All posts tagged "statehood"

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  Rosselló Calls for Statehood During Lulac Annual Convention

  SAN JUAN – New Progressive Party President and gubernatorial candidate Ricardo Rosselló called for equality and statehood in his speech during the League of United Latin American Citizens’ (Lulac) 87th Annual National Convention in Washington, D.C. Rosselló...

  • Posted July 16, 2016
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  Democrats Commit to Permanent Status, Presidential Vote

  SAN JUAN – Norma Burgos, the platform committee delegate for the Puerto Rico Democratic Party, said Sunday that the party committed to achieving equality for Puerto Ricans as U.S. citizens as well as pushing for the ability...

  • Posted July 10, 2016
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  New Progressive Party Hoists a 51-Star Flag

  Popular Democratic Party warns it may be desecrating it

  • Posted July 4, 2016
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  Rosselló Urges July 4th be Celebrated by Demanding Equality

  Says will file a Puerto Rico statehood admission bill in January

  • Posted July 3, 2016
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  Amid Crisis, Support Grows For Puerto Rico Statehood

  The island's economic crisis - including a $70 billion debt and looming default - have pushed many toward statehood

  • Posted June 30, 2016
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  Aponte Hernández: Time Has Come for US to Grant Puerto Rico Statehood

  "No more excuses, no more delays," he wrote

  • Posted June 24, 2016
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  Romero Barceló Calls for Boycott on Bernie Sanders

  Says Vermont senator rubs shoulders with pro-independence crowd

  • Posted May 26, 2016
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  Jenniffer González to Take the Fight for Statehood to Washington

  NPP leader revealed plans to organize a massive rally in front of the White House and the U.S. Congress on March 2 of next year

  • Posted May 11, 2016
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  Rosselló Says Legislation Over Fiscal Crisis Must Tackle Political Status

  NPP gubernatorial candidate has been lobbying on Capitol Hill

  • Posted March 24, 2016
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• Former Governor says Delay in Addressing Status is Unacceptable

  SAN JUAN – The Popular Democratic Party (PDP) has suggested that it will wait for the U.S. Supreme Court’s expressions on the double jeopardy clause case before it, which has political status implications for Puerto Rico, to...

  • Posted January 26, 2016
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