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	PUERTO RICO HERALD: The Character Factor And Puerto Rico’s 2004 General Elections
		A scholar of Puerto Rican culture and society able to apply his or her knowledge to any field–in this case the political arena–would have been able to advise gubernatorial candidates on the elements of character the electorate was hoping to see.
		Saying the elections weren’t a plebiscite, except for independentistas, and that PIP voters who "lent" their vote to another candidate would be capable of lending their woman to someone else was political charlatanism, and it tarnished his character.
		Maybe this is why the election results left all parties claiming a troublesome victory: the NPP because it won almost everything; the PDP because it won what’s most important; and the PIP because it had two legislators elected despite its sudden downfall.
	www.puertorico-herald.org /issues2/2005/vol09n02/CBCharFactor.html (1175 words)

	Politics of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Puerto Rico is a Commonwealth [1] in political union with the United States.
		Under the 1952 constitution, Puerto Rico is a Commonwealth (use some benefits of the U.S.) and is permitted a degree of autonomy similar to that of a state of the Union.
		The major differences between Puerto Rico and the states are greater financial autonomy (it levies its own taxes and is exempt from the Internal Revenue Code), its lack of voting representation in either house of the Congress and the ineligibility of Puerto Rican residents to vote in presidential elections.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Puerto_Rico (4227 words)

	Puerto Rico
		The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is an autonomous political entity in voluntary association with the United States according to a 1953 United Nations resolution.
		Puerto Rico was invaded by the United States in the Spanish-American War on July 25, 1898 with a landing at Guánica Bay.
		Puerto Rico has an elected Resident Commissioner, who sits in Congress as a delegate of the people of Puerto Rico; the delegate may speak in the House of Representatives and serve in committees but may not vote.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/p/pu/puerto_rico.shtml (2294 words)

	Puerto Rico - MSN Encarta
		In addition, Puerto Rico’s gross national product (GNP, the total value of goods and services flowing through the economy) increased by an average of 5 percent a year between 1950 and 1960.
		In the 1970s Puerto Rico’s economic growth stopped under the impact of worldwide inflation and a recession in the U.S. economy.
		In November 2000 Sila M. Calderón of the PPD was elected governor of Puerto Rico.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761562626_10/Puerto_Rico.html (926 words)

	Puerto Rico - Gurupedia
		Puerto Rico is part of the Greater Antilles, located to the east of the Dominican Republic and to the west of the Lesser Antilles.
		The major differences between Puerto Rico and the states are greater financial autonomy (it levies its own taxes and is exempt from the Internal Revenue Code), its lack of voting representation in either house of the Congress and the ineligibility of Puerto Rican residents to vote in presidential elections.
		Puerto Rico was granted it's first constitution, allowed to engage in free commerce and given its own identity in aspecs such as culture, music, and arts.
	www.gurupedia.com /p/pu/puerto_rico.htm (1503 words)

	CNN.com - Push for vote in U.S. presidential elections divides Puerto Rico - September 12, 2000
		Puerto Rico's government has joined the suit filed by Zeruto and 10 pro-statehood activists.
		Romeu, Puerto Rico's commerce secretary, lost a separate federal lawsuit last week, though U.S. District Judge Shira Sheindlin said all Americans living in Puerto Rico were "suffering a great injustice" and urged Washington to resolve the island's status.
		The Democratic platform this year says Puerto Ricans are "entitled to the permanent and fully democratic status of their choice." The Republicans support statehood if Puerto Ricans want it.
	edition.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/americas/09/12/carib.puertoricovotes.ap (800 words)

	ipedia.com: Puerto Rico Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Puerto Rico's current constitutional arrangements are the result of a treaty signed in 1952, so presumably it could become independent in the same way—a right not possessed by the states of the United States.
		Puerto Rico was granted its first constitution, allowed to engage in free commerce and continued to develop its own identity in aspects such as culture, music, and arts.
		Although Puerto Rico does not have representation in the U.S. Electoral College or U.S. Congress, it is permitted a non-voting Resident Commissioner in the U.S. House of Representatives and Puerto Ricans pay no federal income tax on income from island sources.
	www.ipedia.com /puerto_rico.html (2153 words)

	Puerto Rico Government
		Puerto Rico is a self-governing commonwealth in association with the United States.
		The major differences between Puerto Rico and the 50 states are its local taxation system and exemption from Internal Revenue Code, its lack of voting representation in either house of the U.S. Congress, the ineligibility of Puerto Ricans to vote in presidential elections, and its lack of assignation of some revenues reserved for the states.
		Puerto Rico is considered one of the highest records of voter participation in election processes in the world.
	welcome.topuertorico.org /government.shtml (1341 words)

	Información sobre Puerto Rico
		Puerto Rico is a self-governing unincorporated organized territory of the United States, in the eastern Caribbean, consisting of the island of Puerto Rico and some smaller islands.
		Puerto Rico's current constitutional arrangements are the result of a treaty signed in 1952, so presumably it could become independent in the same way - a right not possessed by the states of the United States.
		Puerto Rico is said to comprise a spanish european majority, an extinct Amerindian population, mixed to a lesser degree with Africans.
	kluna.bol.ucla.edu /Informacion_sobre_Puerto_Rico.html (1586 words)

	Let Puerto Rico Decide: An Introduction to Puerto Rico's Status Debate
		However, these changes did not address Puerto Rico's lack of representation at the federal level: the nearly four million U.S. citizens who live in Puerto Rico are still subject to federal laws, yet they cannot elect voting representation in Congress or participate in presidential elections.
		For this reason, Puerto Rico's status is colonial: the people of Puerto Rico need a process of decolonization in order to make a transition out of their current colonial status, and into a status of full dignity and equality.
		Puerto Rico's current status is listed as commonwealth, a position that does not represent a voice for its citizens.
	www.letpuertoricodecide.com /details.php?cid=4 (1830 words)

	Puerto Rico Presidential Election Cancelled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Puerto Rico Supreme Court voted 6 to 1 on November 2, 2000 to cancel the election on the grounds that is was a waste of taxpayer dollars (Galib v Comision Estatal de Elecciones, 2000-161).
		The Court of Appeals concluded that "Puerto Rico, which is not a State, may not designate electors to the electoral college, and therefore that the residents of Puerto Rico have no constitutional right to participate in the national election of the President and Vice- President".
		Since the Constitution of Puerto Rico states that public funds may only be disposed of for public purposes, the Court ruled that Law No. 403 - which sought to implement a right deemed "juridically inexistent" - was unconstitutional.
	www.thegreenpapers.com /News/20001201-1.html (685 words)

	Iraqi Elections: Lessons from Puerto Rico
		The largest underlying problem with the imposed "democracy" in Puerto Rico continues to be the issue of political status-whether or not Puerto Rico should remain a commonwealth, become a U.S. state or revert back to its status of 1897 and become a politically autonomous and independent nation.
		In 2004 Puerto Rico's murder rate was three times that of the U.S. The unemployment rate in Puerto Rico was 11.2% compared to 5.4% for the U.S., leading to a dependence on welfare and unemployment benefits.
		The Iraqi election may plunge the country into civil war and is certain to exclude the votes of many Iraqis boycotting the elections or too afraid to vote.
	www.arc.org /racewire/050214d_hernandez.html (844 words)

	Puerto Rico and a Constitutional Right to Vote
		However, the court assumed that it was being asked to determine whether Puerto Rico had evolved into a de facto state and declined to settle the issue, invoking the political question doctrine.
		The court dismissed this argument, holding that the UOCAVA did not, by its terms, prohibit former stateside citizens that resided in Puerto Rico from voting in presidential elections, and that it was for the states to determine whether their former residents could vote by absentee ballot.
		He noted, however, that Puerto Rico is politically powerless and suggested that in the future, a court may be compelled to "fill the vacuum created by the failure or refusal of the political branches to protect the civil rights" of these loyal citizens.
	academic.udayton.edu /race/02rights/citizen01.htm (3759 words)

	About Puerto Rico . . . Politics
		Puerto Rico Independence Party (Partido Independentista Puertorrique—o - telephone (787) 782-1455) - favors total political independence and a friendly political relation with the United States of America.
		Elections are held every four years, to coincide with U.S. Presidential elections.
		Puerto Rico has one of the highest records of voter participation in election processes in the world.
	www.dollarman.com /puertorico/politics.html (478 words)

	History of Puerto Rico
		On March 3, the flag of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is officially adopted - based on a flag designed by a group of patriots in the year 1895.
		On July 25, the New Constitution is approved by voters in a referendum in March, and Puerto Rico is proclaimed as Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, although remained a territory of the United States.
		Because Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory, it is exempt from the new regulation.
	welcome.topuertorico.org /history6.shtml (2473 words)

	About Puerto Rico . . . Citizenship
		Residents of Puerto Rico are required to pay Social Security and Medicare contributions under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act in exactly the same percentages that apply for the fifty states of the union.
		Puerto Rico is represented in U.S. Congress by a Resident Commissioner in the House of Representatives.
		The Resident Commissioner is elected by popular vote in the general elections in Puerto Rico, which coincide with the presidental elections in the United States of America Residents of Puerto Rico are not allowed to vote in U.S. Presidential elections.
	www.dollarman.com /puertorico/citizenship.html (367 words)

	~Puerto Rico~ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is located in the Caribbean Sea, about 1,000 mi east-southeast of Miami, Fla. A possession of the United States, it consists of the island of Puerto Rico plus the adjacent islets of Vieques, Culebra, and Mona.
		Puerto Rican extremists dramatized their desire for independence with an attempt to assassinate President Truman on Nov. 1, 1950, and on March 1, 1954, they wounded five congressmen in an attack on the U.S. Capitol.
		San Juan is one of the world's busiest cruise-ship ports, and Puerto Rico's standard of living continues to be among the highest in the Western hemisphere.
	www.geocities.com /jonjon_729/country.html (375 words)

	The Militant - 1/6/97 -- Puerto Rico Elections Tap Statehood Debate
		The election results sparked a debate over whether this means that a majority of the population supports statehood for Puerto Rico.
		Resident commissioner is the non- voting representative of Puerto Rico in the U.S. Congress.
		At a meeting on November 17 to discuss the election results and the implications for the independence movement, Néstor Nazario of the NMIP explained that Rosselló won with an image of reform and modern government, as the new and fresh face on the scene.
	www.themilitant.com /1997/611/611_18.html (1054 words)

	Puerto Ricans Watch Election
		Ever since the Nov. 2 elections, Puerto Ricans here and those on the Caribbean island have been in suspense as to who will be the next governor.
		The Puerto Rican governorship once belonged to one of the candidates, and his dramatic return to the fray was typical of island politics, the daily bread on the island of 4 million.
		Puerto Ricans also number 4 million in the U.S., but for the most part stay tuned to the homeland through relatives there and Spanish media here.
	www.virtualboricua.org /Docs/tr02.htm (561 words)

	Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age - In Search of a National Identity (American Memory from the Library of ...
		Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age
		The first elections in Puerto Rico under the 1812 constitution were held in mid-October of that year.
		Although national political parties were not formally organized until the 1870s, two well-defined Puerto Rican political groups emerged during the early part of the nineteenth century: the liberals and the conservatives.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/collections/puertorico/bras4.html (433 words)

	Democrat & Chronicle: In Puerto Rico, politics has a more familiar aspect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		So when Puerto Ricans come to the mainland U.S., many feel disconnected from government and politics because they lack the spirited involvement and close interaction with leaders they are used to.
		Elections in Puerto Rico are close, usually decided by five or six percentage points.
		Moreover, the issue of whether Puerto Rico should seek U.S. statehood, improve its current commonwealth status or seek independence from the U.S. is so heated a topic that it drives people to the voting booth.
	www.democratandchronicle.com /news/extra/hispanic_boom/0429story26_news.shtml (527 words)

	Puerto Rico: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
		From 1940 to 1968, Puerto Rican politics was dominated by a party advocating voluntary association with the U.S. Since then, the New Progressive Party, a party favoring U.S. statehood, has won five of the last eight gubernatorial elections.
		The Nov. 2, 2004, gubernatorial elections led to a two-month recount and a court challenge.
		Puerto Rico: Bibliography - Bibliography See F. Cordasco and E. Bucchioni, comp., The Puerto Rican Experience (1973); L. Puerto Rico: Government - Government Puerto Rico's governor and both legislative houses are popularly elected for...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0113949.html (941 words)

	Doing Business in Puerto Rico Blog: Labor & Employment Laws, News & Developments: December 2006
		It used to be that in Puerto Rico if a business wanted to discharge a worker, it only had to pay the indemnity provided by the Wrongful Discharge Act, No. 80 of May 30, 1976 as amended; which by the way was quite modest.
		A year and a half ago, Puerto Rico's Internal Revenue Code was amended to increase the capital gains tax from 10% to 12.5% for individuals and for 12.5% to 20% for regular corporations and partnerships.
		Act No. 217 of September 29, 2006 requires all employers in Puerto Rico to adopt an internal process to deal with domestic violence in the workplace This odd law presuposes that there is a likelihood that domestic violence will spill into the workplace.
	puertoricolaw.typepad.com /doing_business_in_puerto_/2006/12/index.html (1558 words)

	Puerto Rico Herald, The Voice of Puerto Rico Self-Determination, Vol. 2 No. 22
		Puerto Rico, who served and died in defense of America's freedom in disproportionate numbers.
		Never again are the people of Puerto Rico going to be purposely deprived (for political or ideological reasons of any local party in power) of their absolute right, should they individually choose to exercise it, of a good English language education.
		PUERTO RICO - [As] a result of normal investor behavior and the aspirations and needs of its citizens, the costs of independence would be staggering.
	www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/vol2n22 (1026 words)

	FOR- Programs - Puerto Rico - Vieques Update
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		In the early morning of November 3, the Puerto Rico elections commission (CEE) gave preliminary certification to Anibal Acevedo Vilá as the next governor of Puerto Rico.
		The Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) received 2.83% of the votes, leading to the PIP losing its status as a registered political party.
	www.forusa.org /programs/puertorico/pr-update-1204-1.html (592 words)

	Google Directory - Society > History > By Region > Caribbean > Puerto Rico
		Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth - and Early-Twentieth-Century Perspectives
		Understanding Puerto Rico's cultural and racial inheritance today is the theme of this History summary.
		News and articles from several publications about the case of two young advocates of independence who were shot dead by a group of policemen on an isolated mountain in Puerto Rico.
	wwwgoogle.com /Top/Society/History/By_Region/Caribbean/Puerto_Rico (367 words)

	Puerto Rico Elections Poll: Pro-Statehood Candidates Leading
		If Puerto Rico were to become a state, it would cost the United states tens of billions of dollars just to get the country up to the minimal standards of say Mississippi.
		Puerto Rico has never voted for Democrats or Republicans, and your assumption that they will vote Democrat seems to be based on the fact that (mostly low-income) children and grandchildren of Puerto Ricans in NYC and Chicago vote Democrat for President.
		While Florida Puerto Ricans voted for Gore in 2000, they voted for Jeb in 2002 and seem poised to make the GOP their permanent home, since they are for the most part very culturally conservative and understand the importance of the War on Terror.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1260540/posts (2036 words)

	Puerto Rico and the American Dream » Blog Archive » What do you think about the elections in Puerto Rico?
		The elections in Puerto rico have allways been and continue to be a battle to see who will control the big welfare check of 17 billion $ the american government funnels to Puerto to buy our silence in maintaining the status quo of the colony.
		Puerto Rico’s highest court is a U.S. Federal District Court that can overturn any lower courts decision — “lower” courts being Puerto Rican.
		The Puerto Rico general elections of 2004 was a joke, because the PNP made it so.
	www.prdream.com /wordpress/?p=235 (891 words)

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