Opinion: When Puerto Rico was offered independence — and one man turned it down

In the mid-1950s, the U.S. quietly opened a door that could have changed Puerto Rican history forever.
Yahoo

Between 1930 and 1970, around one third of all women in Puerto Rico were sterilized to address concerns of 'surplus population'

When Puerto Rico became a colony of the US in 1898, much of its population was living in poverty. The US government and Puerto Rico's appointed government instituted an economic development strategy ...
LancasterOnline

Regina Soto was among the first Puerto Ricans to move to Lititz in the 1950s. Now she’s 100. [photos, video]

Regina Ortiz Soto hasn’t returned to her coastal hometown of Maunabo, Puerto Rico, in about six years. But decades ago, in the 1950s, she was among the first Puerto Ricans to migrate to Lancaster ...