Opinion: Does the United States even care about Puerto Rico?by Julio Ricardo Varela, @julito77
A year has passed since Puerto Ricans on the island voted (yet again) in a non-binding plebiscite to determine where they stand on the issue of self-determine and political status. Like a Facebook relationship status, the ...
Paco Vazquez' documentary about the currently troubled political, economic and sociologicalconditions in Puerto Rico begins with a dizzying array of statistics, such as that no less than 46 percent of its residents are at the ...
The “Igualdad” (Equality) movement, a non-partisan grass-roots citizen advocacy organization, is planning a November 19th rally in Washington, D.C. The group's goal is to support resolution of thepolitical status of Puerto ...
... will work in an advisory capacity and no additional federal funds are planned beyond current allocations. The team was created by a presidential task force that previously worked with Puerto Ricoon political status issues.
The crew was made by a presidential undertaking drive that has earlier labored with Puerto Rico on difficulties surrounding its political status. President Invoice Clinton produced the undertaking drive in 2000 to evaluate ...
The team was created by a presidential task force that has previously worked with Puerto Rico on issues related to its political status. President Bill Clinton created the task force in 2000 to analyzePuerto Rico's status, but ...
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Voters were asked two questions: (1) whether they agreed to continue with Puerto Rico's territorialstatus and (2) to indicate the political status they preferred from three possibilities: statehood, independence, or a sovereign ...
Republished from La Repuesta Magazine. It is already a ritual ingrained into our cultural fabric. Every few years a handful of political actors succeed in reviving the age old debate on Puerto Rico's political status. The cycle ...
Washington Examiner: Puerto Rico's “Unnatural Status' Hurts US ... by American Principles Project
From the Washington Examiner: Puerto Rico's 'unnatural status' undermines its economy, hurts US investors By Alfonso Aguilar and Rich Danker | NOVEMBER 26, 2013 As Puerto Rico marked the Nov.... amount of debt, their excessive spending and borrowing is a product of the unequal tax treatment that the federal government affords investors in Puerto Rico, as well as an underachieving private sector beset by an unclear and uncertain political status. Without the ...
They questioned Mr. Smith if the instability of the political status of Puerto Rico has affected negatively in the economic crisis and social inequality, for which he said that the political status has been the same all these years...
... House on the solution to Puerto Rico's worsening economic problems. Garcia asserted that it was a diversion to attribute the territory's economic woes to its political status, according to a report. ... In a report personally embraced by the President, the Task Force wrote, “identifying the most effective means of assisting the Puerto Rican economy depends on resolving the ultimate question of status … In short, the long-term economic well-being of Puerto Rico would be ...
Op-Ed: Why I moved to Europe — A response to Puerto Rico’s on-going economic crisis
December 9, 2013
A little over a year ago, I made a tough decision: I decided to leave my safe, secure job to pursue a master’s degree ...
Popular Insurance launches ‘Auto Seguro’ service
December 9, 2013
Popular Insurance recently announced the launch of “Auto Seguro,” an offering that consists of selling auto insuranc ...
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