Puerto Rico legislators have held a contentious public hearing on whether to scale back renewable energy goals and extend ...

Colón, Puerto Rico’s latest pro-statehood governor, can kiss the honeymoon period goodbye. Even before the fury of 1.47 million Boricuas in the dark on New Year’s Eve eclipsed her swearing-in, many ...

Jenniffer González-Colón said ... cling to power in Venezuela," Maduro "publicly proposed an invasion of Puerto Rico." Maduro, who was sworn in for a third six-year presidential term despite ...

Some observers say Jenniffer González Colón, who took office in January, may be more open to compromise with Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bondholders.

The quake struck at 6:23 p.m. local time in the middle of the sea and had a depth of 10 kilometers, the USGS said.

Trump could make history by leading the charge for Puerto Rican statehood. He would achieve many of the same goals behind his ...

Puerto Rico’s governor informed President-elect ... In a letter to the incoming president, Republican Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón noted that she fully expects the Trump administration ...

Several islands and countries urged people near the coastline to move inland but authorities in most places later lifted the ...

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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, Gov.

In a letter to Trump dated Monday, Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón said Maduro’s plea for Latin American troops to invade Puerto Rico “is an open threat to the United States, our national ...