U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ruled on Tuesday that the bondholders weren’t entitled to any recovery from Puerto Rico on their debt bonds, as their claims arose from the “purchase or sale of ...

Puerto Rico’s government is suing a private power company, claiming it is responsible for damages to appliances caused by ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemned the corporate profiteering of "vulture funds" during a hearing, spotlighting how ...

Republicans are looking to minimize the fallout from comments made during former president Donald Trump’s campaign rally on Sunday referring to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage ...

Pro/Con: US can't afford Puerto Rico's debt, poverty, politics From the column: "Puerto Rico is not an incorporated territory (and) the people of Puerto Rico seem mostly apathetic on statehood." ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A key hearing over the future of Puerto Rico’s crumbling power company and its staggering $9 billion debt began Monday in federal court following years of ...

Democrats rallied to support passage of legislation on Thursday that would end Puerto Rico's status as a "colonial" territory of the U.S., and give it three new options.

House Democrats passed a bill that would let Puerto Rico decide its future political status with the United States in a vote presided over by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). The bill would ...

Environment & Health AOC: Fossil Fuel Reliance Aided “Tragically Predictable” Puerto Rico Blackout “We now have the chance to do something different” with the island’s energy mix, she said.

Velazquez, the dean of the Puerto Rican caucus in the House, fiercely opposes statehood, which some advocates believe would dilute the island’s vibrant culture and reliance on the Spanish language.

When it comes to Puerto Rico, the questions of debt haunt everyday life and shape the colonial reality of the island.