Puerto Rico is far more than a single Caribbean island. With more than 140 islands, keys, and islets scattered across its waters, the territory is home to hidden beaches, coral reefs, wildlife ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A protest over a rate increase forced Puerto Rico’s government on Wednesday to cancel ferry rides between the U.S. territory and the tiny island of Vieques that is popular ...

Visitors could easily spend weeks beach hopping between the breathtaking beaches on Vieques. I’m a Puerto Rico local and I can tell you with confidence that not only does this small island off the ...

Vieques (pronounced Vee-ek-ez) is located about 8 miles off the east coast of mainland Puerto Rico, one of two inhabited sister islands – the other is Culebra – easily accessible by ferry or small ...

The inhabitants of San Juan aren’t early risers. At 9am, the city’s streets are largely empty. In the Plaza Colón, there’s a cockerel scrabbling about in the flower beds. A kiosk selling coffee and ...

Israel Meléndez Ayala is a historian and writer. He publishes a biweekly newsletter, Crítica. A U.S. Army truck at the former Roosevelt Roads Naval Station on Sept. 10, 2025. Israel Meléndez Ayala is ...

A satellite burns across a big sky so spangled with stars that even I can pick out Saturn, Orion’s Belt, and the Seven Sisters. Fishing bats drop from a dark wall of mangroves and skim the bay’s still ...

For over six decades, the Navy occupied the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, off the coast of the main territory, to carry out military exercises. When it finally left in 2003, locals alleged that it ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday investigated a fuel spill off the tiny Puerto Rican island of Vieques, which is popular with tourists. A mile-long sheen and a strong diesel ...

Amy Gordon a writer and editor specializing in travel and wellness. When she’s not at home in Vieques, Puerto Rico or New York, you’ll probably find her reading on a plane, snorkeling through coral ...