The Economy
Puerto Rico is located on the southwest side of the world. Puerto Rico is a part of 2 continents. Puerto Rico is a part of North and South America. It is located 1,000 miles southeast of ...
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Cockfighting enthusiasts in this U.S. Caribbean territory, where almost every town has a fighting pit, consider the bloodsport a beloved tradition dating from Spain's colonization of the island mor...
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Puerto Rico's Justice Department asked a U.S. appeals court on Thursday to force the FBI to release information about its two raids against militant independence advocates in the U.S. Caribbean ter...
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The gym routine for 11-year-old Daniel Alvarado mixes music and games with jump ropes and stationary bikes. But like the other children sweating through workouts, he doesn't come just for fun. He i...
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U.S. federal agents arrested dozens of doctors accused of obtaining medical licenses through fraud or bribery, carrying out sweeping raids across Puerto Rico Thursday.A federal grand jury indicted ...
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With cockfighting about to lose its last bastion in the United States, animal rights activists are training their sights on Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory where the blood sport is both beloved tradi...
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A ban on bird imports to Puerto Rico has forced the cancellation of more than 100 cockfights, dealing a blow to a lucrative industry in the U.S. territory, an official said Friday.Puerto Rico halte...
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(Updates throughout with power outages, details, previous
MIAMI) By John Marino SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Subtropical Storm
Olga knocked out power and caused widespread flooding in Puerto
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A federal corruption probe can be career-ending for U.S. politicians — but in Puerto Rico it could help Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila hold onto power by stirring a nationalist backlash.As a U.S. g...
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Mistrust of police has been ingrained for years in this bleak coastal town, where a basketball court mural shows a girl running from a baton-wielding officer under the slogan: "To be poor is not a ...
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Elvia Tirado Polanco says she reluctantly handed over her black- and white-spotted mutt to animal control workers after they threatened that she would be evicted from her housing project for keepin...
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