Puerto Rican cuisine is a vibrant blend of Spanish, African, and Taino influences, offering bold flavors and comforting ...

Two of the most iconic preparations, slow-roasted Puerto Rican pernil and Mexican carnitas, are top favorites in their home countries as well as abroad and, of course, in the United States.

Puerto Rico’s governor informed President-elect Donald Trump on Monday that she is ready to work with him on responding to Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s “open threat” to invade the ...

Puerto Rico is a political paradox: part of the United States but distinct from it, enjoying citizenship but lacking full political representation, and infused with its own brand of nationalism ...

Puerto Rico’s new Republican governor is drawing attention to Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro’s military threats against the U.S. island in the wake of President-elect Trump’s calls for ...

“Not me — I blame all of it on Luma,” she said, adding that she was sorry for all the families who had planned to roast pernil, a slow-roasted pork dish that is a mainstay of Puerto Rican ...

Serrano grew up on 19th and Wallace streets in Fairmount, an area considered the original Puerto Rican Barrio in Philadelphia. He grew up with the smells and memories of his mother frying chuletas, ...

FILE - A utility pole with loose cables towers over a home in Loiza, Puerto Rico, Sept. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo, File) ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A street is dark during a blackout in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after sunset on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP ...

Christmas, Navidad in Puerto Rico, extends far beyond Dec. 25. The island proudly proclaims itself as having the "longest holiday season in the world," according to the website Discover Puerto Rico.