Is Puerto Rico Statehood Really a Democratic Ploy? December 11, 2024 In political circles, 2024 may be best remembered for the election that pulled back the curtain on the perception that there’s a monolithic Puerto Rican…Read More » ...
Jenniffer González of Puerto Rico’s pro-statehood party edges ahead in gubernatorial election November 7 Puerto Rico holds gubernatorial election alongside US presidential vote Watch More First-time Puerto Rican voter shows support at Harris Rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania Cubans and Puerto Rica...
According to credit analyst Richard Larkin, if statehood for the state is passed then bonds would not be exempted from state and local taxes which will increase the state's borrowing costs. It further states that it has been found in a survey that majority of residents of Puerto Rico are ...
“For Puerto Rico, the only means for greater political participation in the national political process beyond what we already have is through statehood,” he says via email. The council “is encouraged that the RNC is also preparing for the likelihood that Puerto Rico will become a state by ...
Meanwhile, Puerto Rico’s young men and women continue to serve in the U.S. armed forces with distinction. Puerto Ricans are voting for statehood with their feet, moving to the 50 states in record numbers, where they automatically receive the full panoply of democratic rights that are the ...
On November 6, 2012, Puerto Rico will hold a referendum on independence, statehood, or to remain in territorial status. The vote will happen on the same day as the general election. This is the fourth referendum on Puerto Rico's political status. The previous ones, held in 1967, 1993, ...
But that didn't stop Gov. Ricardo Rossello from vowing to push ahead with his administration's quest to make the island the 51st U.S. state and declaring that "Puerto Rico voted for statehood." He said he would create a commission to ensure that Congress validate the referendum's results...
wise, we will be on equal footing with the states… it'll be more than offset by a couple of things. First, additional federal money is coming into Puerto Rico. And secondly, the inherent value of being a permanent member of the family, of having a permanent status such as statehood....
Is Puerto Rico Statehood Really a Democratic Ploy? December 11, 2024 In political circles, 2024 may be best remembered for the election that pulled back the curtain on the perception that there’s a monolithic Puerto Rican…Read More » ...
the main political divide on the island was whether to seek statehood or whether to continue as a territory, with a small fringe advocating for outright independence. As such, Puerto Rico’s traditional parties polarize on that issue much more than the traditional left-right axis. TheNew P...