The island produces five of the 10 best-selling drugs and 90 percent of all the pacemakers used in the world

“It has been a relationship of openness from day one”, said Carmen Feliciano, executive director of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration

President Joe Biden appointed Gretchen Sierra Zorita to a new position in the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

The company rejects amendments to the contract to operate the power grid and reiterates its interest in contributing to the economic transformation that Puerto Rico needs

The entity does not detail the total to be allocated for the election, but the Puerto Rico House Speaker anticipates that they will not approve the initiative

Convening a Status Convention would be up to the Puerto Rican government, but it already faces objections from both statehood and territorial status advocates

The MVC representative, a statehood advocate, says that an inclusive status process is the one that will resonate in the federal government.

The Comptroller General’s Office report estimates the process will cost $800 million and points out that the waters still need to be cleared of unexploded ordnance

The party will support a new political association model not subject to “plenary powers” under the territorial clause