Around the corner from López Rivera’s office, I walked past a mural depicting the 19th-century Flag of Lares—created to be the flag of a free Puerto Rico once it gained independence from ...

The black and white flag was a response to the financial oversight board that was created from PROMESA; it protests the U.S. mainland's financial control over Puerto Rico. Now, the flag is used as ...

PICTURES: JetBlue debuts special livery for Puerto Rico By Ghim-Lay Yeo 2018-09-24T17:39:31+01:00 JetBlue Airways has unveiled Bluericua, a special livery dedicated to Puerto Rico on an Airbus A320.

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 ...

Trump Is Wrong, Puerto Rico Still Needs Help: 12 Pictures That Show Devastation Weeks After Hurricane Maria. Published Oct 13, 2017 at 12:27 PM EDT Updated Oct 13, 2017 at 1:13 PM EDT.

Puerto Rico is currently a U.S. territory. The black-and-white flag was a response to the financial oversight board that was created after Hurricane Maria; it protests the U.S. mainland's ...

A week-and-a-half after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, which had already been affected by Hurricane Irma, the island is still in shambles.. Aid has started coming in but many people are still ...

Painter Héctor Collazo Hernández is painting the Puerto Rican flag in each of the island’s towns. His project, 78 pueblos y 1 bandera, seeks to turn abandoned buildings into tourist attractions.