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If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its…
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Internal self-government under a local constitution was authorized by Congress and approved by the residents in 1952, but federal law is supreme…
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In historical and constitutional terms, the recent political status vote in Puerto Rico was a necessary but obviously not decisive step on…
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The political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive the support needed for enactment into law…
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After one hundred years of federal rule, the United States House of Representatives has moved to provide for the first meaningful route…
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Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is to empower…
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If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their own self-interest…
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The need for a permanent status resolution approved by Congress is made even more clear to me because of my experience as…
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As the highest ranking American official in the United Nations organization, I came to understand thoroughly that the national constitutional processes of…
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That is why, with optimism instead of fear, all those who want to see Puerto Rico's status resolved should seek the truth…
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However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are…
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Yet, individuals and corporations in Puerto Rico pay no federal income tax.
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I'm glad I escaped the clutches of those evil gnomes... I'm talking, of course, about Puerto Ricans.
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The term Hispanic, coined by technomarketing experts and by the designers of political campaigns, homogenizes our cultural diversity (Chicanos, Cubans, and Puerto…
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The Puerto Ricans forming the ranks of the gallant 65th Infantry on the battlefields of Korea … are writing a brilliant record…
— Douglas MacArthur
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Immigration along with nonwhite birthrates will make white people a minority totally vulnerable to the political, social, and economic will of blacks,…
— David Duke
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I want to thank the pioneering women who years ago opened the doors of politics in Costa Rica. My government will be…
— Laura Chinchilla
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When I heard Puerto Ricans in New York City, it sounded very strange. And the first time I heard someone from Spain,…
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Puerto Ricans who find they can no longer afford to keep their pets often choose to drop their dogs, sometimes even whole…
— Juliana Hatfield
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I grew up in a neighborhood with blacks and Puerto Ricans and Italians, the whole gamut, so conveying unity has always meant…
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It is quite understandable that Puerto Ricans seek to preserve a cultural sense of identity without separating politically from U.S. national sovereignty.
— Dick Thornburgh
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We want to allow Costa Ricans to make a qualitative leap in our development and go to an economy based on innovation…
— Laura Chinchilla
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