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On December 11, 2012, Puerto Rico's legislature resolved to request that the President and the U.S. Congress act on the results, end its territorial status and begin the process of admitting Puerto Rico to the Union as a state. [50] On January 4, 2017, Puerto Rico's new representative to Congress pushed a bill that would ratify statehood by ...
As Secretary of State, he established a campaign for the internationalization of Puerto Rico. [184] During his first year, Bernier secured Puerto Rico's return to CEPAL, established a school of diplomacy and supervised alimentary sovereignty projects that restarted the cultivation of rice and other crops after decades. [ 185 ]
The Puerto Rico statehood movement (Spanish: movimiento estadista de Puerto Rico) aims to make Puerto Rico a state of the United States.Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territorial possession of the United States acquired in 1898 following the Spanish–American War, making it "the oldest colony in the modern world".
Three main alternatives are generally presented to Puerto Rican voters during Puerto Rico political status referendums: full independence, maintenance or enhancement of the current commonwealth status, and full statehood into the American Union. The exact expectations for each of these status formulas are a matter of debate by a given position ...
Statehood. Under this option, Puerto Rico would become the 51st state with standing equal to the other 50 States. Independence. Under this option, Puerto Rico would become a sovereign nation, independent from the United States. The democratic will of the Puerto Rican people is paramount for determining the future status of the territory.
That left the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, the state-run utility that served the territory, reliant on petroleum-based fuels like diesel, which are easier to store. Those fuels are also ...
In May 2009, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi sponsored a new version of the Puerto Rico Democracy Act bill now titled The Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2010, [11] aimed at providing for "a federally sanctioned self-determination process for the people of Puerto Rico." The bill, if enacted, would provide for referendums to be held in Puerto ...
M.I.A and Jay-Z perform at the 51st annual Grammy Awards in 2009. Kevin Mazur via Getty Images