Category: Status
Could approval voting help solve the Puerto Rico status issue?
Five times in the history of Puerto Rico as an unincorporated territory of the United States,...
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Norton secures 200 cosponsors for DC statehood bill
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) announced today that she has secured a historic 200 cosponsors...
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Talks of Puerto Rico statehood are alive and well
Talks of Puerto Rico statehood are alive and well over a year following the devastation of the...
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Trump revives Puerto Rico status debate
President Trump has come out against statehood for Puerto Rico, citing his feud with San Juan...
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Divisions emerge in Popular Democratic Party over how to address status, oversight board
The Popular Democratic Party in Puerto Rico is known for its rejection of statehood and...
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Jenniffer González-Colón files bill to admit Puerto Rico as a state
Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (R, NPP) introduced today the Puerto Rico Admission...
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Puerto Rico sends Delegation to Congress in quest for statehood
On January 10, Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (R) of Puerto Rico, announced the...
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A Government of seven Presidents
By Enrique Vázquez Quintana, MD In 1889, encouraged by a group of Harvard intellectuals, the US...
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How Hurricanes have affected the Puerto Rico status discussion
It’s been a few long months for Puerto Rico following the plebiscite earlier this summer. Puerto...
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Puerto Rico marches towards statehood amidst doubts
Puerto Rico continues to march towards statehood. After the results of June’s plebiscite were...
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Rosselló names members of Puerto Rico Equality Commission
On July 3, 2017 Governor Ricardo Rosselló began designating 7 members of the Equality Commission,...
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Puerto Rico Congresswoman demands Congressional action on statehood
Puerto Rico’s representative to Congress, Jenniffer González-Colón, spoke on the House Floor on...
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