Puerto Rico Report

Citizens of the three independent nations that have signed Compacts of Free Association (COFAs) with the United States – Palau, the Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia – can a...

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Iran is the latest foreign government to make headlines for attempts to influence U.S. politics with emotionally charged “news” websites. Foundation for Defense of Democracies identified roug...

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New York City is the city with the largest stateside Puerto Rican population, but Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, comes in second with 140,000 Puerto Rican residents. That’s about 15% of the total ...

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A recent Gaither International survey asked Puerto Rico voters about the issues that are particularly important to them. The survey is timely as Puerto Rico heads to a plebiscite vote on November...

https://puertoricoreport.com/whats-important-to-puerto-rico-voters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-important-to-puerto-rico-voters

A recent Gaither International survey of Puerto Rico voters revealed possible confusion over Puerto Rico’s current political status and  future possibilities for the U.S. territory as voters g...

https://puertoricoreport.com/confusion-among-voters-over-puerto-ricos-status/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=confusion-among-voters-over-puerto-ricos-status

A recent survey of Puerto Rico voters found that only 32% believed statehood would bring more benefits and more funding for healthcare. When respondents were asked the open ended question of what...

https://puertoricoreport.com/poll-shows-puerto-ricans-underestimate-healthcare-implications-of-political-status/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poll-shows-puerto-ricans-underestimate-healthcare-implications-of-political-status

In an era of extreme bipartisanship, the Democrat and Republican National Conventions of 2024 appear to have uncovered at least one commonality: support for statehood among the Puerto Rico delega...

https://puertoricoreport.com/republican-and-democratic-convention-delegates-announce-support-for-statehood/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=republican-and-democratic-convention-delegates-announce-support-for-statehood

There are only two realistic options for a non-territorial status for Puerto Rico: statehood or independence. But outside of the realistic non-territorial options, there are other theoretical pos...

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A commenter to the Puerto Rico Report has asked whether incorporation would help Puerto Rico.  It is a good question, and one that we will address here. In 1901, the Supreme Court ruled in Downe...

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