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Terminó el cierre de gobierno federal más largo en la historia. Por 44 días, casi 15,000 empleados federales en Puerto Rico dejaron de trabajar o trabajaron sin cobrar. Casi 1.2 millones de puertorriqueños vivieron bajo la incertidumbre del Programa de Asistencia Nutrional (PAN), el WIC y otros beneficios esenciales. ¿Qué aprendimos y qué podemos hacer para que un cierre futuro —que ya parece más probable que excepcional— nos afecte menos?
The longest government shutdowns in US history, explainedThe 2025 stalemate surpassed 35 days, becoming the longest in U.S. history. ABC News' Perry Russom breaks down the five longest shutdowns from Carter to Trump.
Nearly 4 in 10 members of the U.S. House of Representatives did not take their pay during the government shutdown, according to an ABC News survey of congressional offices.
Should Puerto Rico become a state, as some prominent national Democrats have suggested, or a sovereign country, as others have floated? Most of Puerto Rico’s Democrats want neither statehood nor independence. They want to keep and improve the island’s current status as a commonwealth.