Puerto Rico: The Last Statehood-Eligible Territory

By Howard Hills Puerto Rico is the last statehood-eligible Article IV territory. What does that mean? Article IV refers to the Property Clause of the U.S. Constitution:  The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations …

The best places to visit in Puerto Rico in 2026

Why More And More Travelers Are Saying Goodbye To Puerto Rico Vacations In 2026

In 2025, Puerto Rico welcomed 6.8 million air travelers at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport and 1.6 million cruise passengers, making it Puerto Rico's fifth consecutive year of record-breaking tourism (via Discover Puerto Rico). All …

Bad Bunny concerts spark tourist interest in Puerto Rico in Europe

The highly anticipated arrival of Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, better known as Bad Bunny, to the Spanish capital, Madrid, as part of his European concert tour, has sparked excitement not only among fans but also among Puerto Rican business owners in …

Puerto Rico: Dancing in Between

I sometimes like to joke that I’m a bad Puerto Rican. In spite of being born there, my family moved to the mainland United States when I was a little over a month old, so I grew up in a small town in Oklahoma and later Arizona. I grew up American, as my …

Guy Behind Viral A.I. 'The Puerto Rico Song' Says 'I'm Not a Musician'

Published May 24, 2026 12:00 AM PDT William Stiteler -- the guy behind the viral 🎶First Time in San Juan🎶 A.I. song blowing up TikTok and Instagram -- says he never expected the goofy Puerto Rico anthem to become an actual hit ... because he doesn’t even …

Luis Rafael Sánchez: ‘Republicans can’t stand the idea of ​​Puerto Rico becoming a US state’

April 23, World Book Day. A morning of brilliant Caribbean sunshine in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, and across the island. Luis Rafael Sánchez, 89, the most important living writer in Puerto Rico, who will turn 90 next November, suggests beginning the …

‘Mi casa es su casa’: The architecture that explains Puerto Rico

It’s not a house: it’s a casita. The diminutive of casa — Spanish for “house” — is important. Not because it minimizes or diminishes what it describes, but because it implies affection, intimacy, and family. In the Caribbean, diminutives have the ability …

Health Insurance Premiums Double in Puerto Rico as Patients Pay More for Less Coverage

Manuel stared at the numbers in disbelief. It was time to renew his health insurance plan. Until then, he had chosen coverage with no pharmacy limit to make sure his treatments and those of his son, a cancer patient, were included. But when he received …

I found the beating heart of Puerto Rico high in the hills — here's what to see and do

On a moonless night in 1972, Roberto Clemente took off in a plane overladen with aid supplies from San Juan airport on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. Previous attempts to help the victims of the Nicaraguan earthquake had been stolen by the corrupt …