Why is Puerto Rico competing in -- and hosting -- the Miss Universe pageant when they are not an independent country?

Rep. Darren Soto is confident going into the midterm elections in Florida's 9th district, in spite of recent redistricting.

Recent estimates say that there are about 5.8 million Puerto Ricans living in the States, compared with 3.2 million on the Island. Puerto Ricans are not evenly distributed across the nation, however.

Tariffs have been a contentious topic and are currently heading to the Supreme Court, but how do they affect the U.S. territories? Shipments to the U.S. from other countries are now subject to an ...

English has been spoken in Puerto Rico for more than a century. If Puerto Rico becomes a state, it will not have the largest number of speakers of Spanish among the States. However, it will probably ...

Puerto Rico Senate Bill 504 made headlines as it passed into law in the closing days of 2025 — especially in social media and blog posts from right to life groups. The new law is being hailed as “one ...

The vote, giving voters a choice among the viable non-colonial options for Puerto Rico’s political status, is the seventh political status vote in the history of Puerto Rico. Statehood gained the ...

In the 20th century, Operation Bootstrap helped change Puerto Rico’s economy from an agricultural base to an industrial one. The initiative was a series of federal economic reforms, launched in the ...

El Nuevo Dia released results of a major political poll last week. Enthusiasm is strong: 92% expressed interest in the election, scheduled for November 5th,compared with 78% in 2020. Almost all ...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the National Bar Association annual convention in Nashville last month, discussing voting rights and other topics with the organization’s president, Ashley ...

Florida fielded almost two dozen candidates of Puerto Rican heritage in the 2026 primary season — but who’s counting? El Nuevo Dia is. The Puerto Rican news organization found 20 candidates, mostly in ...

The Department of Defense has spotlighted Puerto Rico’s participation in the U.S. Military with an article bringing out the details of the territory’s military service since World War I. “I’m ...