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BREAKING: Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit, filed by the Senate President of Puerto Rico, challenging whether the man who claims to be Puerto Rico’s Governor had the constitutional right to take the oath of office.

Arguably, this may be construed as allowing the application of the RICO Act in Mexico, provided the relevant international agreements exist among Mexico and countries with RICO or RICO-equivalent provisions.

See also: Voting rights in Puerto Rico * Exemption from some aspects of the Internal Revenue Code See also: Puerto Rico Tax and Customs Laws * Puerto Rico has international representation in sports and other international events as a distinct nation.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico announced Tuesday that it will start cracking down on those who abuse the U.S. territory’s tax credit system, an opaque and long unregulated sector with claims that average about $270 million a year.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s government is permanently closing the U.S. territory’s only zoo after years of suspected negligence, a lack of resources and deaths of animals.

The San Juan Puerto Rico Temple is pictured in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Saturday, Jan.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A widespread power outage hit Puerto Rico Wednesday night, leaving more than 340,000 customers without electricity after two of the U.S. territory’s power plants shut down.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Puerto Rico say lightning struck a beach in the northern coastal town of Isabela during inclement weather, injuring three children, one seriously.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A 5.0 magnitude earthquake hit southern Puerto Rico on Saturday at a shallow depth, raising concerns about unstable infrastructure in a region that has been hit by quakes every day for nearly a month.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — People across Puerto Rico awaited final results Wednesday of elections that saw long lines of voters and produced a tight gubernatorial race in the U.S. Caribbean territory.

Wanda Vazquez, the governor of Puerto Rico, gives a news conference during an inspection of the Costa Sur power plant in Puerto Rico.

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An artist that has defied the expectations hip-hop has for female rappers and females in general, Rico’s performance of her songs “Smack A B—-” and “Roof” empowered the crowd, who rarely missed reciting a word along with Rico.

FILE - In this July 16, 2019 file photo, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello, accompanied by his chief of staff Ricardo Llerandi, right, attends a press conference in La Fortaleza's Tea Room, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

PUERTO RICO & THE BAHAMAS: Both Puerto Rico and the Bahamas continue funding the reconstruction of their respective countries after damage caused by recent hurricane seasons.

Tara Rodriguez Besosa, sorting beans, is working on a project for a seed sanctuary on Caguas, Puerto Rico, to collect, propagate and share Puerto Rico’s heirloom seeds and beans.

Any narrative that portrays Puerto Rico as a poor, battered, and destroyed Commonwealth has never met someone from Puerto Rico.

Born in 1970 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Bishop-elect Betancourt is a priest of the Servants of the Holy Eucharist and the Blessed Virgin Mary, a religious institute founded in 1981 in Puerto Rico with ties to the German Schoenstatt movement.

Puerto Rico's non-voting representative introduced a bill to make Puerto Rico a state, but it's unlikely to pass since everyone thinks they're Mexicans.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Ramona Gonzalez did not drown when Hurricane Maria drenched Puerto Rico.