The debate over Puerto Rico’s statehood remains as relevant as ever, as the island struggles with the combined effects of economic depression, shrinking population, debt crisis and bankruptcy ...
Jenniffer González Colón is a Republican who backs President-elect Donald Trump. Her pro-statehood party secured a historic ...
González, of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party, had beat former Gov. Pedro Pierluisi during their party's primary in June. At the time, she was Puerto Rico’s representative in Congress ...
As Trump focuses on expanding the U.S. map, residents of Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico have spent years advocating for their own statehood.