http://prrealitycheck.blogvis.com A call for action to complete democratization of America's last large and populous territorial possession Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:25:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In a July 9, 2008, commentary in the "Caribbean Business" magazine published in Puerto Rico, former governor Hernandez Colon argued that federal territorial law defining the rights of U.S. citizens in the Puerto Rico is in good order. He went so far as to state that in "practical ... http://prrealitycheck.blogvis.com/2008/09/15/commonwealth-and-territorial-co-dependency/ The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has the most advanced form of "autonomy" ever conferred by Congress in a U.S. territory. Yet, in 2008 Congress approved long over due reform of federal territorial policy in the CNMI that essentially took back some of the core elements of ... http://prrealitycheck.blogvis.com/2008/09/15/limited-nature-of-statutory-%e2%80%9cautonomy%e2%80%9d-of-mariana-islands-and-puerto-rico-again-confirmed-by-congress-and-us-federal-courts/