although the usual narrative is ...

AN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s governor announced that the U.S. territory overwhelmingly chose statehood Sunday in a nonbinding referendum held amid a deep economic crisis that has ...

Against a backdrop of drag pageantry and political performance, “Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic ...

Decolonization - Let's Talk About It conference concluded with experts and officials urging immediate action and practical ...

Giving in after a dogged resistance, Governor Luis Muñoz Marin last week agreed to a plebiscite on Puerto Rico’s future relationship with the U.S. Choices: statehood, independence or continued ...

In 1993, a non-binding vote taken in Puerto Rico showed most citizens still wanted to maintain their commonwealth status with the United States, while the possibility of statehood came in second.

Limitations on military involvement in civilian affairs have been a central feature of Anglo-American law. Armies are trained ...

Since then, she has used her sheer force of will to advance DC statehood and fend off attacks on the District’s ...