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| | Democratic Underground - Puerto Rican Rebel Dies in FBI Shootout |
 | | HORMIGUEROS, Puerto Rico (AP) - A gunbattle erupted Friday as FBI agents surrounded the hideout of a Puerto Rican nationalist leader wanted in the 1983 robbery of Connecticut armoured truck depot and at least one agent was wounded, police said. |
 | | Viewed in that way, it's clear most Puerto Ricans do not want to be Americans, though a substantial amount feel becoming a State would cement and assure Puerto Rico's orbit with the United States, a powerful, industrialized country, and assure economic development and "advanced-developed" status for the island. |
 | | Puerto Ricans, in the last two referendums, have voted "none of the above", which is a rejection of all three options, and therefore, results in the default of the status quo colonial commonwealth option. |
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