The political status of Puerto Rico has ramifications into many spheres of Puerto Rican life, and there are limits to the level of autonomy the Puerto Rican...
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The political status of Puerto Rico is that of an unincorporated territory of the United States officially known as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish:...
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territory of the United States. The nature of Puerto Rico's political relationship with the United States is the subject of ongoing debate in Puerto Rico, in...
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District of Columbia voting rights Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution Implications of Puerto Rico's current political status The Constitution...
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referendum of the status of Puerto Rico was held on November 3, 2020, concurrently with the general election. The Referendum was announced by Puerto Rico Governor...
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2011. Archived 11 May 2011. "- EXAMINING PROCEDURES REGARDING PUERTO RICO'S POLITICAL STATUS AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK". govinfo.gov. 24 June 2015. Archived from...
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the island to elect a governor. Puerto Rico's current and future political status has consistently been a matter of significant debate. Beginning in...
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bill, the Law for the Final Definition of the Political Status of Puerto Rico, was introduced in Puerto Rico's Legislative Assembly and approved by both...
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endemic frog, and one of the 86 species that constitute Puerto Rico's herpetofauna. Some native freshwater fish inhabit Puerto Rico, but some species, introduced...
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A referendum on the political status of Puerto Rico was held on December 13, 1998. Voters were given the choice between statehood, independence, free...
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Puerto Rican Spanish is the variety of the Spanish language as characteristically spoken in Puerto Rico and by millions of people of Puerto Rican descent...
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plebiscite on the political status of Puerto Rico, the MPI promoted a boycott. Throughout the decade the MPI campaigned against the presence of big US corporations...
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American response to Cuba, directly affecting the development of its political status. Puerto Rico was allowed to enact a heavily revised local Constitution...
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51st state (redirect from List of proposed states of the United States)
end its territorial status and begin the process of admitting Puerto Rico to the Union as a state. On January 4, 2017, Puerto Rico's new representative...
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Insular Cases (redirect from Huus v. New York & Porto Rico S.S. Co.)
Reconsidering Judicial Deference To Unequal Treatment In Light of Puerto Rico's Political Process Failure". Columbia Law Review. 110 (3): 797–839. JSTOR 27806633...
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World Wrestling Council (redirect from WWC Puerto Rico)
"Consejo Mundial de Lucha"), is a professional wrestling promotion based in Puerto Rico. It was originally established as Capitol Sports Promotions in 1973 by...
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Desecheo Island (redirect from Isla Desecheo (Puerto Rico))
island of Puerto Rico and 31 mi (50 km) northeast of Mona Island. It has a land area of 0.589 sq mi (377 acres; 153 ha; 1.53 km2). Politically, the island...
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Taíno (redirect from Genocide of indigenous peoples of Hispaniola)
"Genetic diversity in Puerto Rico and its implications for the peopling of the island and the Caribbean". American Journal of Physical Anthropology....
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to make Puerto Rico the 51st state, "The hard truth is that Puerto Rico's lack of political power allows Washington to treat Puerto Rico like an afterthought...
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Democratic Party (United States) (redirect from Dems (political party))
citizens in Puerto Rico. Many stem from the fundamental question of Puerto Rico's political status. Democrats believe that the people of Puerto Rico should...
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Machismo (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2024)
relate it to Puerto Rico's colonial status, first to Spain and then to the United States. When becoming a colony of Spain, Puerto Rico gained the machismo...
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sovereignty. The petitioner claimed that Puerto Rico has a different sovereignty because of its political status while others claimed that it does not,...
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Statutory citizenship (section Effects on Puerto Rico)
Rico. Any change in Puerto Rico's status would require action on behalf of the acting Congressional members, and as of the writing of their report, none...
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Mulatto (section Puerto Rico)
PMID 16257940. "Puerto Rico's History on race" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2018. "Representation of racial...
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Circular migration (section Puerto Rico)
permits because of Puerto Rico's commonwealth status. Thus, the relative ease of migration between the United States and Puerto Rico makes this case particularly...
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Sterilization of Latinas has been practiced in the United States on women of different Latin American identities, including those from Puerto Rico and Mexico...
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Hurricane Hugo (category Hurricanes in Puerto Rico)
Cap registered a wind gust of 170 mph (270 km/h) while harbored at Culebra. The strongest wind recorded on Puerto Rico's main island was documented at...
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Self-determination (redirect from Right of self-determination)
2022, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of the Puerto Rico Status Act. The act sought to resolve Puerto Rico's status and its relationship...
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The 2017 Puerto Rico Leptospirosis outbreak was an outbreak of leptospirosis that affected Puerto Rico in the fall of 2017, following Hurricane Maria's...
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Compulsory sterilization (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024)
desire for permanent birth control among Puerto Ricans. In response, Puerto Rico's governor and Commissioner of health opened 160 private, temporary birth...
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