The Puerto Rican rum and coconut drink used to be passed down within families, but now it has become a holiday party staple beyond the community. The Puerto Rican rum and coconut drink used to be ...

A judge has sentenced a Cumberland County man to prison for trafficking cocaine from Puerto Rico into New Jersey via the mail. Yariel Afanador, 44, of Vineland was charged following a long-term New ...

This November’s decisive pro-ceasefire vote to elect Zohran Mamdani as our next mayor opens up a pathway for our movement to grow. Limiting the power of corporate-funded, war-mongering lobbies will ...

Ceiba, Puerto Rico — A U.S. naval base in Puerto Rico that was closed more than 20 years ago is now back in operation as the United States builds up forces in the Caribbean ahead of possible military ...

Today is about honoring the men and women who have sacrificed to defend the United States. The U.S. flag flies high over Naval Station Norfolk as we thank the brave veterans who have defended our ...

Congress has the power to give Puerto Ricans and their veterans the same rights enjoyed by every other American, the Puerto Rico Statehood Council's George Laws Garcia writes in a ...

New Delhi, Nov. 8 -- New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani received a warm welcome during his visit to a mosque in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Friday (November 7), where he prayed with local Muslims ...

Bronx Assembly Member Karines Reyes, chair of the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force, is gearing up for the Somos conference next week in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Starting on Nov. 5, the day after the ...

U.S. Rep. Jenniffer González-Colón, Puerto Rico’s former nonvoting delegate to the U.S. Congress and an ally of Donald Trump, is leading in the island’s gubernatorial race, likely extending her ...

Should Puerto Rico become a state, as some prominent national Democrats have suggested, or a sovereign country, as others have floated? Most of Puerto Rico’s Democrats want neither statehood nor ...

The chapter was officially chartered on Oct. 18. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. has chartered its first-ever chapter in Puerto Rico, marking the sorority’s debut in a Latin American region where ...

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