The Latest Breaking News from Puerto Rico

Keeping the lights on in Puerto Rico

Here's what $3 billion could do to avert the next tropical storm blackout

Salon · Dec 4, 2022

Puerto Rico Inches Toward Self-Determination

"At this point, it is pretty much a fact that Puerto Rico is a colony of the United States," says one observer.

Reason · Dec 4, 2022

Legal push to cut Puerto Rico power company debt delayed

Efforts to restructure some $9 billion in debt held by Puerto Rico’s power company have hit a new snag following multiple failed attempts to end its bankruptcy

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2022

Biden asks Congress for nearly $30 billion in disaster aid for Florida, Puerto Rico

MIAMI — President Joe Biden is asking Congress to allocate more than $37 billion in aid for Florida, Puerto Rico and other parts of the country recently affected by natural disasters, less than two weeks before the official end of the 2022 hurricane season.

Miami Herald · Nov 19, 2022

2 Customs agents injured, one dead, after shootout at sea with smugglers off Puerto Rico

Two U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents were injured and a third was killed during an early Thursday morning high seas shootout with suspected smugglers 14 miles off Puerto Rico’s southwest coast.

Miami Herald · Nov 18, 2022

US agent, suspected smuggler killed off Puerto Rico coast

U.S. authorities say a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent and a suspected smuggler died during a shootout Thursday morning off the Puerto Rico coast

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022

US Customs agent killed, two wounded in shootout off Puerto Rico coast

The shootout occurred approximately 144 miles from the island

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022

U.S. agent killed, two wounded in Puerto Rico gun battle with suspected drug smugglers

A U.S. federal agent was killed and two were wounded in a gun battle with suspected drug smugglers on Thursday during an inspection of a vessel believed to be carrying drugs off the coast of Puerto Rico, U.S. officials said.

Reuters · Nov 17, 2022

US to supply Puerto Rico with emergency power generation

The U.S. government says it will provide Puerto Rico with temporary electric generation via barges as the island’s power grid continues to disintegrate, leading to an increase in widespread outages

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2022

Woman, 25, shot dead by mystery gunman in face mask as she left her workplace

Police in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, said Cristal Isabel Vélez Feliciano was shot multiple times after a mystery assassin clad in a black face mask waited outside work to gun her down in cold blood

Daily Mirror · Nov 15, 2022