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A Puerto Rico senator awaiting trial on fraud charges was taken into custody Wednesday morning by federal authorities in connection with an investigation into alleged corruption that also resulted in the arrests of seven others, officials said. Abel … Read more
by Simon Black of Sovereign Man On Friday evening, the government here in Puerto Rico made an announcement to local retirees that many of them would have their pensions cut. Poof. Just like … Read more
via Twitter: Trump was right, and Puerto Rico is one big sinkhole of corruption? Who could have guessed? AC
Embattled Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló resigns amid public outcry SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced his resignation Wednesday days after demonstrators at the island’s largest … Read more
via wate: Hundreds of thousands of people were expected to take over one of the island’s busiest highways to press demands for the resignation of Rosselló over an obscenity-laced leaked online … Read more
Step 1: trump points out the obvious. Step 2: media derides him for his stance. Step 3: after careful analysis trump turns out to be right…again. Step 4: somehow the … Read more
Police Fire Tear Gas to Quell Protests Over Puerto Rico’s Governor. “The tense confrontations marked an escalation of the dramatic political crisis that began in Puerto Rico after hundreds of … Read more
via elnuevodia: The full contents of a group chat between Puerto Rico governor Ricardo Rosselló and close associates were publicly disclosed Saturday morning, after several days of partial leaks that have rocked the … Read more
by Simon Black Imagine a place where you could spend all day sitting on a beautiful beach, sipping piña coladas, mingle with some of the most fascinating people you’ll ever … Read more
By Rodney Johnson They lie, cheat, and steal? No way! In 2014, Puerto Rico issued $3.5 billion in bonds backed by the full faith and credit of the Commonwealth. Now … Read more
Senate Republicans on Monday blasted their Democratic colleagues for blocking a disaster relief bill that was intended to help Midwestern regions affected by flooding because it supposedly didn’t go far enough to help Puerto … Read more
via Bloomberg: European Union governments unanimously rejected a list of foreign jurisdictions posing higher risks of money laundering, criticizing officials in Brussels for drawing up the document in a … Read more
By deploying troops and special ops forces to Puerto Rico and Colombia, Washington is getting ready to intervene in Venezuela and topple its leader, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council … Read more
via duluthnewstribune: “He who excuses himself, accuses himself.” _ Puerto Rican proverb More than 109 lobbyists and 39 Democrat members of Congress attended a “winter retreat” last weekend in Puerto Rico, … Read more
30 Democrats in Puerto Rico with 109 lobbyists for weekend despite shutdown Some 30 Democratic lawmakers left the government shutdown behind Friday on a chartered flight to Puerto Rico for a winter … Read more
by DCG Al Sharpton approved. From NY Post: Share this: A nonprofit run by state lawmakers that spent $1 million on annual scholarship-fundraising galas over two years but gave zilch to needy … Read more