Press Release

Dr. Ángel Carrión-Tavárez, Director of Research and Public Policy at the Puerto Rico Institute for Economic Liberty, became the first Puerto Rican ever to deliver a presentation at a meeting of this prestigious organization. His address offered a historiographical perspective on Puerto Rico’s colonial relationship with the United States and the origins of el mantengo—a term implying living off public assistance.

The Island moves further away from the United States and is just a few hundredths behind Mexico in the Economic Freedom of North America 2024 report. Puerto Rico ranked last for the second consecutive year among the 51 U.S. jurisdictions.

The study conducted by ILE details the problems caused by excessive occupational regulation and proposes concrete actions for the Island’s government to address them.

The report Acciones de libertad económica para un Puerto Rico justo y próspero (Economic freedom actions for a fair and prosperous Puerto Rico) highlights more than 50 laws and regulations that limit opportunities in Puerto Rico and provide a guide for the next government to establish new public policies that unlock the Island’s potential.

The legal action is based on the unauthorized use of the legendary baseball player’s trademark by the Government of Puerto Rico.

The Island is closer to Mexico than to the United States and Canada in the Economic Freedom of North America 2023 report. Puerto Rico ranked last for the second consecutive year among the 51 U.S. jurisdictions included in Economic Freedom of North America 2023. This report, published by Canada’s Fraser Institute, measures the degree of economic freedom in 93 provincial or state governments in Canada, the United States of America, and Mexico.

Court holds that state officials violated the First Amendment when they ordered retired engineer Wayne Nutt to stop talking about math in public.

The capital of Puerto Rico was included for the first time in the Doing Business North America 2022 Report published by Arizona State University.

Jorge L. Rodríguez, founder and president of the Institute for Economic Liberty (ILE by its name in Spanish), traveled to Washington, D.C. to present an update of the report From NAP to SNAP: A Bridge to Economic Liberty for Residents of Puerto Rico, published by ILE last year. The report presents the characteristics and operation of the federal government’s block grant currently received by the Island, for nutrition assistance, and compares and contrasts its limitations with the benefits of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).