Category: Context of islands
#TBT: June 5, 2025
The Eliza James-McBean Clocktower and Boardwalk in the US Virgin Islands is named for one of the...
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A dozen years of the context of islands
Twelve years ago today, Pasquines began with a mission: to make sense of the United States...
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#TBT: May 29, 2025
Oscar López Rivera is an activist who was a member and suspected leader of the Fuerzas Armadas de...
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#TBT: May 22, 2025
On May 22, 2020, the American Civil Liberties Union published this piece on how United States...
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#TBT: May 15, 2025
On May 15, 1981, Mount Pagan erupted, with lava flows covering a large part of the island’s...
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#TBT: May 8, 2025
On May 6, 2020, The New York Times published the article ‘A Place in the U.S. With No...
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New independence plan outlines economic vision for sovereign Puerto Rico
A new economic development plan drafted by independence advocates proposes a detailed framework...
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How the Trump executive orders are impacting the US territories
In the first 90 days of President Trump’s administration, he signed 130 executive orders,...
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#TBT: May 1, 2025
On May 17, 1921, Rear Admiral Summer E.W. Kitelle, the third governor under the Naval Department,...
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#TBT: April 24, 2025
On April 23, 1898, Maria Cristina, in the name of her son, King Alfonso XIII, and as Queen Regent...
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#TBT: April 17, 2025
On April 17, 1976, The New York Times published Jose Cabranes’ “Annexation of the...
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How FEMA’s dissolution could impact the US territories
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), established in 1979 under the United States...
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