All posts tagged "emigration"

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  Almost 200,000 People Leave Puerto Rico in Year Since Hurricane Maria

  Professor calls rate of emigration 'unprecedented' in Puerto Rican history

  • Posted September 24, 2018
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  Study shows low percentage of professionals leaving Puerto Rico

  SAN JUAN – A study by Professors Elsie Ruiz Santana and Ilia Rosario Nieves of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (PUCPR) revealed that fewer than 25% of Puerto Ricans who leave for the U.S. mainland...

  • Posted March 15, 2017
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  UPR to host conference on Puerto Rican exodus to Florida

  SAN JUAN – To better understand the massive wave of Puerto Ricans relocating to the U.S. mainland, the Labor Relations Institute of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Río Piedras Campus, will host a presentation by Dr....

  • Posted August 24, 2016
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  Coast Guard: 97 Cubans recently returned to island

  MIAMI – The U.S. Coast Guard says 97 Cuban migrants intercepted at sea have recently been returned to the island nation. The Coast Guard reported in a news release Saturday that the migrants were caught in the...

  • Posted August 6, 2016
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  Medical Reps: Enact Bill Regulating Pharmacy Benefit Managers

  SAN JUAN – New Progressive Party (NPP) Sen. Ángel “Cheyenne” Martínez and several healthcare representatives have asked the governor to sign a substitute bill that regulates the pharmacy-benefit managers’ (PBM) system. Martínez, the NPP spokesperson for the...

  • Posted August 5, 2016
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  Puerto Rico Median Age Reaches Historic 40 Years Amid Crisis

  Statistics also reveal 5 southwestern municipalities have highest percentage of people 64 and older

  • Posted June 24, 2016
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  Statistics Institute: Net Migration to US Reaches Record High

  Numbers surpass Great Migration of 1950s

  • Posted May 1, 2016
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  Cuban Migration to US Nearly Doubles in Last Quarter of 2015

  Figures show about 17,000 Cubans reached U.S. from October through December

  • Posted April 1, 2016
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  Most Puerto Rico Municipalities Experienced Population Decline

  San Juan experienced largest decline, losing about 8,800 residents

  • Posted April 1, 2016
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  International Forum to Hold Hearing on Puerto Rico Debt, Fiscal Policy and Poverty

  Human Rights Commission to Urge Governments to Adopt Policies that Address Crisis

  • Posted March 22, 2016