The most-seen Puerto Rican flag is red, white and blue; however, the black-and-white flag was at the vendor stands at the ...

Puerto Rican political identity is woven into the fibers of the territory’s flag—or flags. “It’s not only a symbol of national affirma­tion,” says historian Jorell Meléndez-Badillo.

In 1950, the poet Francisco Matos Paoli, a member of the Nationalist party, famously had his home was searched. Officials went in looking for guns or explosives, but instead found a Puerto Rican flag.

Rosselló is registered as a Democrat in Puerto Rico and received funds from the party for his campaign, according to Charles Venator-Santiago, an associate professor at the University of Connecticut.

The most-seen Puerto Rican flag is red, white and blue; however, the black-and-white flag was at the vendor stands at the festival on Parcel 5. One vendor told us it is a universal flag of protest ...