Puerto Ricans head to polls today

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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will compete today for Puerto Rico’s 55 delegates, writes The Times’ Louise Roug in this report.

‘For Clinton and Obama, the Puerto Rico primary is another chance to appeal to Latinos, who are 15% of the U.S. population and whose votes could decide who becomes president,’ Roug writes.

‘A recent report from the New Democrat Network, a partisan think tank in Washington, noted that Latinos have voted in record numbers during the primaries, tripling their turnout compared with 2004. Of those, 78% have voted Democratic, according to the report.’

Meanwhile, Latin American and Latino entertainers are split over whom to endorse, according to this post by blogger Latina Lista. Former Bush supporter and Puerto Rican favorite son Ricky Martin is backing Hillary this time around. But other Spanish-language musicians such as Lila Downs and Paulina Rubio are going with Obama.

-- Reed Johnson in Mexico City