Puerto Rico natural resources chief grilled over order to shelve probe targeting governor’s in-laws
Puerto Rico senators have grilled the island’s newly designated natural resources chief after critics rebuked his recent ...
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Puerto Rican nationalists attacked the Capitol. Jimmy Carter freed them.
When President Jimmy Carter commuted the prison sentences of the four Puerto Rican nationalists who attacked members of Congress and President Harry S. Truman in the 1950s, he cited “humane ...
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Puerto Rico's new governor sworn in days after a major blackout left much of the island in the dark
Meanwhile, a small group of protesters gathered at the Capitol before González’s arrival. They were especially rankled that a well-known, outspoken activist elected to Puerto Rico's Senate for the ...
Maduro threatens ‘liberation’ of Puerto Rico as governor urges Trump to defend island
The governor of Puerto Rico requested that President-elect Donald Trump take a stand against Venezuelan President Nicolas ...
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Puerto Rico’s new governor takes office amid anger following major blackout
Meanwhile, a small group of protesters gathered at the Capitol before González’s arrival. They were especially rankled that a well-known, outspoken activist elected to Puerto Rico’s Senate ...
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Power restoration begins in Puerto Rico after massive New Year's Eve blackout
A blackout hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early on Tuesday as the U.S ... as he stood outside a grocery store in the capital of San Juan, grumbling about the outage that coincided with his ...
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Nearly all of Puerto Rico is without power on New Year’s Eve
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A blackout hit nearly all ... as he stood outside a grocery store in the capital of San Juan, grumbling about the outage that coincided with his birthday.
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Puerto Rican nationalists attacked the Capitol; Jimmy Carter freed them
(Carter wound up narrowly defeating Kennedy in the Puerto Rico primary.) The attack on the Capitol had occurred March 1, 1954. Four members of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party entered the ...