As the city gears up for its ninth iteration of the Puerto Rican Festival this Saturday, New Haveners can expect food trucks ...

The flag-raising came two days before a planned Puerto Rican cultural festival to be held on the Green, organized by Puerto Ricans United (PRU). Thursday’s flag-raising was accompanied by the singing ...

“With independence we won’t survive on our own,” said Velez, of Jamaica, Queens, who was shopping with his dad for a giant Puerto Rican flag ahead of the weekend’s festivities.

Puerto Ricans will vote Election Day to see if the U.S. territory should move to become a state, or be granted independence. Puerto Rico has been a U.S. territory since 1952.