Puerto Rican status referendums have been held four times to determine the political status of the island of Puerto Rico in relation to the United States of America. Presidents have issued two major executive orders on the subject, and Congress has considered some four major bills related to ...
Today Puerto Rico remains aterritoryof the United States. Under the U.S. Constitution, there are two other options for Puerto Rico’s political status: Puerto Rico could become a State of the Union, asHawaiidid, or a sovereign independent nation like thePhilippines. In recent years, Puerto R...
At issue: What political status is best for Puerto Rico?At issue: What political status is best for Puerto Rico?Presents the views of representatives of political parties in Puerto Rico on the best political status for Puerto Rico. Benefits of United States statehood for Puerto Rico; Ability ...
Puerto Rico’s status at forefront of political debate 州地位还是独立?波多黎各的地位成为政治辩论的焦点 点击查看翻译 Luz Rivera Sotomayor spent most of her days in church praying for her family’s health before she was diagnosed with dystonia in 2020. Two years after her diagnosis with the muscul...
Puerto Rico is a major hub of Caribbean commerce, finance, tourism, and communications. San Juan is one of the world's busiest cruise-ship ports, and Puerto Rico's standard of living continues to be among the highest in the Western Hemisphere. Its future political status, however, remains ...
president to recognize that the 1952 update of Puerto Rico’s name and approval of the territory’s constitution did not in fact resolve the question of Puerto Rico’s political status. “In 1978,” according to the 2011 report of the President’s Task Force on Puerto Rico’s Status,“the...
Puerto Rico Referendum Killed; Senate Panel Rejects Plan to Let Islanders Vote on Political StatusBill McAllister
Puerto Rico’s main political parties are divided by the island’s political status, so it’s common to find both Republicans and Democrats within the same party. Advertisement “What happened is very painful, and I didn’t expect it, but let no one think th...
The Puerto Rico Status Act, a legislative proposal pending before Congress, seeks to offer voters in Puerto Rico a choice among three options for a more dignified, democratic relationship with the United States: statehood, independence, and independence with a “free association” component. ...
In 1989, S712, the Puerto Rico Status Referendum Act, offered a choice among statehood, independence, or “commonwealth.” It defined “commonwealth” as an arrangement in which “Puerto Rico is a self-governing body politic joined in political relationship with the United States and is under ...