Día de los Veteranos 2026: el legado de servicio de Puerto Rico y la lucha por la igualdad
Los puertorriqueños han servido en cada guerra de los Estados Unidos desde 1917, desde cerca de 20,000 en la Primera Guerra Mundial hasta unos 61,000 en Corea. En el Día de los Veteranos, NAPREC honra ese servicio y la lucha por la igualdad ciudadana.
Veterans Day 2026: Puerto Rico’s legacy of service and the fight for equal citizenship
Puerto Ricans have served in every American war since 1917, from close to 20,000 in World War I to some 61,000 in Korea. On Veterans Day, NAPREC honors that service and the fight for equal citizenship at home.
El status de Puerto Rico tiene una ventana en el nuevo Congreso
Puerto Rico ha votado cuatro veces por la estadidad y cada resultado terminó en una gaveta en Washington. El 3 de enero de 2027, la gaveta cambia de llave. Columna de Anthony Carrillo, presidente de NAPREC, publicada en El Nuevo Día.
Puerto Rico’s status has a window in the new Congress
Puerto Rico has voted for statehood four times, and each result ended in a drawer in Washington. On January 3, 2027, the drawer changes keys. An op-ed by NAPREC Chairman Anthony Carrillo, as featured in El Nuevo Día.
Federal programs in Puerto Rico: questions and answers
Twelve sourced answers on Medicaid, SSI, nutrition aid, Social Security, Medicare, tax credits, federal taxes and disaster aid in Puerto Rico, in English and Spanish.
The 51st star: what the law says about the flag when a state is admitted
Under 4 U.S.C. § 2, a new star is added on the Fourth of July after admission. How the 49- and 50-star flags came to be, and what a 51st star would mean.
Cómo termina la Junta de Supervisión: las dos condiciones de PROMESA
La Junta de Supervisión y Administración Financiera para Puerto Rico fue creada por PROMESA en 2016. Una pregunta frecuente es cuándo terminará. La respuesta está escrita en la propia ley, en la sección 209 de PROMESA, codificada en 48 U.S.C. § 2149.
Counting the dead: how Hurricane María’s official toll was set
The official count went from 64 to 2,975 in August 2018, based on a study of excess deaths. How the estimate was made and why it mattered.
How the Oversight Board ends: PROMESA’s two conditions
The Board terminates when it certifies market access at reasonable rates and four consecutive balanced budgets. What the law says, and what it does not.
Social Security in Puerto Rico: 851,795 beneficiaries and the same rules
Social Security treats Puerto Rico almost exactly like a state: same payroll taxes, same benefit formula. Where SSI and other programs differ.
1947: the law that let Puerto Rico elect its governor
Public Law 80-362 ended nearly half a century of governors chosen in Washington. What it changed, and what it left to Congress.
La Ley del Estatus de Puerto Rico de 2022: lo que aprobó la Cámara
El 15 de diciembre de 2022, la Cámara de Representantes aprobó la Ley del Estatus de Puerto Rico, H.R. 8393, por 233 votos contra 191. El proyecto combinó dos propuestas anteriores, una de estadidad y otra de un proceso de libre determinación, en un solo plan para una votación vinculante en Puerto Rico.
The Puerto Rico Status Act of 2022: what the House passed
H.R. 8393 passed the House 233 to 191 and would have set a binding vote among independence, free association and statehood. How it worked and what happened next.
El H.R. 856 de 1998: un proyecto de estatus aprobado por un voto
El 4 de marzo de 1998, la Cámara de Representantes aprobó la Ley del Estatus Político Estados Unidos–Puerto Rico, H.R. 856, por un solo voto: 209 a 208. Sigue siendo una de las votaciones más cerradas del Congreso sobre el futuro de Puerto Rico.
H.R. 856 of 1998: a status bill passed by one vote
On March 4, 1998, the House passed the United States–Puerto Rico Political Status Act by 209 to 208. What it proposed and why the Senate never acted.
Balzac v. Porto Rico: citizenship without incorporation
In 1922 the Supreme Court held that a U.S. citizen in Puerto Rico had no Sixth Amendment right to a jury in a local prosecution. Why the case still matters.
De Lima and Downes: the day Puerto Rico was neither foreign nor part of the Union
On May 27, 1901, two sugar-tariff cases created the in-between status of an unincorporated territory that courts still cite.
Gonzales v. Williams: Isabel González and the 1904 citizenship question
Held at Ellis Island in 1902, Isabel González took her case to the Supreme Court. The Court said she was not an alien, but declined to say she was a citizen.
Puerto Rico and the 2026 midterms: questions and answers
Twelve sourced answers on the 2026 results, the committees that decide Puerto Rico’s status, the Senate, Puerto Rican and Latino members, Medicaid and what readers can do.
Puerto Rico’s deadlines before and after the 120th Congress takes office
From the December 11 funding deadline to the September 30, 2027 Medicaid cliff, the federal dates that matter for Puerto Rico.