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First, the Catholic Church announced it had defrocked six priests accused of sex abuse in the Puerto Rican town of Arecibo.

A civilian defense contractor accused of giving military secrets to a Chinese girlfriend half his age will be entering a guilty plea.

In this March 2, 2014 photo, a man gives money to a beggar after Mass outside the San Felipe Cathedral in the Arecibo Diocese in Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

Ingrid Rivera is well aware of Puerto Rico's plan to borrow $3 billion from Wall Street on Tuesday, which has been front-page news in almost every local newspaper.

Colorado won't be playing to see it, but MLS will be using replacement referees for at least the first weekend of the season.

In a classic medley from "West Side Story", "America", the provocative Anita queries whether "Puerto Rico should be allowed to sink into the ocean?" Of course she doesn't answer her own question, and most investors in Puerto Rican debt would answer a hearty "no".

Puerto Rican rap duo Calle 13 is both famous and infamous throughout the Spanish-speaking world.

Puerto Rico's debt crisis results from the island's status as a United States territory lacking the benefits of statehood, according to Puerto Rico's representative in Congress.

As a tribute to International Women's Day, on Saturday March 8 at 7:30 pm, the Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in collaboration with New York opera company Divaria Productions and Spain's La Rioja Lrica, will present La Dolorosa , the fascinating Spanish zarzuela dedicated to women, their courage and their bravery.

Nelyson De Jesus is an imposing man with a goatee, a lip piercing, and a wide, infectious smile.

Inside the dynamite new issue of CounterPunch magazine: John LaForge takes an unflinching survey of the state of the nuclear power industry in the wake of Fukushima: its ailing plants, leaking pipes, security threats, accumulating radioactive waste and escalating costs.

A movement is afoot in the U.S. Senate that would make Puerto Rico the 51st U.S. state, but the legislation has plenty of high partisan hurdles to clear.

How should a straight unenhanced Puerto Rican GO trade? The market says it should trade above sixty cents.

The island of Puerto Rico was slammed with another economic tsunami this month when Standard and Poor's dropped its $70 billion of tax-free debt to "junk" status.

Alexis Sotomayor has many reasons to stay in Puerto Rico: his two children, his gossip with his mother, and the balm of salt and sun that leavens his life on the island.

San Juan, Feb 12 .- The U.S. Senate received Wednesday for the first time a bill to make Puerto Rico the 51st state amid an economic crisis that many here blame in part on contention over the island's political status.