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Both conservative and liberal media get it wrong on Puerto Rico status again and again. For example, mixing apples and oranges by linking territorial status issues and the status of the District of Columbia

November 20, 2007

The issues of political status, federal governence, and voting rights for Americans in the U.S. territories and residents of D.C. involve very different political, historical and constitutional questions.   Since discussion of these issues by some in the media has overlapped in ways that are confusing, some clarification is needed: 
 Solving the problem of representation in Congress for U.S. […]

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Battered Psyche Syndrome in Puerto Rico Poltical Culture

November 13, 2007

Battered Psyche Syndrome in
Puerto Rico Political Culture 
Puerto Rico has no problems that can not be solved by the people of Puerto Rico.   The problem is that oppressors from among their own kind, their native overseers, have convinced a large segment of the population that they have only one real status option.   The enforcers of commonwealth party dogma indoctrinate followers […]

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GOP duped on English language issue in Puerto Rico

October 30, 2007

SAND-BAGGING THE GOP ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE POLICY FOR
PUERTO RICO:  
English language advocacy groups have been duped into opposing statehood for Puerto Rico, by the very cultural separatists in Puerto Rico who oppose English in the public schools and public life in this federally subsidized American territory. 
Lobbyists for big drug companies bent on exploiting tax shelters […]

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