Puerto Rico Is Emptying of People as Its Economy Disintegrates

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 3, 2015 As Puerto Rico begins to ration water, close schools and lose its health care system under the weight of a $73 billion debt, tens of thousands of its inhabitants are fleeing to the United States, where prospects of finding a better life are dim. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

If You Think What the EU Is Doing to Greece Is Bad, Look at What the U.S. Is Doing to Puerto Rico

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 2, 2015 The scenario playing out in Puerto Rico sure does feel like déjà vu, with one terrifying difference. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Comedian John Oliver on the Americans Who Still Don’t Even Have the Right to Vote

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 9, 2015 Inhabitants of U.S. territories, like Guam, Puerto Rico and American Samoa, still don't have voting rights, and surprisingly these aren't the only rights some of them are denied. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Uruguay Takes In Several Guantanamo Bay Prisoners After President Mujica’s Offer

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Dec 9, 2014 After the second time the outgoing Uruguayan President José Mujica urged President Obama to release the "human beings who [are] suffering an atrocious kidnapping at Guantanamo" and reiterated his offer to take several detainees in, the U.S. government obliged. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

America Is the Cause of Its Immigration ‘Problem’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 25, 2012 “Civil rights are for blacks,” conservative commentator Ann Coulter said on ABC’s “This Week” during a show on immigration and the Latino vote Sunday. That’s nonsense, says “Democracy Now!” co-host Juan Gonzalez, who along with filmmaker Eduardo Lopez directed a deeply informative film about the root causes of Latin American immigration to the United States. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Giant Columbus Statue ‘Discovers’ Puerto Rican Island

Staff / Truthdig Aug 18, 2011 A 20-year-old statue of Christopher Columbus twice the height of the Statue of Liberty may have finally found a home on the shores of an uninhabited Puerto Rican island after first being shunned by several U.S. cities. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Booze Pirates Fleece Puerto Rico With the Help of Congress

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2010 A transfer of billions of dollars in federal aid from public projects in Puerto Rico to one of the world's largest liquor conglomerates over the next 30 years continues to move forward without any objection from Congress. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Sen. Inhofe Concerned About the Whole Race, Gender Thing

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2009 The news that known Latina Sonia Sotomayor may soon join the Supreme Court spurred an apparently alarmed Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) to hold forth in a statement on Tuesday about the need to make sure that Sotomayor will be able to mete out justice from her vaunted post without her pesky extra X chromosome or her non-Oklahoman ethnic roots mucking things up for everyone. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Island Catches Clinton Fever

Staff / Truthdig Jun 2, 2008 Hillary Clinton scored a huge win in Puerto Rico on Sunday, though she still needs an argument for the superdelegates. The candidate was hoping for major gains in the popular vote, but a local politico tells CNN that Puerto Ricans, who can't vote in the general election, were less enthusiastic than mainland primary goers: "Most people in Puerto Rico, I would venture to guess, they are not even aware that there's a primary going on." Update: Clinton's fuzzy math. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Not-So-Super Sunday in Puerto Rico?

Staff / Truthdig May 31, 2008 After some seriously suspenseful primaries earlier in the year, the general feeling about Sunday's Democratic presidential primary in Puerto Rico is far less energized, let's say In fact, local officials are predicting that a substantial percentage of Puerto Rican voters won't even show up at the polls. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Un Mensaje Personal a Puerto Rico

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2008 Barack Obama brushes up on his Español for this commercial airing in Puerto Rico. The Democratic front-runner trails Hillary Clinton ahead of the island's Sunday primary. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Memorial Day: Campaign Trail Edition

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2008 Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama observed Memorial Day in Puerto Rico and New Mexico, respectively, paying tribute to U.S. military men and women from the past and the present and making their cases for becoming commander in chief. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )