Vol. 3 No. 30 Para ver este documento en español, oprima aquí. STANDING WATCH ON THE IMPERIUM: IN PUERTO RICO, THE LEGACY OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR REMAINS UNRESOLVED Keep Vieques Military Base, Lose Live Fire PUERTO RICO BECOMING A MILITARY HUB FOR U.S. FORCES ROOSEVELT ROADS, Puerto Rico -- Bivouacked behind barbed wire, dwarfed by towers of shipping containers, the vanguard of a U.S. Special Forces team is stealthily setting up shop at this naval base in eastern Puerto Rico. Their assignment: Establish communications, living quarters, aircraft hangars and all the accommodations for an elite force of Green Berets, Navy Seals, Marines and Air Force commandos. So sensitive is their mission that Army Brig. Gen. Richard Parker forbids public briefings on their work. But the activity signals a significant shift for the Southern Command, the U.S. military group responsible for 12.5 million square miles from Antarctica to the Florida Keys. Puerto Rico this summer becomes home to the greatest concentration of U.S. military resources in Latin America. ''Puerto Rico will now assume the role that Panama has had for Southern Command for about the last 50 years. Puerto Rico will really become the hub of our operations,'' Southcom commander-in-chief Charles E. Wilhelm, a Marine general, told Congress June 22. -THE MIAMI HERALD Rossello's Frustration Justified PUERTO RICO'S REPUBLICAN PARTY CELEBRATES 100 YEARS ROSSELLO SEEKS U.N. SUPPORT TO COMPEL WASHINGTON TO ACT PDP Resident Commissioner Primary Acevedo Vilá vs. Hernández Mayoral SAN JUAN MAYORAL CAMPAIGN HEATS UP Rodríguez vs. Santini VIEQUES NAVY FIRES BACK OVER VIEQUES STATESIDE HISPANIC VOTE THREATENS NAVY'S RETENTION OF VIEQUES BOMBING RANGE ROSSELLO ENDORSES COMMISSION REPORT CALLING FOR NAVY TO LEAVE VIEQUES CONGRESSIONAL AIDES TO SEE BOMBING RANGE STOP ENDANGERING AMERICAN CITIZENS Alcides Ortiz Puerto Rico Threatens to Sue U.S. Navy U.S. Panel to Study Use of Vieques as Bomb Target  VIEQUES CHRONOLOGY Vieques Editorials PESQUERA PROMISES ANOTHER STATEHOOD REFERENDUM Republicans, Democrats Courting Hispanic Vote  SENATE HEARINGS - TRANSCRIPT Full Text of All Statements PUT COMMONWEALTH DEFINITION IN WRITING, LANDRIEU TELLS ACEVEDO-VILÁ Puerto Rico Leaders Demand To Know Political Status Options; Senators Reply That Some Want 'Free Lunch' Status Zogby Poll Finds Puerto Rican Voters Rejected Commonwealth, Preferred Statehood In 1998 Plebiscite Puerto Rico Herald Calls On Congress To Pass Federal Plebiscite Legislation IMPLICATIONS OF THE PUERTO RICO POLITICAL STATUS PLEBISCITE, ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Nation's Governors Call on Congress to Pass Puerto Rico Self-Determination Legislation Rosselló to Congress: Don't Wash Hands of Puerto Rico Status Responsibility Understanding U.S. Citizenship Issues Citizens' Educational Foundation Puerto Rico Searches for Its Future Myrna Torres, NEWSDAY RELATED LINKS Congressional Hispanic Caucus League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) MORE LINKS Write your Member of Congress in Support of Puerto Rico Self-Determination! House of Rep. Member Web Sites Senate Member Web Sites   Write Your Representative Write your Senator Under statehood all Puerto Ricans would have been American taxpayers have forked over wealthier today, and the Commonwealth is costing them $6,000.00 more every year! subsidizing the Puerto Rico Commonwealth, and it's costing them $22,821,918.52 more each and every day of the year!   PUERTO RICO SELF-DETERMINATION Puerto Ricans Earning Their Own Way Puerto Rico Paying Its Own Way Self-Determination Legislation | Puerto Rico Herald Home Newsstand | Puerto Rico | U.S. Government | Archives Search | Mailing List | Contact Us | Feedback For inquiries or comments regarding the design and functionality of this site, please contact webmaster@puertorico-herald.org.