Also, why do we keep seeing a black Puerto Rican flag? Protests erupted nearly two weeks ago amid demands for the resignation of Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló. Frustration grew after 2017's ...

The First Flag: Starting in 1493, the Spanish empire controlled Puerto Rico for more than 400 years, a violent period marked by the genocide of the indigenous Taíno people and the importation of ...

And that motivated me even more,” Collazo said as he recalled how his flag-painting project began. The title for the project was easy because Puerto Rico has 78 municipalities. But the reason ...

Celebrity owners of a new restaurant have been told by Miami city officials to undo the work of a famed artist -- who decorated the building with the flag of Puerto Rico -- because the owners didn ...

At the festival Saturday, more than the traditional flag of Puerto Rico was on display. There were flags from El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, the United States and more. But what does the ...

What if Puerto Rico becomes a state? Flag Day food for thought. June 14, 2013— -- intro: As holidays go, Flag Day doesn't get much respect. It doesn't get the fireworks of July 4 or the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Just past 2:00 a.m. on July 4, 2016, four women arrived in front of a rustic ...

WASHINGTON (CBSMiami) -- Puerto Ricans took to the polls Sunday and the vote almost unanimously was in favor of statehood. Although less than a quarter of the island voted, 97 percent of those ...

Supporters of changing Puerto Rico’s territorial status are turning to the Senate to keep a compromise bill alive as rapidly shifting political dynamics threaten to bury the proposal for a ...

A woman waves the flag of Puerto Rico during a news conference on Puerto Rican statehood on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. A TikTok video claims that in Florida displaying ...