December 31, 1999
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V. 3 No. 53 |
APOLOGY ISN'T ENOUGH FOR MANY PUERTO RICO SPY VICTIMS |
December 24, 1999
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V. 3 No. 52 |
Vieques Clash Poses Dilemma For Some Sailors - Many Find Themselves Torn Between Loyalties To Navy And Family Ties To Puerto Rico |
December 17, 1999
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V. 3 No. 51 |
SENATE BILL PROPOSES CLOSING ROOSEVELT ROADS... WHITE HOUSE PLANS NEW VIEQUES MEETINGS |
December 10, 1999
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V. 3 No. 50 |
NO ACCORD ON VIEQUES AS ADMINISTRATION AND PUERTO RICO POINT FINGERS |
December 3, 1999
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V. 3 No. 49 |
CLINTON AGREES TO VIEQUES LIVE FIRE RESTRICTIONS |
November 26, 1999
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V. 3 No. 48 |
VIEQUES DECISION IS NEAR, CLINTON SAYS - POLL SUGGESTS LUKEWARM SUPPORT FOR ENDING NAVY PRESENCE |
November 19, 1999
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V. 3 No. 47 |
CLINTON'S VIEQUES OFFER MAY NOT GO FAR ENOUGH |
November 12, 1999
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V. 3 No. 46 |
PUERTO RICANS, VIEQUES, CIVIL RIGHTS AND PATRIOTISM |
November 5, 1999
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V. 3 No. 45 |
Pentagon, Morey Discuss Vieques...Impasse Remains, No Decision From Cohen - He Wants Talks With Rossello |
October 29, 1999
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V. 3 No. 44 |
WARNER LINKS NAVAL DEPLOYMENT TO VIEQUES LIVE-FIRE TRAINING |
October 22, 1999
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V. 3 No. 43 |
PRESIDENTIAL PANEL BACKS FIRING EXERCISES IN VIEQUES |
October 15, 1999
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V. 3 No. 42 |
U.S. SUPREME COURT ASKED TO REVIEW PUERTO RICANS' U.S. CITIZENSHIP |
October 8, 1999
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V. 3 No. 41 |
CLINTON'S PUERTO RICO POLICY BOMBS IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE |
October 1, 1999
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V. 3 No. 40 |
VIEQUES STAKES RAISED: SENATE BILL CLOSES ROOSEVELT ROADS NAVAL BASE IF BOMBING RANGE IS NOT REOPENED |
September 24, 1999
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V. 3 No. 39 |
NAVY SHOULD VACATE VIEQUES IN 5 YEARS - BUT PUERTO RICAN LEADERS SAY PRESIDENTIAL PANEL DOES NOT GO FAR ENOUGH |
September 17, 1999
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V. 3 No. 38 |
PUERTO RICO: AMERICA'S BULWARK OF DEMOCRACY |
September 10, 1999
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V. 3 No. 37 |
PUERTO RICAN NATIONALISTS, FREED IN U.S., HEADING HOME |
September 3, 1999
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V. 3 No. 36 |
FEDERAL AGENCIES OPPOSED LENIENCY FOR FALN MILITANTS |
August 27, 1999
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V. 3 No. 35 |
CLEMENCY QUESTION PART OF LARGER STATUS PICTURE |
August 20, 1999
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V. 3 No. 34 |
CLINTON'S CLEMENCY OFFER: A FAIR DEAL FOR THE FALN |
August 13, 1999
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V. 3 No. 33 |
CALDERON UNVEILS PLAN FOR ENHANCING STATUS |
August 6, 1999
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V. 3 No. 32 |
NAVY ATTRIBUTES FATAL VIEQUES BOMBING TO MISTAKES |
July 30, 1999
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V. 3 No. 31 |
ROSSELLO: PUERTO RICO, NAVY ON VIEQUES "COLLISION" COURSE |
July 23, 1999
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V. 3 No. 30 |
STANDING WATCH ON THE IMPERIUM: IN PUERTO RICO, THE LEGACY OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR REMAINS UNRESOLVED |
July 16, 1999
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V. 3 No. 29 |
NAVY FIRES BACK OVER VIEQUES |
July 9, 1999
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V. 3 No. 28 |
ROSSELLO ENDORSES COMMISSION REPORT CALLING FOR NAVY TO LEAVE VIEQUES |
July 2, 1999
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V. 3 No. 27 |
SAN JUAN MAYORAL CAMPAIGN HEATS UP |
June 25, 1999
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V. 3 No. 26 |
PESQUERA PROMISES ANOTHER STATEHOOD REFERENDUM |
June 18, 1999
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V. 3 No. 25 |
NPP PUSHES PESQUERA FOR GOVERNOR'S JOB |
June 11, 1999
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V. 3 No. 24 |
"WHAT WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND IS WHY, AFTER 100 YEARS OF U.S. RULE, WE ARE NOT AFFORDED THE SAME RESPECT AS EVERY OTHER U.S. CITIZEN" |
June 4, 1999
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V. 3 No. 23 |
ROSSELLÓ ANNOUNCES HE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION |
June 1, 1999
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V. 3 No. 22 |
Federal Court Says Congress Decides Citizenship Not Puerto Rico |
May 28, 1999
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V. 3 No. 21 |
SENATE HEARING TRANSCRIPT |
May 21, 1999
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V. 3 No. 20 |
Puerto Rico Leaders Demand To Know Political Status Options; Senators Reply That Some Want 'Free Lunch' Status |
May 14, 1999
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V. 3 No. 19 |
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEWOMAN TELLS CONGRESS TO "END ITS SILENCE" ON POLITICAL STATUS OPTIONS |
May 7, 1999
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V. 3 No. 18 |
ZOGBY POLL FINDS PUERTO RICAN VOTERS REJECTED COMMONWEALTH, PREFERRED STATEHOOD IN 1998 PLEBISCITE |
April 30, 1999
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V. 3 No. 17 |
IMPLICATIONS OF THE PUERTO RICO POLITICAL STATUS PLEBISCITE |
April 23, 1999
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V. 3 No. 16 |
FOUNDATION PROMOTES DIALOGUE ABOUT U.S. CITIZENSHIP |
April 16, 1999
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V. 3 No. 15 |
On Status: Who's Telling What To Whom? |
April 9, 1999
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V. 3 No. 14 |
Statehood Proponents Make A New Run On Washington |
April 2, 1999
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V. 3 No. 13 |
MURKOWSKI TO HOLD HEARING ON PUERTO RICO PLEBISCITE RESULTS |
March 26, 1999
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V. 3 No. 12 |
Rossello Opposes Young Federal Tax Proposal Unless Accompanied By All Statehood Benefits |
March 19, 1999
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V. 3 No. 11 |
Rossello, Businesses Try to Revive Federal Tax Break Shot Down by Congress in 1996 |
March 12, 1999
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V. 3 No. 10 |
NATION'S GOVERNORS CALL ON CONGRESS TO PASS PUERTO RICO SELF-DETERMINATION LEGISLATION |
March 5, 1999
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V. 3 No. 09 |
WHITE HOUSE: "NONE OF THE ABOVE" WIN NOT A CLEAR STATUS CHOICE |
February 26, 1999
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V. 3 No. 08 |
U.S.' STATE, JUSTICE DEPARTMENTS SAY PUERTO RICO REMAINS
A TERRITORY |
February 18, 1999
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V. 3 No. 07 |
DANGERS OF PDP OPPOSITION TO STATEHOOD: AN IDEOLOGY PREMISED ON MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT CULTURE MEANS |
February 10, 1999
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V. 3 No. 06 |
PUERTO RICO VOTE NOT SO PUZZLING AFTER ALL: THORNBURGH |
February 3, 1999
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V. 3 No. 05 |
A POLITICAL ISLAND, PUERTO RICO ENJOYS ECONOMIC LINKS TO UNITED STATES |
January 25, 1999
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V. 3 No. 04 |
FATE OF PUERTO RICO SELF-DETERMINATION SHIFTS TO WASHINGTON: CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT |
January 18, 1999
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V. 3 No. 03 |
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUERTO RICAN STATEHOOD IDEAL AS THIS CENTURY OF CHANGE IN SOVEREIGNTY COMES TO A CLOSE |
January 11, 1999
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V. 3 No. 02 |
"THANKS TO THE PDP, PUERTO RICO'S FREE LUNCH WILL SOON END!" |
January 1, 1999
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V. 3 No. 01 |
"THE PLEBISCITE WAS A FLOP" |
December 23, 1998
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V. 2 No. 27 |
REJECTING COMMONWEALTH AND FAVORING STATEHOOD, ISLAND VOTERS LEAVE STATUS ISSUE UP TO WASHINGTON |
December 14, 1998
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V. 2 No. 26 |
UNDERSTANDING THE PUERTO RICO STATUS VOTE |
December 5, 1998
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V. 2 No. 25 |
COMPLETE PUERTO RICO HERALD PLEBISCITE GUIDE |
November 30, 1998
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V. 2 No. 24 |
POLL SHOWS 48% OF PUERTO RICANS FAVOR STATEHOOD, ELECTION DAY MAJORITY WITHIN REACH |
November 23, 1998
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V. 2 No. 23 |
WHY STATEHOOD? OVERVIEW |
November 16, 1998
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V. 2 No. 22 |
US ELECTIONS SPUR PUERTO RICO SELF-DETERMINATION |
November 9, 1998
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V. 2 No. 21 |
PUERTO RICO HERALD GUIDE: THE 1998 PUERTO RICO POLITICAL STATUS PLEBISCITE |
November 2, 1998
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V. 2 No. 20 |
105TH CONGRESS: THE PUERTO RICO SELF-DETERMINATION CONGRESS |
October 26, 1998
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V. 2 No. 19 |
COMMONWEALTH TARGETED FOR FEDERAL TAXATION, ENGLISH MANDATES |
October 19, 1998
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V. 2 No. 18 |
EXTRA! EXTRA! EXCLUSIVE STUDY
THE COST OF COMMONWEALTH IS ENORMOUS - EACH PUERTO RICAN HAS LOST OVER $132,000 (as of 10/19/98) UNDER COMMONWEALTH |
October 12, 1998
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V. 2 No. 17 |
EXCLUSIVE STUDY
PUERTO RICAN INDEPENDENCE: THE ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS FOR THE U.S. AND PUERTO RICO |
September 23, 1998
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V. 2 No. 16 |
COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT
SENATE RESOLUTION 279 DEBATE TRANSCRIPT |
September 5, 1998
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V. 2 No. 15 |
A MATTER OF SELF-DETERMINATION-THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
"Let us not get tangled up in the underbrush surrounding the issue. At its core it is a call upon the deepest American tenets of democracy and self-determination." |
August 24, 1998
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V. 2 No. 14 |
ROSSELLO ANNOUNCES SIGNING OF PLEBISCITE BILL INTO LAW
"(S)ettling the status issue once and for all is crucial to the island's development." Governor Pedro Rossello |
August 4, 1998
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V. 2 No. 13 |
COMMEMORATING CENTENNIAL OF AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION OF PUERTO RICO, ROSSELLO CALLS FOR 1998 STATUS PLEBISCITE
"If, after 100 years, the U.S. Senate does not possess the will to put an end to a century of colonialism, Puerto Rico does." Pedro Rossello |
July 21, 1998
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V. 2 No. 12 |
COMPLETE TRANSCRIPTS
SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS ON PUERTO RICO STATUS REFERENDUM, JULY 14-15, 1998 |
July 7, 1998
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V. 2 No. 11 |
COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT
SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES JUNE 23, 1998,OVERSIGHT HEARING ON ISSUES RAISED BY PUERTO RICO SEPARATE SOVEREIGNTY AND INDEPENDENCE |
June 19, 1998
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V. 2 No. 10 |
Wrong to Suggest that Territorial Citizens Have Constitutionally Based Rights When This is Not the Case |
June 4, 1998
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V. 2 No. 9 |
ENTIRE TRANSCRIPT
SENATE ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON THE ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF PUERTO RICO'S STATUS |
May 13, 1998
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V. 2 No. 8 |
SELF-DETERMINATION WILL REDUCE THE $13 BILLION
ANNUAL FEDERAL SUBSIDY OF PUERTO RICO TERRITORIAL
COMMONWEALTH |
April 13, 1998
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V. 2 No. 7 |
SENATE ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE
Senator Frank Murkowski, (R-AK), Chairman
S. 472, PUERTO RICO SELF-DETERMINATION ACT
WORKSHOP 1 (COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT) |
March 26, 1998
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V. 2 No. 6 |
"The Senate Must Approve the Proposal." - THE CLARION-LEDGER (Jackson, MS) |
March 9, 1998
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V. 2 No. 5 |
HOUSE APPROVES HISTORIC YOUNG BILL MEASURE ON SELF-DETERMINATION FOR PUERTO RICO |
March 2, 1998
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V. 2 No. 4 |
Clinton Endorses H.R 856: Puerto Rico Self-Determination |
February 26, 1998
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V. 2 No. 3 |
Ralph Reed Calls for Republicans in Congress to Pass H.R. 856
–It's only fitting that a Republican Congress should give the people of Puerto Rico what so many Republican presidents sought to achieve – a way to determine for themselves the government they should have. Give them your support for H.R. 856. |
| February 12, 1998 |
1998: The Year Puerto Rico’s Quest for Self-Determination is Realized
– This year Puerto Ricans mark the centennial of the Spanish-American war with decidedly mixed feelings. On the one hand we rejoice in the American citizenship that was bestowed on us by the United States... |
| January 9, 1998 |
Miriam Ramirez de Ferrer says that Mari Bras decision is a blow to PDP and weakens statutory US citizenship for all Puerto Ricans.
–Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court has done more than just hand down an erroneous decision on both the facts and merits of the Mari Bras case, it has also acted in an extra-constitutional manner by usurping the powers of the legislative branch in order to achieve a purely politically motivated objective. |
| December 16, 1997 |
Dr Miriam Ramirez de Ferrer reveals the motives, facts and people behind efforts to derail the young bill.
–The ludicrous tactics and transparent motives of those who are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to derail the Young Bill are sad and potentially tragic for the US residents of Puerto Rico and for the Republican National Party. |
| December 2, 1997 |
National Hispanic leader calls for Young Bill passage as an important step for the GOP in persuading Hispanics to once again support the republican party. |
| October 30, 1997 |
Mainland newspapers support Young Bill calling for Puerto Rico self-determination. Editorials also back statehood for Puerto Rico if voters choose that status in proposed 1998 plebiscite. |
| October 8, 1997 |
Rodriguez commissioned poll shows American voters by strong majorities favor admission of Puerto Rican state with English and Spanish as two official languages. Young bill self-determination favored as islander's preference for statehood will be implemented by the American electorate.
–Senator Charles A. Rodriguez, President of the Puerto Rico Senate, hailed the results of a nationwide poll that found that sixty-five percent of American voters, up from 59 percent in a1991 Gallup poll, would support making Puerto Rico the fifty-first state if a majority of Puerto Ricans voted for statehood in a 1998 congressionally sponsored status plebiscite under the US-Puerto Rico Political Status Act, HR 856. The proposed legislation is scheduled to be voted on by the US House of Representatives this fall. |
| September 10, 1997 |
Miriam Ramirez seeks to find out who is behind PUERTO RICO FIRST’S scurrilous attacks on the Puerto Rican people as a means to undermine both the Young Bill and Puerto Rican statehood.
–Puerto Rico First is led by Robert de Posada, the presumptive head of the Hispanic Business Roundtable. He says the members prefer to remain anonymous. I met de Posada when he was supposed to be liaison to the Hispanic community in President Bush’s re-election bid. Asked by the Bush campaign to check out what he was doing, I found the Hispanic reach-out effort was in shambles... |
| August 19, 1997 |
Senator Charles A. Rodriguez claims that Puerto Rico has earned statehood in an article written exclusively for THE ORLANDO SENTINEL. |
| July 18, 1997 |
Miriam Ramirez de Ferrer comments on an insightful "Non-paper" circulated at the recent June 1997 hearings on Puerto Rico at the United Nations.
–According to press reports, it was not the petitioners who appeared before the U.N. "Committee of 24" who took the spotlight regarding Puerto Rico's status, but a non-paper on Puerto Rico supposedly circulated by the US delegation. This non-paper has been recognized by the political analysts, intellectuals, and other interested parties, as a milestone in the discussion in the United Nations regarding Puerto Rico's status... |
| July 4, 1997 |
Puerto Rico's 3.8 Million US Citizens join the celebration of America's 221st birthday on Independence Day - The mark-up of the US-Puerto Rico Political Status Act, H.R. 856 (The "Young Bill") |
| June 24, 1997 |
Arturo Guzman reacts to the recent "mark-up" of H.R. 856 ("THE YOUNG BILL") in Washington, D.C.
–We the people of Puerto Rico; we who believe in the process of democracy above and beyond political or ideological differences, owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Cong. George Miller for his actions during the recent "mark-up" of HR-856 ("The Young Bill") by the House Natural Resources Committee in Washington, D.C... |
| May 27, 1997 |
House Committee on Resources approves US - Puerto Rico Political Status Act, H.R. 856: PDP Commonwealth definition amendment decisively defeated after lengthy debate by Miriam Ramirez de Ferrer
–The bipartisan legislation, which was introduced by Rep. Don Young, (R-AK), the Chairman of the Resources Committee, will provide the framework for a three stage process for the resolution of the political status of Puerto Rico... |
| May 20, 1997 |
"Statehood alone offers Puerto Rico the economic miracle Commonwealth has failed to deliver" – Ivar Pietri –I am here to share with the Committee my insights into the economy of Puerto Rico as it relates to the political status issue... |
| May 6, 1997 |
Constitution's Territorial Clause Alone Determines Congress' Authority And Power Over Puerto Rico by Miriam Ramirez De Ferrer
–I want to address two issues that were raised by the pro-commonwealth supporters at the recent House Resources hearings in Puerto Rico on the bill: Congress' power to implement the "new commonwealth" proposal outside the Constitution's Territorial Clause and the extent to which this new entity would be exempt from specific laws affecting all Americans but the 3.7 million United States citizens residing on the island... |
| April 24, 1997 |
Issues on Citizenship, Sovereignty, and Language dominate the status forum
–Questions regarding sovereignty, citizenship and increased powers for the island kept congressmen busy in the hearings held in San Juan and Mayaguez... |
| April 19, 1997 |
Hearings are held in San Juan on "U.S. Puerto Rico Political Status Act" |
| April 9, 1997 |
Independence Party Presents Definition |
| April 4, 1997 |
Popular Democratic Party Reacts to Young Bill with a New Commonwealth Definition |
| March 25, 1997 |
President Clinton expresses support for the Young Bill
–"totally committed in working with the Committee on Resources, the House of Representatives, and other groups of Congress and selected leaders from Puerto Rico to establish the decolonization process as soon as possible."... |
| March 24, 1997 |
New Bill Introduced in Senate |
| March 21, 1997 |
Solomon is Back
–Representative Gerald Solomon (R-NY) will not give up his fight to include English to be the language used in education for Puerto Rico as a state... |
| March 20, 1997 |
Representatives Visit the Island
–Frank H. Murkowski, President of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Democrat Senator for Hawaii, Daniel Akaka, and John Kyl, Republican Senator for Arizona visited Puerto Rico during three days. The purpose of the visit was to gather information... |
| March 19, 1997 |
Congress held hearings Today on "US-Puerto Rico Political Status Act" |
