{"id":68,"date":"2009-06-02T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=68"},"modified":"2012-10-23T19:00:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T23:00:20","slug":"puerto-ricos-political-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=68","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Rico&#8217;s Political Status?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(I recently joined the Facebook group &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=115513632624&amp;ref=share\">I Support the Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2009<\/a>&#8221; and wrote a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elboricua.com\/PhillipVelez_archives.html\">column<\/a> in <a title=\"Phil Velez el boricua\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elboricua.com\/PhillipVelez_archives.html\" target=\"_blank\">EL BORICUA<\/a> about the unresolved issue of Puerto Rico&#8217;s political status. Here&#8217;s a synopsis &#8211; )<\/p>\n<p>The future of Puerto Rico has been in status quo limbo since the 1952 constitution that officially created an unincorporated territory of the U.S. with commonwealth status. Puerto Rico\u2019s political status is an emotionally charged and often culturally sensitive issue for Puerto Ricans on the island and mainland.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"align: left; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=velsvie-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=bpl&amp;asins=0807831131&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" align=\"left\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><\/iframe>To understand the future of Puerto Rican politics one must visit the island\u2019s past and present political status. Votes expressing opinions on political proposals, known as plebiscites, were held in 1967, 1993, and 1998, and Puerto Rican residents chose not to alter the existing commonwealth status over the possible independence of Puerto Rico or statehood.<\/p>\n<p>Puerto Rico today does not stand unified toward a collective political status. Puerto Ricans must define Puerto Rico\u2019s future. Commonwealth status was not intended to be a final political destination. It is time for Boricuas to move from the status quo and find strength to become the 51st U.S. state, or an independent nation.<\/p>\n<p>(To read the full column in EL BORICUA click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elboricua.com\/PhillipVelez_archives.html\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fphilvelez.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D68&amp;layout=standard&amp;&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;font=arial&amp;colorscheme=dark\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px;height:20px;margin-top:5px;\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(I recently joined the Facebook group &#8220;I Support the Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2009&#8221; and wrote a column in EL BORICUA about the unresolved issue of Puerto Rico&#8217;s political status. 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