Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico, officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a self-governing Caribbean archipelago and island organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States under the designation of com
A 20th-century reconstruction of an 8th-century Taíno village, located at the spot in which their remains were discovered in 1975, in the aftermath of Hurricane Eloise
Spanish Planter of Puerto Rico with House Slave, ca.1808
Puerto Rico from space, 2008
Rainfall totals from Hurricane Maria
Jenniffer González-Colón
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Jenniffer Aydin González Colón, also colloquially known as JGo, is a Puerto Rican politician who is serving as the governor of Puerto Rico since 2025, having previously served as the 20th resident com
Puerto Rico
…and H.R. 8393 passed the House in 2022—though it did not pass the Senate. In the November 5, 2024, elections, Puerto Ricans again voted for statehood. Jenniffer González-Colón, who is pro-statehood, won the office of governor with nearly 40% of the vote. Puerto Rico consists of the main island and various smaller islands…
González-Colón's official portrait as resident commissioner, 2016