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  2. 2024 Puerto Rican status referendum - Wikipedia

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    In 2022, the United States House of Representatives passed the Puerto Rico Status Act. It did not pass the United States Senate. [2] In August 2024, the Puerto Rico Supreme Court dismissed the July 2024 petition by the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) asking the State Election Commission (CEE) to halt the status referendum. [3] [4]

  3. Political status of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    The United States acquired the islands of Puerto Rico in 1898 after the Spanish–American War, and the archipelago has been under U.S. sovereignty since.In 1950, Congress enacted the Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950 or legislation (P.L. 81-600), authorizing Puerto Rico to hold a constitutional convention and, in 1952, the people of Puerto Rico ratified a constitution establishing a ...

  4. Puerto Rico status referendums - Wikipedia

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    Passage of this referendum would have constituted a claim for the government of Puerto Rico to establish these rights in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico constitution and petition the President and Congress for these rights, but it was rejected by the people of Puerto Rico on a vote of 660,264 (53%) against to 559,259 (44.9%) in favor. [11]

  5. Puerto Rico will include status plebiscite in November's ...

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    Gov. Pedro Pierluisi announced Monday that Puerto Rico’s political status will be on the ballot in the general elections this November, and for the first time the island’s current status as a ...

  6. Timeline of sovereigntism in Puerto Rico (2000s–2010s)

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    The governor's statement noted that "like the rest of our people, the [PPD] rejects all forms of colonialism", "[now] more than fifty years after the adoption of the Commonwealth, it is evident that the issue of Puerto Rico's status was not resolved in 1952", also arguing the need for a move towards a "sovereign, association [that included ...

  7. Puerto Rico Status Act - Wikipedia

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    The Puerto Rico Status Act, H.R. 2757, was a bill introduced during the 116th United States Congress.The intention of the bill is to grant Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, admission into the Union as a state.

  8. Sovereigntism (Puerto Rico) - Wikipedia

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    Unsatisfied with the model approved, Fernós spent the following years attempting to "perfect" the Commonwealth to reflect the eponymous model in which it was based. The first project towards that goal was presented in 1953 and pursued the derogation of Puerto Rico's status as a United States possession. [5]

  9. Ignoring Puerto Rico's political status is a mistake ...

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    A national coalition of stateside Puerto Ricans sent a letter to Biden urging him and a new White House Puerto Rico task force address issues around status and the financial crisis.