Brenda Velázquez hoped to spend the rest of her days living in her two-bedroom apartment in Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, a quiet town roughly 65 miles west of San Juan that overlooks the Atlantic Ocean.

Puerto Rico has filed for bankruptcy. It's the biggest municipal bankruptcy filing ever in the US. Puerto Rico currently owes its creditors a whopping $73 billion, far higher than Detroit's $18 ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A framework that outlines how Puerto Rico will restructure at least $35 billion in public debt and more than $50 billion in public pension liabilities threatens a 10% cut to ...

Puerto Rico filed a lawsuit against major oil and gas companies on Monday, claiming their products caused climate damage and that they deceived the public about how harmful they were. The lawsuit, ...

Puerto Rico is asking the court overseeing its record bankruptcy to consider a revised restructuring plan to cut $18.8 billion of bond debt backed by the central government, reviving a restructuring ...

CLIMATEWIRE | Puerto Rico is suing the oil and gas industry for at least $1 billion, joining the ranks of more than two dozen cities, counties and states that are seeking compensation for the effects ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's new congressional representative has filed a bill that would turn the island into the 51st U.S. state by 2025. Jenniffer Gonzalez said Wednesday that she ...

The industry knew about the dangers of its products, and the island is paying the price, a top government official said. Puerto Rico is suing the oil and gas industry for at least $1 billion, joining ...