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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAN JUAN (AP) — 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 ...

a bronze statue of San Juan Bautista stands in front of Puerto Rico’s capitol flanked by U.S. and Puerto Rican flags, in San Juan. A federal control board on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, took over ...

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 ...

we also have to remember what's happening in Puerto Rico, said Adonis Banegas. The flag is a symbol of pride and cultural preservation for many, this year it also represents the kick-off for big ...