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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

this year’s Miss Puerto Rico of Greater New Haven, Alanna Herbert, stepped to the microphone and filled the Green with her voice as she sang the national anthem. Behind her was the Puerto Rican flag, ...

SAN JUAN — The screams echoed across Puerto Rico when Jennifer Lopez unfurled a feather cape representing the flag of the U.S. territory during the Super Bowl's halftime show, a moment that many ...

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, a Fort Dorchester High School graduate who won gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, will be one of two flag-bearers for Puerto Rico at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Camacho ...