Puerto Rico loses out on billions of dollars annually because it is treated unequally under a range of federal programs, including tax credits available to millions of households in the States that do not pay federal income taxes.

What I can tell you is that for Puerto Rico being such a small island, it has culturally impacted the entire world.

Puerto Rico got too futuristic with the electronic reggaeton. It lost the essence of the reggae music.

I was very skinny and very lanky and kind of awkward. In Puerto Rico, everybody is a little more voluptuous, with these beautiful bodies, and there I was, the skinny, lanky girl.

American imperialism is often traced to the takeover of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii in 1898.

Puerto Rico had a number of problems before Maria even hit.

I was dancing for my grandpa from the time I was 4 or 5 years old in Puerto Rico.

The majority of the people of Puerto Rico support commonwealth.

I'm proud of who I am, and I'm proud I grew up in Puerto Rico.

However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are defined by, and subject to alteration under, federal statutory law.

Puerto Rico has two divergent paths forward. After a reasonable transition period, it could become a state. Or it can become a sovereign nation.

Puerto Rico had a number of problems before Maria even hit.

I don't think it's fair that you can say I'm not a Puerto Rican fighter because I wasn't born in Puerto Rico, when my blood is Puerto Rican.

The reality is that we have a weakened energy infrastructure, and anything above a Category 3 hurricane hitting Puerto Rico would be devastating towards that infrastructure.

We have over 30 dams in Puerto Rico, and I think only one works. We're here in the rain forest, and we have plenty of water. It's insane.

I'm half Puerto Rican.

Expenditures have gone rampant in Puerto Rico: lack of accountability - total lack of accountability.

Some people wanted me deported - as if you can be deported to Puerto Rico.

After four centuries of Spanish rule, Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States in 1898. Residents were granted U.S. citizenship in 1917, and the federal government has allowed Puerto Rico to exercise authority over its local affairs in a manner similar to the 50 states.

I'm actually Hispanic, and my mother is Puerto Rican.