E very March 22, Puerto Rico commemorates Emancipation Day, a historical milestone that marks the abolition of slavery on the island. Meanwhile, the topic of statehood continues to be rooted in a ...

AN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s governor announced that the U.S. territory overwhelmingly chose statehood Sunday in a nonbinding referendum held amid a deep economic crisis that has ...

For over half a century, the island’s commonwealth status was justified by promises of security, stability and the material ...