Nicky Jam rescinded his endorsement of former President Donald Trump on Wednesday, following comments made about Puerto Rico by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at a Trump rally.
Politics
President Biden appeared to call supporters of former President Trump ‘garbage.’ He then said he only meant the racism on display at Trump’s New York rally was garbage.
World & Nation
Residents say a speaker calling Puerto Rico garbage before a packed Donald Trump rally in New York was the latest humiliation for an island territory that has long suffered from mistreatment.
Puerto Rico has lost thousands of its doctors in the past decade, many having fled to the U.S. mainland for better pay.
The increase will affect 1.5 million households connected to the grid, which continues to crumble amid a lack of maintenance after Hurricane Maria in 2017.
A new law was signed last Wednesday by Gov. Pedro Pierluisi and three years after activist Alanis Ruiz Guevara petitioned for the law as an intern in 2021.
Puerto Rico congressional representative Jenniffer González has defeated Gov. Pedro Pierluisi in a surprise upset during a primary election.
A power company in Puerto Rico has restored electricity to most areas affected by a massive outage that hit the U.S. territory this week.
The top candidates for Puerto Rican governor are Jenniffer González of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party and Juan Dalmau, who is running outside of the two main parties.
Vice President Kamala Harris visits Puerto Rico as part of a whirlwind trip, in part, to tout the federal aid the U.S. territory has received following deadly hurricanes.