Puerto Rico

A new commission will look for ways to bolster trade between Connecticut and Puerto Rico. Lawmakers say the commission recognizes the important role that Puerto Ricans play in Connecticut. Puerto Ricans make up 8% of Connecticut’s population, the most of any state. “We don’t know what’s going to happen nationally, but we know here in Connecticut, Puerto Ricans are...

Connecticut has a new trade commission with Puerto Rico. It’s one of many things lawmakers approved, and it’s the first bill the governor celebrated with a public bill signing.

Activists are celebrating a decision by Puerto Rico’s federal district court to allow nonbinary and gender nonconforming people to update their birth certificates. The ruling comes after a group of six nonbinary people filed a lawsuit against Puerto Rico’s governor, its health secretary and other officials. The ruling means that nonbinary and gender nonconforming people will now be able to...

Power was restored to 98.8% of customers early Friday after an island-wide blackout hit Puerto earlier this week, authorities said.

Crews worked early Thursday to restore power to Puerto Rico after a blackout that hit the entire island.

There will be Puerto Rican parades or festivals held in seven cities across Connecticut, beginning in June and ending in September.

A power blackout hit all of Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the heavily Catholic U.S. territory prepared to celebrate the Easter weekend.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of groping a 17-year-old girl in the seat in front of him on a flight from Puerto Rico to Boston last year, federal prosecutors said Friday. Jonathan Alan Lefman, of Newton, was arrested Friday on a charge of abusive sexual contact, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts said in a statement. Lefman, who...

Electric power has been restored to nearly all affected customers across Puerto Rico after a sweeping blackout plunged the U.S. territory into darkness on New Year’s Eve.

The two fishermen ran out of fuel and capsized 5 miles south of Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico, and were rescued by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter aircrew.

Grid manager Luma says full restoration will take 24 to 48 hours but it is working to fix the outage that has left more than 1.2 million people without power.

More than 700,000 clients, including 16 hospitals and Puerto Rico’s water and sewer company, had power back by Tuesday night, according to Luma.

The Hartford Puerto Rican Parade Committee is hosting the 2024 Maria C. Sanchez awards banquet this weekend. The awards go out to individuals or organizations that exemplify Sanchez’s pioneering spirit.

The two parties that have dominated Puerto Rican politics for decades are losing their grip as they face the stiffest competition yet from a younger generation fed up with the island’s corruption, chronic power outages and mismanagement of public funds.

Last month, the Puerto Rican Dominican singer appeared onstage with Trump at a rally endorsing him.

On Wednesday, Puerto Rican flags were raised at the Capitol building and at Hartford’s City Hall. This comes before Sunday’s Puerto Rican parade in Hartford. “This is the way to show how we are honoring the past and at the same time that we are celebrating the future,” Hartford City Councilman Amilcar Hernandez said. At the flag raisings, honorees...

On Wednesday, Puerto Rican flags were raised at the Capitol building and at Hartford’s City Hall. This comes before Sunday’s Puerto Rican parade in Hartford.

The celebrations are September 22nd.

NBC CT and Telemundo CT are celebrating Puerto Rican pride by highlighting festivals around the state and traveling to San Juan for their first-ever Puerto Rican Day Parade.

The special airs September 12th at 7:30pm on NBC CT, and September 14th at 6pm on Telemundo.