Even waving a pro-independence flag became an offense punished with years of jail time. From that point on, local control of Puerto Rico passed between the two main political parties duking it out ...

“It already marks a before and an after.” A supporter waves a Puerto Rican Independence Party flag while holding a campaign poster promoting the Citizens’ Victory Movement mayoral candidate ...

A supporter waves a Puerto Rican Independence Party flag while holding a campaign poster promoting the Citizens' Victory Movement mayoral candidate Manuel Natal, during a caravan in San Juan ...

Puerto Rico’s New Progressive Party claimed victory in recent elections, marking another positive step on the road to ...

Puerto Rico is holding elections that will be historic regardless of which of the top two gubernatorial candidates wins.

A supporter waves a Puerto Rican Independence Party flag while holding a campaign poster promoting the Citizens' Victory Movement mayoral candidate Manuel Natal, during a caravan in San Juan ...

For decades, the United States, which invaded and colonized Puerto Rico in 1898, has used fear as a tool to thwart ...