"We say it's expensive to be poor in Puerto Rico. And so part of our dignity is, number one, it's good food. Good fresh, delicious, healthy for them," Rodriguez said. Raised in the southern city ...

It’s hard to find Puerto Ricans prouder of their hometown than Ponceños. I’m not disputing their pride, because the city has so much to offer, especially in terms of arts and culture.

They had fled Puerto Rico as young adults for factory jobs that offered working-class wages and the conveniences of big-city life: walkable streets, easy public transit and everything they might ...

For the forthcoming November issue of The Atlantic, the author Jaquira Díaz wrote about the ongoing impact of Hurricane María on Puerto Rico ... by the New York City label Fania Records in ...

With a population of 2,300,000, Puerto Rico is as crowded as the U.S. would be if all the people in the world were packed into it. The capital city of San Juan (pop. 400,000) sits on two islands ...

However, the island’s rich Afro-Puerto Rican heritage and connection to Africa are highly revered in Loiza. Loiza is a short distance from the capital city of San Juan and east of the government ...

With a rich history and culture, delicious traditional foods, nearly 300 beaches and a temperature that hovers around 70 to 80 degrees year-round, Puerto Rico ... base in the city, while a variety ...

Puerto Rico. Joe Raedle/Getty Images, FILE Hurricane Maria brought 155 mph winds as it made landfall near the city of Yabucoa, on the southeast portion of the island, on Sept. 20, 2017.

Less than an hour from the city is Puerto Rico's lush tropical heart, El Yunque National Forest. The only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Forest System is a sprawling 29,000 untouched ...