Caribbean Business reports that the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization is considering the situation of Puerto Rico once again at its annual meeting. The committee is meeting today to consider the case of Puerto Rico in particular.Read More »UN Meeting about Puerto Rico Again
The Governing Board of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) will present a new agenda on status to its General Assembly on Sunday.
The platform argues that Puerto Rico is not a territory of the United States at all:
The PDP reaffirms the validity of the Commonwealth as autonomous political body, founded on a pact of union established in 1952, based on the exercise of sovereignty of the people of Puerto Rico, which is not and should not be subject to the plenary powers of Congress of the United States. (Google translation of the original text, which was “El PPD se reafirma en la vigencia del ELA como cuerpo político autónomo, fundamentado en un pacto de unión establecido en el 1952, basado en el ejercicio de la soberanía del pueblo de Puerto Rico, que no está ni debe estar sujeto a los poderes plenarios del Congreso de los Estados Unidos.”)Read More »A New Concept of Status from the PDP
Withe a new admission bill in Congress, Puerto Rico could become the 51st state of the Union, with “rights, benefits and responsibilities equal to the… Read More »Puerto Rican Statehood: What’s the Difference?
In November, the people of Puerto Rico will have the opportunity to vote on the issue of their status. They will have two questions: first, they must choose between making a change and maintaining their current status as a territory of the United States.Read More »The Plebiscite Ballot
On October 15, 1998, the Governing Board of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) approved the party’s platform, entitled “Development of the Commonwealth.” The document describes… Read More »Platform of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP)
Puerto Rico’s “Commonwealth” (Popular Democratic) Party (PDP) leadership reinforced its preference for Puerto Rico’s current status as a territory of the United States while a group of PDP members continued their break from the party leadership in favor of nationhood in free association with the U.S. at the May 18th meeting of Puerto Rico’s State Elections Commission.Read More »PDP Divided Between Territory and Free Association Options
Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner, Pedro Pierluisi, took to the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on May 17 to call for “equal treatment for all American citizens, regardless of where they reside.” Citing the territory’s ineligibility for core components of the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, Pierluisi asserted that the unequal treatment of U.S. citizens in federal programs targeting the most vulnerable populations amounts to “geographic discrimination.” Read More »Pierluisi Calls for Equal Treatment for All American Citizens Regardless of Residency
Christensen Rallies Advocacy Groups To Support Territories in Medicaid Fight _ Representative Donna Christensen U.S. House of Representatives Delegate Donna Christensen, the representative of the… Read More »Groups Support Territories in Medicaid Fight
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
