President Bill Clinton, Executive Order 13183, Establishment of the President’s Task Force on Puerto Rico’s Status, December 23, 2000. It is the policy of the… Read More »President Bill Clinton, Executive Order 13183
THE “COMMONWEALTH” PROPOSAL IS “UNREALISTIC,”[1] “DECEPTIVE,”[2] “UNACCEPTABLE,”[3] AND AN “UNATTAINABLE MYTH”[4]Read More »Feasibility of “Commonwealth”
Recognition by National, State and Grassroots Leaders Presidents of the United States President-elect Barack Obama, letter to Rep. Luis Fortuño, January 2, 2009. I… Read More »Congress Has an Obligation to Resolve Puerto Rico’s Status as a Territory of the United States
A PROJECT OF COUNTRY SOVEREIGN ELA
Development of the Commonwealth:
Building the Future from the Sovereignty and Self-SufficiencyRead More »Translation of the 2008 PDP Platform
The possibility of Puerto Ricans overwhelmingly supporting Statehood has never been more of a reality than in today’s political environment. A November 2006 telephone poll of residents of the island showed when faced with the decision, 74% would choose Statehood over the 12% in favor of Independence. With 65% of respondents favorable to Luis Fortuño winning PNP’s gubernatorial race in 2008, “now” may very well be Puerto Rico’s best chance at moving towards true representation in Washington.Read More »Statehood: Is Now the Best Chance?
It has been 6 1/2 years since the residents of Puerto Rico went to the polls to express a preference for a permanent political status.
On that occasion, the status definitions offered to voters were lifted from a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives (HR 856), the so-called “Young Bill.” The U.S. Senate took no floor action on HR 856, but did pass Senate Resolution #279 authorizing Puerto Rico, “through referendum or other means, to communicate its desires on future political status to the federal government, and that the federal government will consider such communication.”Read More »The 1998 Plebiscite Revisited
