Puerto Rico
TALLAHASSEE, FL— On general Election Day Puerto Rico will hold its seventh plebiscite in which they ask for statehood, as the majority has decided in the last two votes -- 2017 and 2020. The vote is important because it will continue creating pressure on Congress to act and treat Puerto Ricans as equals. The seventh […]
With November presidential election closing in, the 2024 nominees for president are ramping up their campaign efforts. Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris has gained a slight edge over former Republican President Donald Trump in recent polls since President Joe Biden announced he would not seek reelection. Yet, the one place she remains tied with him […]
In light of Senator Scott gaining further support from Puerto Ricans in the state, he affirms that one of his goals has been "to be the voice for Puerto Rico."
Puerto Rican officials have uncovered and reported various Russian attempts to allegedly undermine the island’s democratic processes. US Shadow Representative Roberto Lefranc Fortuño originally flagged Russia’s surreptitious misinformation campaign against Puerto Rico. According to Representative Fortuño, misleading propaganda produced by Russia’s state-run ‘Russian Television’ channel has flooded Puerto Rican media platforms in recent weeks. “I […]
Florida Senators Rick Scott (R) and Marco Rubio (R) joined forces with Representative Byron Donalds (R), as well as Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner (a non-voting member of the House of Representatives) Congresswoman Jenniffer González-Colón (R) to ensure tax relief to the residents of the two entities due to the recent hurricanes (Ian, Nicole, and Fiona). […]
The Puerto Rico Status Act passes in the House, despite overwhelming Republican opposition. Rep. Scott Franklin (R-FL-15) recently tweeted a statement explaining his; and effectively the Republican Party's; opposition to the bill, saying that "the Puerto Rico Status Act is a pure messaging bill jammed through by Nancy Pelosi." The Puerto Rico Status Act is […]
While the island of U.S. territory Puerto Rico is recovering from Hurricane Fiona since it made landfall on Sunday, Senate hopeful and current member of Congress Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) is looking to make sure that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is providing proper assistance to the island, including a 100% federal cost-share for […]
New polling from The Puerto Rico Statehood Council surveyed one thousand registered Puerto Rican voters and found some interesting results. Those results are not favorable for Democrats going into the 2022 midterms. According to the results, only 23 percent of Puerto Ricans believe the United States is moving in the right direction (7% strongly right […]
By Luis Figueroa While it seems like the 2020 elections just ended, the midterm election campaigning will ramp up over the course of the summer and into the fall, particularly given that control of both chambers of Congress are up for grabs. One of the most competitive races in the country will be here in […]
The critical swing state of Florida is a must-win for Republican incumbent President Donald Trump. We can expect the President to do well in Northern Florida, as he did in 2016 while losing heavily Democratic South Florida, and Central Florida will likely swing the state one direction or the other. A dynamic in that region that has risen recently is...
After Hurricane Maria passed through Puerto Rico in 2017, the Puerto Rican people have persevered and have all-but come back from the catastrophic destruction the storm left behind.
Whether or not Puerto Rico will achieve statehood is an issue that the United States has been debating for years, and it seems that Democrats want the question to be answered sooner than later.
"It’s unforgivable that resources have been kept in a warehouse.”
The notion of making Puerto Rico the 51st state of the union is very popular among both Republican and Democratic lawmakers, but will ever come to pass, even as President Donald Trump opposes the idea?
"It’s more imperative than ever that we ensure our communities get the care they deserve.”
After Senate Democrats voted against a supplemental disaster relief bill that would help recovery efforts for Americans affected by the recent hurricanes that ravaged Florida and Puerto Rico, Senator Marco Rubio has just announced that an "agreement" has been reached that can "pass both house of Congress," and ultimately get signed by President Trump.
"This disaster supplemental is a step in the right direction.”
