María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, during a rally in Guanare, Venezuela, July 17, 2024. Machado, the Nobel laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader, is publishing a book in the United States that lays out her vision for Venezuela’s political future. (Adriana Loureiro Fernández/The New York Times) By ALEXANDRA ALTER María Corina Machado, the Nobel laureate and Venezuelan opposition leader, is publishing a book in the United States that lays out her vision

POR EL STAR STAFF LA FORTALEZA – La gobernadora Jenniffer González Colón designó a Fernando L. Díaz Rivera como el nuevo Defensor de las Personas con Impedimentos Fernando L. Díaz Rivera, es un profesional con conocimientos exhaustivos en dirección y supervisión con conocimiento en leyes federales y estatales relacionadas a los derechos de las personas con discapacidad y su aplicación en el servicio público y privado. Es un funcionario con experiencia en cumplimiento normativ

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POR EL STAR STAFF WASHINGTON, D.C. – Directora Ejecutiva de la Administración de Asuntos Federales de Puerto Rico (PRFAA), Gabriella Boffelli, anunció que la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos aprobó durante la tarde del jueves, con una votación final de 397-28, el paquete legislativo conocido como el H.R. 6938 “Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; y Interior and Environment Appropriations Act of 2026”, un minibús de tres proyectos de asignaci

Nicolás Maduro, the ousted president of Venezuela, and his wife, Cilia Flores, are escorted off a helicopter en route to the federal courthouse in Manhattan on Monday morning, Jan. 5, 2026. (Vincent Alban/The New York Times) By BRET STEPHENS There are good reasons to celebrate the downfall of the tyrant Nicolás Maduro, as so many Venezuelan exiles did when they heard the news Saturday morning. Not among those reasons: an America that seizes Venezuela’s oil assets while keepin

Demonstrators gather in protest of the immigration crackdown by Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. A federal immigration agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times) By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS, MITCH SMITH and JACEY FORTIN A top state law enforcement official

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks at a news conference with Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), left, and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), right, on a Venezuela war powers resolution at the Capitol in Washington, on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. The Senate on Thursday agreed to debate a war powers resolution aimed at curbing President Trump’s use of military force in Venezuela, with five Republicans joining Democrats in a rare bipartisan rebuke of the White House. (Kenny Holston/The

By THE STAR STAFF A new assessment by the RAND Corporation reveals that eight-plus years after hurricanes Maria and Irma devastated Puerto Rico, the island’s recovery remains uneven and faces deep-rooted challenges. Commissioned by the Puerto Rican government in 2023, the study examined critical policy areas and offered recommendations to accelerate progress and build long-term resilience. The report highlights two overarching goals: speeding up reconstruction and leveraging