For Gov. Sila Calderon, it’s her lack of answers for the island’s economic dependence, and its clash with its burgeoning cultural independence, that gall some of her detractors the most. They readily ...

Sila Calderon was sworn in Tuesday as Puerto Rico's first woman governor, promising to seek greater autonomy for the U.S. territory and to halt U.S. Navy bombing exercises on the small island of ...

S A N  J U A N, Puerto Rico, Jan. 2 -- Puerto Rico’s new anti-statehoodgovernor said Monday she will hold true to pledges to oust the U.S.Navy from a bombing range and resolve the island’s ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Gov. Sila Calderon’s advisers told her the idea was too dangerous. But more than two hours had passed since her mailroom receptionist was taken hostage, and Calderon would wait ...

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Gov. Ed Rendell and Puerto Rican Gov. Sila Calderon visited the city Wednesday to rally Puerto Rican voters — one day after Calderon pledged $12 million for the drive to get mainland Puerto Ricans ...

Puerto Rico Gov. Sila Calderon’s advisers told her the idea was too dangerous. But more than two hours had passed since her mailroom receptionist was taken hostage, and Calderon would wait no longer.

A hostage-taker put down his knife and freed a woman Thursday after Puerto Rico’s governor entered the building and agreed to listen to his demands, ending a nearly three-hour standoff. The man had ...