A woman waves a Puerto Rico flag to support Puerto Rican statehood on March 2, 2021.
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The political status of Puerto Rico continues to be intensely contested, but measures to make the island the 51st state remain elusive.
As an unincorporated U.S. territory, Puerto Rico has fewer constitutional and political rights than a state.
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Lawmakers are unlikely to grant Puerto Rico’s request for admission into the Union – unless, perhaps, the Democrats win both Senate seats in Georgia’s Jan. 5 runoff election.
Soldiers deliver food and water following Hurricane Maria.
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Two hurricanes in Puerto Rico’s past fundamentally transformed the island’s economy and politics. Maria will be the third, says a historian.
Puerto Ricans are increasingly fed up with austerity.
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A year after Congress passed its plan to fix Puerto Rico’s US$123 billion debt and pension crisis, little has changed for the lives of Puerto Ricans.