Barceló in Barrio Obrero, typically bustling with people, has been uncharacteristically empty since an immigration raid on ...

As Trump focuses on expanding the U.S. map, residents of Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico have spent years advocating for their own statehood.

The governor of Puerto Rico pleaded for President-elect Trump to intervene after Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro threatened to invade the U.S. island territory. In a letter addressed to Trump ...

Puerto Rico’s new Republican governor is drawing attention to Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro’s military threats against the U.S. island in the wake of President-elect Trump’s calls for ...

Elected officials and Milwaukee immigration advocates say they are working to authenticate the incident but have few details ...

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The island of Puerto Rico and Puerto Rican voters stateside strongly support President Trump and the Republican Party. Puerto Rico recently elected Jenniffer González-Colón as governor – a ...

Puerto Rico is a political paradox: part of the United States but distinct from it, enjoying citizenship but lacking full political representation, and infused with its own brand of nationalism ...

Puerto Rico's governor has called on President-elect Donald Trump to respond after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro called for an invasion of the island territory. Maduro's comments were an ...