Vol. 6 No. 30 Para ver esta página en español, oprima aquí. Puerto Ricans Weigh Progress And Conflicts Of 50 Years As U.S. Commonwealth Pesquera Won’t Meet With Conciliation Committee, Bloomberg Heads Celebrants, NPP Caravan Welcomed, Status: Religious Leaders Keep Out… PDP Has Not Hindered Solution…On PIP’s Guanica Agenda…Minority Can Undermine Resolution, NPP Ratifies CUPCO Opposition, Calderon & Berrios Seek Pesquera’s Participation Kennedy Endorses Status Initiative, NPP Targets Commonwealth’s Limitations, Rodriguez Defends Avant-Garde Constitution, Old SJ Walls’ History Sought, PDP Mayors Invited To Debunk Commonwealth, UPS Ordered To Collect Excise Taxes, Romero Wants Anniversary Celebration Probe, J&J Factory Under Inquiry 50 YEARS OF COMMONWEALTH Part III: Congress and the Search for Permanence, 1989-2002 Who’s got it right, Calderon or Serrano? – Compact or Colony? Puerto Rico VIDEO: Professor Gonzalo Córdova: "The Different Meanings Of Commonwealth" MORE... ONGOING TOPICS & CATEGORIES:   . Puerto Rico Herald Departments: . Updated Archives . Self-Determination Legislation . Newsstand . Puerto Rico Facts . U.S. Government . Feedback . Join Mailing List . Contact Us! . Write your Member of Congress in Support of Puerto Rico Self-Determination! House of Rep. Member Web Sites Senate Member Web Sites Write Your Rep. Write your Senator -RELATED LINKS- Congressional Hispanic Caucus League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Citizens' Educational Foundation-US MORE LINKS Know anyone who might enjoy the Puerto Rico Herald? Please ... Let them know!   Full Name Email You Friend ALSO IN THIS EDITION: It’s Time To Play Ball Commonwealth Gives Puerto Rico A Sports Identity Rep. Thomas Offers 956 Amendment . . . But Not Calderon’s, No White House Support Seen For Governor’s Proposal "Compact Or Colony?" After Five Decades, The Commonwealth Is Running Out Of Gas By Robert Becker 50 Years Later, Commonwealth Still Is Political Fiction By Arturo J. Guzman One Island, Three Views… Issues Need To Be Addressed… Puerto Rico Struggles To Find Its Place 50th Anniversary Stirs Debate In Puerto Rico Let Puerto Rico Decide How To End Its Colony Status, True Nationhood Stands On The Pillar Of Independence Anniversary Fuels Rancor, Activists Refuse To Join Party Back And Forth: A Puerto Rican Right Island, Urban Tradition Make Entertaining Mix…Puerto Rican Arts Primer From Poverty To Progress, Photographs Document Puerto Rico's Transformation As U.S. Commonwealth Charismatic Chayanne Brings The House Down, Anthony Talks About Breakup What It Means To Be From Puerto Rico…For Some, A Struggle On The Mainland… Laying Tiles Of The American Dream Puerto Rican Wakeup Call…Central Florida: A New Promised Land…Migrants, Their Descendants Challenge Definitions Of Who Is A Puerto Rican…More Than One Way To Be Puerto Rican Puerto Rico: History Is A Many-Layered Thing Paralyzed Veterans Of America Sets Meeting In Puerto Rico For 56th Annual Convention The Struggle For Vieques: A Contentious History PUERTO RICO PROFILES Pedro Nieves: Self-Taught Artist Has Found Painting Comes Naturally The Little Economy That Could, Then Couldn't Tapping The Puerto Rican Buying Power Popular Aims To Double In US Miranda Marin Says Island Has Fallen 20 Years Behind In Global Market Ondeo/Prasa: 10-Year $4B Deal Is The Largest Operation & Maintenance Contract Ever Signed Island’s High-Tech Workers Among Lowest Paid, Stats Offer Bleak Salary Outlook Puerto Rico…History…Commonwealth Status Diaz Lags Keller's War Chest   PUERTO RICO SELF- DETERMINATION Puerto Ricans . . . Earning Their Own Way • Puerto Rico . . . Paying Its Own Way American taxpayers have provided $ subsidizing the Puerto Rico Commonwealth, and it's costing them $22,821,918.52 more each and every day of the year! For questions or problems regarding this site, please contact webmastr@puertorico-herald.org. Business•Economics•Finance | Vieques | Sports & Entertainment | Puerto Rico Report | Forum | Status | Island Politics Congress and the President | Plebiscite | Citizenship | Culture, Heritage Language | Puerto Rico Profiles | The Local Scene | Travel