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Puerto Rico Aims To Become Fully Bilingual By 2022

AP | DANICA COTO | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Puerto Rico, Video, Bilingual Education, Education in Puerto Rico, Bilingualism, Luis Fortuno Puerto Rico, Latino Prosperity, Luis Fortuno, Puerto Rico English Public Schools, Latino Voices News

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The governor of Puerto Rico is trying to do what more than a century of American citizenship has failed to accomplish: make P...

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Pipe Dreams: The Case Against Keystone and the Gasoducto

Melissa Mark-Viverito | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Puerto Rico, Gas Prices, Keystone XL Pipeline, President Obama, Elections 2012, Natural Gas Drilling, Luis Fortuno, New York City Council Progressive Caucus, Energy, Koch Brothers, Green Energy, Latino Voices News

Between the combination of more efficient use and green energy, we can chart a course for a cleaner future without oil pipelines that destroy our environment and put our health at risk.

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The Party Behind the Puerto Rico Primary

José Rodríguez-Suárez | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Puerto Rico Primary, Luis Fortuno, Jose Celso Barbosa, Republican, Hispanics, Latino Politics, Latino Voices News

It is the party that overwhelmingly voted for Governor Romney to become the Republican presidential nominee, and which can help the GOP become the party of Hispanics across the Nation.

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GOP Primary Moves To Unusual Battleground

AP | KASIE HUNT and STEVE PEOPLES | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Puerto Rico, Video, Puerto Rico Primary Election, Puerto Rico Primary 2012, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Puerto Rico Primary, Rick Santorum 2012, Luis Fortuno, Puerto Rico Primary Election 2012, Politics News

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Welcome to the Caribbean, Republicans. Puerto Rico doesn't get full voting privileges in Congress. It doesn't vote for ...

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Rick Santorum Tells Puerto Ricans To Speak English, So Mitt Romney Will Win Puerto Rico

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: 2012 Speculatron, Puerto Rico Statehood, Elections 2012, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Puerto Rico Primary, Puerto Rico Caucus, Luis Fortuno Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuno, 2012, Puerto Rico, Video, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney Puerto Rico, Mitt Romney 2012, Rick Santorum Puerto Rico, Hispanic Voters, Rick Santorum 2012, Politics News

Reuters has a story out about Rick Santorum's campaign swing to Puerto Rico, whose upcoming Sunday primary has 20 delegates at stake. On that trip, Santorum suggested that if Puerto Rico wanted to become a state, it would have to adopt English as its official language. He believes that everyone should be in "compliance" with an English language standard, regardless of the fact that no such compliance requirement or enforcement mechanism exists. So, go ahead and add the lion's share of those delegates to Romney's count. With zero precincts reporting, I can now call Puerto Rico for Mitt Romney!

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Romney Compares Gingrich To 'Goldilocks' For Debate Crowd Gripes

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 01.28.2012

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney was upbeat and energetic after his solid debate performance in Jacksonville the night before, t...

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A Convenient Arrangement: Puerto Ricans and the Republican Party in 2012

Gretchen Sierra-Zorita | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Disneyricans, Puerto Rican Voters, Jeb Bush, Republican Latinos, Pedro Pierluisi, Florida Latinos, Luis Fortuno, Latino Voices News

The Puerto Rico Investment Promotion Act will create tens of thousands of jobs and jumpstart the Puerto Rican economy. If Republicans can claim credit for its passage, they will be in a better position to win over Puerto Rican voters, particularly in Florida, where it really matters in 2012.

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Wake Up Call: Civil Rights Abuses in Puerto Rico Highlight Need for All Americans to Pay Attention to the Island

Melissa Mark-Viverito | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Latinos, Puerto Rico, Unemployment, President Obama, Luis Gutierrez, Police Corruption, Department of Justice, Luis Fortuno, Civil Rights, Latino Politics, Latino Voices News

All American citizens, islander and mainlander, ought to encourage the DOJ to continue monitoring the situation in Puerto Rico, especially to ensure that opponents of the Fortuño agenda are not silenced.

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Turning a Blind Eye: The Human Rights Crisis in Puerto Rico

Deborah J. Vagins | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Police Brutality, Puerto Rico, First Amendment, Labor Unions, Luis Fortuno, Protest, Free Speech, Politics News

Puerto Rico's citizens are suffering abuses at the hands of its own police department that would never be tolerated anywhere else in the United States.

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Wisconsin and Puerto Rico: Disturbing Convergences

Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: University of Wisconsin, Puerto Rico, University of Puerto Rico, Wisconsin, Luis Gutierrez, Unions, Luis Fortuno, Scott Walker, Politics News

News of gutting collective bargaining rights through parliamentary maneuvers by Republican state senators in Wisconsin has been greeted with a sense of dé-jà vu in Puerto Rico.

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Violence Against Student Strike in Puerto Rico Escalates With Police Brutality and Rubber Bullets

Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Puerto Rico, Higher Education, Puerto Rico Student Strike, Student Protest, Luis Fortuno, Torture, Politics News

More than 150 students practicing civil disobedience have been arrested in Puerto Rico and riot police on Thursday escalated violent repression of a university strike with brutal arrests and rubber bullets.

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GOP Ploy to Curry Latino Favor Via Puerto Rican Statehood Is Misguided

Maritza Stanchich, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Puerto Rico, Latino Voters, Puerto Rico Statehood, Catholics for Choice, Immigration, Conservatism, Arizona Immigration Law, National Institute for Latino Policy, Luis Fortuno, Politics News

The recent GOP intelligentsia strategy to curry favor for Latino votes via support for Puerto Rican Statehood while opposing immigration reform is misguided, misinformed, and probably disingenuous.

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Puerto Rico Protests: Government Probe To Investigate Civil Rights Abuses

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Police Brutality, Puerto Rico, Riot, Nadia Velázquez, San Juan, Luis Fortuno, Politics News

Puerto Rico's civil rights commission has launched a probe to investigate last week's police riots at the commonwealth's Capitol. The commission, ann...

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Congress Debates Puerto Rico Statehood Or Independence

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Puerto Rico, Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico Independence, Puerto Rico Statehood, Luis Fortuno, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday approved legislation that could set in motion changes in Puerto Rico's 112-year relationship with the United ...

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All of Puerto Rico: Much More than a March

Dennis Rivera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Dennis Rivera, Health Care, All of Puerto Rico, Barack Obama, Seiu, Luis Fortuno, Politics News

Puerto Ricans deserve so much more than a Governor whose only economic recovery plan is to fire the very people that are the heart and soul of its social safety net, and last week, they demanded it.

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Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortu�o Endorses Bloomberg

New York Times | Sewell Chan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gov. Luis G. Fortuno of Puerto Rico endorsed Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's re-election bid on Tuesday, adding another name to the large roster of suppo...

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Again with the 51st State...

Eric Lurio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: DC Voting Rights, Puerto Rico Governor, Puerto Rico, Expanding the Union, Politics News, Puerto Rico Statehood, The 51st StateHR 2499, Obama, Republicans, Pedro Pierluisi, Natural Resources Committee, Luis Fortuno, Politics News

The main argument against Puerto Rican statehood is taxation. Except for DC, it has been the policy of the federal government that there be no taxation without representation, so Puerto Ricans don't pay income tax.

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Puerto Rico -- the Next Red State?

Steve Garcia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Statehood, Conservative, Obama, Republicans, Pedro Pierluisi, Natural Resources Committee, Democrats, HR 2499, Luis Fortuno, Politics News

If Puerto Rico becomes a state it would add 2 senators and 7 representatives to Congress; we can expect these members to come from the conservatives that hold office in the "state" legislature.

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