Academic Policy Forum Civil Rights & Equality: Puerto Rico’s Relationship within the Federal Union Fordham Law School March 26, 2009 first posted by the Center for… Read More »Civil Rights & Equality: Puerto Rico’s Relationship within the Federal Union
On June 20, 2011, the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization called on the United States to expedite a process that would allow “Puerto Ricans to fully exercise their inalienable right to self-determination and independence[.]” This was not the first time these nations highlighted the lack of democratic freedom in Puerto Rico to the United Nations – the Special Committee on Decolonization has approved text calling on United States to expedite Puerto Rican self-determination every year since 2006. Will a similar proposal be approved this June?
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Originally published in the Puerto Rico Herald in 2005.
Puerto Rico already has an outstanding leader for statehood. This proven leader for statehood is not Pedro Rosselló. It is Luis Fortuño, Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner.Read More »Luis Fortuño Is A Proven Leader For Statehood, by Robert McCarroll
The legal foundation of Puerto Rico’s status within the United States can be found in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, commonly known as the “Territory Clause” — “The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States.”Read More »Puerto Rico: A Territory of the United States
Delivered on February 9, 1989 Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, and distinguished Members of the House and Senate, honored guests, and fellow citizens: Less than 3… Read More »George H.W. Bush’s First State of the Union Address (1989)
The legal foundation of Puerto Rico’s status within the United States can be found in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States… Read More »Puerto Rico is a Territory of the United States
In 1998, the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) of Puerto Rico (not affiliated with the Democratic Party of the U.S.) adopted a blueprint for a new… Read More »“Commonwealth” Is Unconstitutional
Puerto Rico is often called “a commonwealth” but “Commonwealth” is actually just its formal government title. Four States (Virginia, Massachusetts, Kentucky and Pennsylvania) and another… Read More »The Origin of the “Commonwealth” Label
Some leaders in the Puerto Rican community claim that Puerto Rico voters need more information about the various status options open to them. Here is… Read More »Statehood
