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{{Entity|Locale=San Juan|Region=Puerto Rico|Country=US}} | {{Entity|Locale=San Juan|Region=Puerto Rico|Country=US}} | ||
Under the Constitution of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico is described as a Commonwealth and Puerto Ricans have a degree of administrative autonomy similar to that of a U.S. state | Under the Constitution of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico is described as a Commonwealth and Puerto Ricans have a degree of administrative autonomy similar to that of a U.S. state... On May 15, 2013, headed by non-voting Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi, a group of 119 Democratic and 12 Republican members of Congress cosponsored H.R. 2000, the Puerto Rico Status Resolution Act to Congress, requesting a process for voting to admit Puerto Rico as a State to be approved and a vote to ratify Puerto Rico as a state. | ||
:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico | :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico | ||
:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statehood_movement_in_Puerto_Rico | |||
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:http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/caribbean/puertorico/index.htm | :http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/caribbean/puertorico/index.htm | ||
:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Puerto_Rico | :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Puerto_Rico | ||
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Revision as of 02:10, 23 February 2016
Under the Constitution of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico is described as a Commonwealth and Puerto Ricans have a degree of administrative autonomy similar to that of a U.S. state... On May 15, 2013, headed by non-voting Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi, a group of 119 Democratic and 12 Republican members of Congress cosponsored H.R. 2000, the Puerto Rico Status Resolution Act to Congress, requesting a process for voting to admit Puerto Rico as a State to be approved and a vote to ratify Puerto Rico as a state.
