Throughout Puerto Rico’s history, it has been governed by the pro-statehood New Progressive Party (PNP) or the pro-commonwealth Popular Democratic Party (PPD).While third-party candidates have ...

Puerto Ricans will elect a new governor on Tuesday. For the first time in decades, an upstart political movement is posing a viable challenge to the island's two main parties.

The highest political officeholder on the island is the governor, but she does not have full control over Puerto Rico’s finances—those are managed by an oversight board created by the U.S ...

FILE - The Puerto Rican flag flies in front of the Capitol building in San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 29, 2015. Plans to hold a non-binding referendum on Puerto Rico’s political status came under ...

Puerto Rico’s per capita gross domestic product would make it the poorest state in the nation. Its anemic economy has impelled millions to leave their families for work on the U.S. mainland.

Puerto Ricans will elect a new governor on Tuesday. For the first time in decades, an upstart political movement is posing a viable challenge to the island's two main parties.

The Puerto Rican flag flies in front of the Capitol building in San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 29, 2015. Plans to hold a non-binding referendum on Puerto Rico’s political status came under scrutiny ...

Puerto Ricans will elect a new governor on Tuesday. For the first time in decades, an upstart political movement is posing a viable challenge to the island's two main parties.