Israel Meléndez Ayala is a historian and writer. He publishes a biweekly newsletter, Crítica. A U.S. Army truck at the former Roosevelt Roads Naval Station on Sept. 10, 2025. Israel Meléndez Ayala is ...

Christmas, Navidad in Puerto Rico, extends far beyond Dec. 25. The island proudly proclaims itself as having the "longest holiday season in the world," according to the website Discover Puerto Rico.

Frequent power outages in Puerto Rico have changed daily life for all generations. Students struggle with schoolwork, working ...

Puerto Rico’s economy is starting to rebound. After officially exiting bankruptcy in 2022, Puerto Rico’s economy is on track to grow by 1.8 percent in 2024. One obstacle, however, is the ongoing ...

Puerto Rico, like many warm-weather home markets in easy reach of the U.S., got a mid-pandemic boost in luxury housing that hasn’t let up. A benchmark deal led the way in 2021, when an oceanfront ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Puerto Rico on Monday as the U.S. steps up its military ...

Steve Forbes explains how Puerto Rico can once again become a pharmaceutical powerhouse and help to reshore U.S. drug manufacturing. For decades Puerto Rico was one of the world’s premier ...

President Trump recently signed an executive order to bring pharmaceutical manufacturing back to the U.S. by streamlining the process for the Food and Drug Administration to approve pharmaceutical ...

The Puerto Rican flag is seen outside the Governor's residence as Puerto Ricans vote in the general election in San Juan on Nov. 3, 2020. Puerto Rico is participating in the U.S. presidential ...

Two weeks ago, at President-elect Donald Trump’s now infamous campaign rally in Madison Square Garden, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made a controversial joke calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of ...