Beacon files a lawsuit on behalf of baseball legend Roberto Clemente’s family in a property rights case.
The legal action is based on the unauthorized use of the legendary baseball player’s trademark by the Government of Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Rico remains the worst jurisdiction in the United States in economic freedom.
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.
Puerto Rico remains the worst jurisdiction in the United States in economic freedom. Read More »
Federal Judge hands free-speech victory to retired engineer.
Court holds that state officials violated the First Amendment when they ordered retired engineer Wayne Nutt to stop talking about math in public.
Federal Judge hands free-speech victory to retired engineer. Read More »
San Juan is the most difficult city to do business in, of all major cities in the U.S.
The capital of Puerto Rico was included for the first time in the Doing Business North America 2022 Report published by Arizona State University.
San Juan is the most difficult city to do business in, of all major cities in the U.S. Read More »
The Institute for Economic Liberty presents to Congress an updated report on the change from NAP to SNAP in Puerto Rico
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).
The Puerto Rico Institute for Economic Liberty publishes the results of a survey on the free market on the Island
The Institute of Economic Liberty (ILE) published the results of an investigation on the knowledge of the principles of the free market and the affinity with them in Puerto Rico. The study covered the four main pillars of the free market: “Individual liberty,” “Rule of law,” “Private property rights,” and “Limited government”; and topics such as “current situation of Puerto Rico,” “social welfare,” and “meritocracy,” among others.
