Puerto Rico
Republicans plan Detroit-style emergency manager for Puerto Rico
April 4, 2016Last year, Puerto Rico's governor announced that the island now has an unpayable debt of about $72 billion.
Read morePuerto Rico petition for bankruptcy struck down by Appeals Court
July 8, 2015Puerto Rico is unable to pay back its $72 billion dollar deficit and announced that the island's economy is on the verge of collapse.
Read morePacked house at 3rd annual Vito Marcantonio Forum
October 29, 2014Vito Marcantonio (1902-1954) was a fourteen-term Congressman from East Harlem.
Read moreToday in labor history: Puerto Rican labor organizer and feminist Luisa Capetillo born
October 28, 2014She lived intensely: she fought for workers causes and the emancipation of women till here death.
Read moreDemand investigation of murder of progressive Cuban-American in 1978
May 8, 2014Demands are being raised for a government investigation of the murder of a progressive young Cuban immigrant in Puerto Rico on April 28, 1979.
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