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 ...
Puerto Rico:Before we delve into the contests up, it is worth a refresher on Puerto Rico’s overall political scene. Puerto Rico is, of course, a U.S. territory in the northeastern Caribbean, occupying its eponymous island and several small satellite islands. It has a population of 3.2...
and DC's residents alreadyvoted overwhelminglyin favor of statehood in 2016, with 86% of voters supporting it. On the other hand, Puerto Rico'smore mixed politics and ties to both major US political partiescould give it an edge in the political process of becoming a state - if residents ...
Puerto Rico legislature considers statehood referendum
Puerto Rico’s Republican Party held a district assembly and awarded former President Donald Trump all 23 of their national delegates.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico —Puerto Rico congressional representative Jenniffer González defeatedGov. Pedro Pierluisiin a surprise upset during a primary election held Sunday by theirpro-statehoodparty. The two ran on the same ticket four years ago under the New Progressi...
It was the lowest level of participation in any election in Puerto Rico since 1967, according to Carlos Vargas Ramos, an associate with the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College in New York. He also said that even among voters who supported statehood,turnout was lower this year...
"Puerto Rico is paying the tax of colonialism without representation, and this is bill is about finally giving Puerto Rico the representation it deserves," said Torres. The bill explains voters in Puerto Rico will be able to choose three territorial status options of statehood, ...
Puerto Rico was given limited autonomy in 1897. Its right to self-government was expanded, and it was permitted to trade with all countries. (In 1869, the Puerto Ricans had been granted the right to send representatives to the Spanish Cortes.) The Statehood Republican Party, which united ...