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Gov. Pedro Pierluisi and his fiancee Fabiola Ansotegui Blanc arrive at a polling station to vote in the gubernatorial primaries, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

Puerto Rico to include political status plebiscite in November’s general elections

By Coral Murphy Marcos - Associated Press

People line up outside the Miramar Convention Center for the first mass vaccination event carried out by the Department of Health and the Voces nonprofit organization, seeking to apply 10,000 Johnson and Johnson vaccines, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Puerto Rico to open vaccinations to all amid COVID-19 spike

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Pedro Pierluisi, sworn in as Puerto Rico's governor, attends a press conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. Departing Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello resigned as promised on Friday and swore in Pierluisi, a veteran politician as his replacement, a move certain to throw the U.S. territory into a period of political chaos that will be fought out in court. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)

Puerto Rico pushes for statehood amid debt crisis

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Puerto Rico’s governor unveils budget priorities amid crisis

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Puerto Rico to reopen beaches, relax coronavirus curfew

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New governor sworn in as a wary Puerto Rico demands changes

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

FILES - This combo of two file photos shows Pedro Pierluisi, left and Wanda Vazquez in San Juan, Puerto Rico. At left, Secretary of State Pedro Pierluisi attends his confirmation hearing at the House of Representatives on Aug. 2, 2019, and at right, Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vazquez gives an interview at La Fortaleza governor residence on Aug. 16, 2019. Both served as replacement governors in the wake of a Puerto Rican political crisis and are competing against each other for a chance to win the job in their own right as the disaster-struck U.S. territory holds primary elections on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo, Files)

Puerto Rico halts primary voting in centers lacking ballots

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Puerto Rico governor to run in 2020 local elections

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Pedro Pierluisi, sworn in as Puerto Rico’s governor last week, exits after speaking at a press conference at the government mansion La Fortaleza in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019. After a sustained protest movement led to the resignation of the previous governor, the island's 3.2 million people now await the final outcome of the constitutional deadlock pitting Puerto Rico's Senate against Pierluisi. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)

The Latest: Vázquez sworn in as PR governor after ruling

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A demonstrator carries a Puerto Rican flag outside the Capitol where the Senate decided against the confirmation of Pedro Pierluisi as the new governor in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. Puerto Rico's Supreme Court on Monday agreed to rule on a lawsuit that the island's Senate filed in a bid to oust Pierluisi, a veteran politician recently sworn in as the island's governor. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)

Anxious wait for Puerto Rico as court mulls governorship

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Pedro Pierluisi, sworn in as Puerto Rico's governor, speaks during a press conference, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)

Puerto Rico crisis deepens amid clash over sworn-in governor

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

President of the Pedro Pierluisi confirmation hearing, lawmaker Georgie Navarro, center, talks to other representatives before the hearing, at the House of Representatives, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, August 2, 2019. As Gov. Ricardo Rossello is expected to leave office in a few hours, the Puerto Rican House of Representatives is expected to vote on Pierluisi's confirmation Friday afternoon. If he is rejected, Justice Secretary Wanda Vazquez automatically becomes governor as the next in the order of succession, even though she has said she would unwillingly accept the job. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)

The Latest: PRico Senate leader lambastes departing governor

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Pedro Pierluisi, who has been nominated Puerto Rico's Secretary of State, arrives to the Senate with his sister Caridad Pierluisi, his spokesperson, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. Puerto Rican politics were in full-blown crisis as confirmation of Pierluisi, the nominee to succeed departing Gov. Ricardo Rossello, was delayed into next week, casting doubt over who will become governor when Rossello leaves office. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello resigns as promised; successor sworn in

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013 file photo, Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico's representative in the U.S. Congress, speaks during a conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A Puerto Rico legislator said Tuesday, July 30, 2019, that the U.S. territory’s embattled governor plans to nominate Pierluisi as secretary of state. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File)

Puerto Ricans have no idea who will be new governor Friday

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2015 file photo, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi, D-P.R., testifies before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on Puerto Rico's current economic conditions and long-term fiscal health, in Washington. A Puerto Rico legislator said Tuesday, July 30, 2019, that the U.S. territory’s embattled governor plans to nominate Pierluisi as secretary of state. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Puerto Rico governor chooses possible successor

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Protesters hold a banner featuring resigned Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, center, amid other politicians that reads in Spanish &quot;The 12 disciples of evil. Them too.&quot; as they demand the resignation of Justice Secretary Wanda Vazquez outside the Department of Justice in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, July 29, 2019. Less than four days before Gov. Ricardo Rosselló steps down, no one knows who will take his place and his constitutional successor Wanda Vázquez said Sunday that she didn't want the job. (AP Photo/Brandon Cruz González)

Puerto Rico official: Pierluisi to be nominated as state sec

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press