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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 ...
Puerto Rican actors — of the Greater Antilles island and the U.S. Territory, located in the Caribbean. Actors (female actresses and male actors ) of cinema , stage , television , webcasts , &/or videogames − who were born in or who lived significant portions of their professional lives in Puerto Rico .
Carlos Armando Ponce Freyre Jr. [note 1] (born September 4, 1972) is a Puerto Rican actor, musician, model, and television personality. Ponce began his acting career by participating in Spanish language soap operas for Televisa and Telemundo.
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". [1] [a] As of 2023, the ...
Pepe Hern (1927–2009) American actor of Spanish descent. He was brother of Tom Hernández; Katy Jurado (1924–2002) Mexican-born American actress; Tony Martinez (1920–2002) Puerto Rican-born American film, television and theatre actor. Ricardo Montalbán (1920–2009) Mexican-born American actor; Luis Oquendo (1925–1992) Cuban-born ...
Tomás Blanco (1896–1975), writer and historian; author of Prontuario Historico de Puerto Rico and El Prejuicio Racial en Puerto Rico (Racial Prejudice in Puerto Rico) [68] Juan Boria (1906–1995), Afro-Caribbean poet, also known as the Negro Verse Pharaoh; known for his Afro-Caribbean poetry [69] Carmen Bozello y Guzmán (1856–1885 ...
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 ...
Maria-Elena Laas (born November 28, 1983) is a Puerto Rican–born American actress. [1] She is best known for her role as Cruz in the comedy-drama television series Vida . Early life