Puerto Rico
Colonialism bears bitter fruit in Puerto Rico
March 20, 2017The U.S. government board controlling Puerto Rican finances has approved a plan that extracts $800 million per year from the island in interest payments and orders pension reductions and layoffs.
Read moreSenate votes to slash minimum wage for youth in Puerto Rico
July 5, 2016"Over the last five years alone, more than 150 public schools have been shut down and the childhood poverty rate in Puerto Rico is now 58 percent."
Read moreU.N. Decolonization Committee lambasts U.S. on Puerto Rico
June 24, 2016The UN Special Committee on Decolonization met and discussed the situation of the U.S.-controlled island nation of Puerto Rico.
Read moreThis week in history: Puerto Rican independentista José de Diego born
April 11, 2016Diego was a statesman, journalist, poet, lawyer, and advocate for Puerto Rico's independence from Spain and from the United States.
Read morePuerto Rican Assembly bucks GOP plan; imposes moratorium on debt payments
April 8, 2016This article is an update on the fast-developing situation surrounding the economic crisis in Puerto Rico
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