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  Pedro Rosselló - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pedro Juan Rosselló González [pronounced “roh-say-YO”] (born April 5, 1944) is a Puerto Rican politician who was the sixth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001.
Under Rosello's administration, there were changes in the market, which was now open to competition.
On February 21, 2006, Pedro Rosselló set out to make a stand against colonialism by organizing a "March for the End of Colonialism" (La Marcha por el Fin de la Colonia) in an effort to emulate what Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King did in the Salt March and Selma to Montgomery Marches (respectively).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pedro_Rosello   (1955 words)

  
 Pedro Rosello
Pedro Rosello is a former Governor of Puerto Rico.
Rosello was the President of the PNP from 1991 to 1999.
While governor, Rosello concentrated on trying to bring international companies to invest in Puerto Rico and fighting crime.[?] Rosello also became a campaigner for the cause of the island of Vieques.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/dr/Dr._Pedro_Rosello.html   (101 words)

  
 Puerto Rico and the American Dream » Blog Archive » Is Pedro Rosello playing a destructive form of politics?
Rosello even cheated on his retirement benefits, which is a felony and should have send him to serve time because this was intentional.
Rosello never was nor is he “the solution” not that there ever will be one to the dilemmas presented by a weak government infrastructure whose political autonomy is merely a facade.
Pedro Rosello is head of a mafia that is trying to put Puerto Rico in a state of chaos so that “the US can come to save us”.
www.prdream.com /wordpress/?p=239   (1861 words)

  
 Roy Rossello - Wikipedia
Roy Rosello (Born 1971) is a former member of Menudo and the nephew of Puerto Rico's former Governor, Pedro Rosello.
Rosello was a member of Menudo from 1983 to 1987.
He is reportedly living in Brazil and did not join his former bandmates at the El Rencuentro[?] tour.
wikipedia.findthelinks.com /ro/Roy_Rosello.html   (124 words)

  
 Pedro Fernandez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Pedro Sevcec: 'Soy buen conductor pero pésimo pasajero'
Pedro Sevcec: 'Soy buen conductor pero pésimo pasajero' Pedro Sevcec ha sido a lo largo de más de 25 años uno de los periodistas hispanos más reconocidos de los Estados Unidos, y de todo el continente...estaba descompuesta y tenía que amarrarl a con un alambre.
El escamoso regresa 'como pedro por su casa' a Telemundo...a sus seguidores con nuevas y alocadas aventuras en "Como Pedro por su Casa", a partir del 5 de mayo a las 8PM-7c.
sumarios.terra.com /terra/pedro_fernandez.html   (734 words)

  
 PuertoRicoUSA.com - Related Articles
Pedro Rosello is elected governor with the New Progressive (Statehood) Party.
Pedro Rosello is again elected governor by the largest margin of any statehood governor in Puerto Rico history.
Governor Pedro Rosello announced the status referendum enabling law which would allow the celebration of the plebiscite even if the final law was not approved by this Congress.
www.puertoricousa.com /english/related_articles.htm   (1602 words)

  
 ZoomInfo Web Summary: Pedro Rosello   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Honorable Pedro Rosello, M.D. Governor Rosello served eight years as Governor of Puerto Rico and worked in the field of medicine and public health for over 27 years.
Governor Rosello is currently Senior Associate at the Center for Global Health and Research Professor in the Department of Global Health at George Washington University.
May 11- Governor of Puerto Rico, Pedro Rosello, who is the head of the pro-statehood party in Puerto Rico, appoints a special committee to study the impact of the Navy in Vieques.
www.zoominfo.com /directory/Rosello_Pedro_6950413.htm   (259 words)

  
 A Challenged Election & Uncertain Future for Puerto Rico
Rosello is an example of a statehooder who identifies with the mainland Democrats.
But the Independence Party hates Rosello so much (mostly because of corruption scandals during his tenure as governor) that about half of the Independence Party's voters actually voted against their party's own candidate, and in favor of the PDP candidate, just to spite Rosello.
Rosello and the rest of his PNP Party's politicians are going to use OUR money to pay for their Socialist crap.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1275501/posts   (1575 words)

  
 Summary of November 5, 1996 General Election Results
The New Progressive Party (PNP) retained control of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico executive and legislative branches of government, and of a majority of the Island's 78 municipalities in the General Election held on November 5, 1996.
Dr. Pedro Rosselló, leader of the PNP and Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, secured a decisive victory by obtaining 1,006,331 votes (51.1% of the votes cast for Governor) against 875,852 votes (44.5%) cast for the Mayor of San Juan, Héctor Luis Acevedo, nominated by the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).
Pedro Roselló scored a majority of 130,479 votes over Héctor Luis Acevedo, for a 6.6% lead out of a total of 1,967,705 votes cast for the office of Governor of Puerto Rico.
eleccionespuertorico.org /1996/summary.html   (798 words)

  
 Yale Daily News - La Casa focuses on a different election
The students watched a videotape of the gubernatorial debate between Pedro Rosello of the conservative New Progressive Party, Anibal Acevedo Vila of the liberal Popular Democratic Party and Ruben Berrios of the Puerto Rican Independence Party.
Several students expressed disbelief in Rosello's claim that he was not complicit in the widespread corruption of his administration during his eight years in the governor's office between 1992 and 2000.
Rosello was never implicated or accused, although several members of his administration were indicted and convicted on corruption charges.
www.yaledailynews.com /article.asp?AID=26653   (1058 words)

  
 Chronology of Vieques fight against the Navy this year
Governor of Puerto Rico, Pedro Rosello, who is the head of the pro-statehood party in Puerto Rico, appoints a special committee to study the impact of the Navy in Vieques.
Mississippi lawyers representing 65 viequenses that suffer from cancer submitted a lawsuit for $130 millions to the Secretary of the Navy, Richard Danzing, for compensation for illness and for property devaluation caused by toxics and chemicals produced by the military practices.
Governor Pedro Roselló signed a law that creates the Office of the Special Commissioner for Vieques as a coordinating entity between the governments of US and PR and with the purpose of implementing the recommendations of the Special Commission about Vieques and other business related to Vieques.
www.vieques-island.com /navy/chrono.html   (1339 words)

  
 PUERTO RICO HERALD: McClintock To Accommodate Rossello Swearing-In…   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The resolution signed Friday by SEC president, Aurelio Gracia, orders that Rosello, the senate secretary, and the electoral commissioners of the three political parties be notified of the certification.
Gracia states in the resolution the NPP electoral commissioner, Thomas Rivera Schatz, informed that Rosello was the only candidate who met all constitutional and legal requirements to fill the vacancy left after Victor Loubriel’s resignation.
SAN JUAN (AP) – Pedro Rossello has said that as the future senator for Arecibo he would implement on a lesser scale in that district the platform of issues that he campaigned with for governor in the Nov. 2 elections.
www.puertorico-herald.org /issues2/2005/vol09n05/Media3-en.shtml   (1662 words)

  
 Stop violence against striking workers!
The state owned corporation is being sold by the administration of governor Pedro Roselló to a group of investors led by GTE Corporation and the Banco Popular de Puerto Rico.
We are requesting letters to the Police Superintendent, to Governor Pedro Roselló, and to important Senators in Puerto Rico demanding an end to police violence against workers exercising their democratic rights.
Pedro Toledo, to stop the violence against the workers of the Puerto Rico Telephone Company and their supporters.
www.labournet.org.uk /1998/June/prstri2.html   (1045 words)

  
 Hispanic Magazine.com January February 2001 Panorama
She is not only the island’s first woman governor, but promises to turn Puerto Rican politics around and establish new links with Puerto Ricans living in the United States.
Unlike her predecessor, pro-statehood Democrat Pedro Roselló, Calderón favors keeping Puerto Rico a commonwealth of the United States, which gives it some autonomy.
If not, she promised to schedule an immediate referendum that would allow her to evict the Navy and vowed to withdraw local police guarding the range from protesters.
www.hispaniconline.com /magazine/2001/jan_feb/Panorama   (1606 words)

  
 Puerto Rico Convention Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is the largest convention center in the Caribbean and the most technologically advanced throughout both the Caribbean and Latin America.
The Puerto Rico Convention Center was conceived during the mid-1990s under the administration of Governor Pedro Rosello (PNP),started construction under the adminsitration of of governor Sila Calderon(PDP) and opened November 2005 under the administration of governor Anibal Acevedo Vila (PDP) at a cost of $188 million.
The Center is part of a government initiative to invest heavily in tourism related projects.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Puerto_Rico_Convention_Center   (690 words)

  
 The GULLY | Americas | Vieques: Puerto Rico Under Fire
Despite protests across Puerto Rico, Governor Pedro Rossello accepted a $40 million "Vieques development" deal in exchange for the resumption of bombing with dummy bombs and his help in evicting Puerto Rican protesters.
In addition, Rosello agreed to hold a referendum on Vieques within two years.
If the islanders consent to the resumption of live-fire training, Rosello will receive an additional $50 million also earmarked for Vieques.
www.thegully.com /essays/puertorico/000503vieques.html   (1160 words)

  
 [BLOOD TRAIL] AIDS SCANDAL COULD TAINT GORE [Free Republic]
Gore's man, Governor Pedro Rosello of Puerto Rico, has been directly implicated and twice subpoenaed to testify in the corruption case, which last week yielded another two convictions by the US Attorney's Office.
Governor Rosello continues to deny involvement in the AIDS Institute scandal, yet his denials are reminiscent of the Claude Raines' character in Casablanca who is "shocked" to find gambling going on at Rick's.
Governor Rosello, who began his career as a pediatrician, is often touted in press reports as a possible Secretary of Health and Human Services under the Gore Administration - a shuddering prospect for the AIDS activists who have long demanded greater oversight and accountability over federal AIDS funding..
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a39a9ffe803c1.htm   (1303 words)

  
 Military.com Content
WASHINGTON (May 30, 2000) -- Voters on the island of Vieques will force the Navy to abandon its 50-year-old training range, Gov. Pedro Rosello of Puerto Rico forecasted.
"I think that the outcome of the referendum will be one that will support in a very solid manner the termination of the presence of the Navy in Vieques," said Rosello, who also opposes further training on the island located about 7 miles east of Puerto Rico's main island.
The referendum will likely not be scheduled until the last months of a window that ranges from Aug. 1 to Feb. 1, 2001.
www.military.com /Content/MoreContent/1,12044,FLrosello,00.html   (318 words)

  
 Strike against Puerto Rico Telephone Privatisation
The state owned corporation is being sold by the administration of governor Pedro Rosello to a group of investors led by GTE Corporation and the Banco Popular de Puerto Rico.
The PRTC is an efficient government owned enterprise and governor Pedro Rosello´s attempt to privatize it is due to an abstract committment to a neoliberal economic program, not to a reality of inefficiency of government enterprise, as has been claimed.
We are requesting faxed and EMAIL letters to governor Pedro Rosello, GTE, and Banco Popular opposing the privatization of the phone company, and will in the future request donations for the strike fund.
www.labournet.org.uk /1998/June/prstri.html   (1477 words)

  
 TP: Puerto Rico is not for sale (8-98)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
At issue is the intended sale of the PRTC by the pro-statehood governor of Puerto Rico, Pedro Rosello, at the selling price of $1.8 billion to GTE Corp., along with Banco Popular.
However, the pro-statehood Governor Rosello, in his quest to bring statehood and complete annexation of Puerto Rico to the United States, has pursued a government policy of privatizing and selling off much of the government run sector of Puerto Rico.
Governor Rosello has already privatized the housing sector (one of the largest in the U.S.), hotels and medical facilities; beyond this present effort to privatize the telephone system, there are plans to privatize the water authorities and other public sectors.
www.lrna.org /league/TP/TP.98.08/9808.basta.eng.html   (1176 words)

  
 Workers World Dec. 23, 2004: Who will decide Puerto Rico's election results?
His contender, Pedro Roselló of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party, received 48.18 percent of the vote.
But the election of November was particularly sharp and divided, especially due to the participation of Pedro Roselló of the New Progressive Party.
As two-term governor from 1993 to 2000, he led the most corrupt administration in the history of Puerto Rico, emptying the coffers of the treasury.
www.workers.org /ww/2004/pr1223.php   (791 words)

  
 Caribseek Puerto Rico News | Puerto Ricans Must Wait for Vote Count - Prensa Latina
SAN JUAN (PL) - The fact that candidate Anibal Acevedo claims victory and his rival Pedro Rosello does not accept defeat turns the 2004 governor elections into one of the most disputed in the history of Puerto Rico.
Democratic Popular Party (PPD) candidate Acevedo told El Nuevo Diario he is readying for the inauguration with 48,4% support but ex Governor Pedro Rosello (1993-2000), from Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP) and favorite in the polls, boasts 48,17 %.
While the party of Ex Governor Rosello hopes to turn Puerto Rico into the 51st US state, Acevedo"s bets to preserve the Caribbean Island present status as commonwealth associated with United States, a condition confirmed in previous 1967, 1993 and 1998 plebiscites.
news.caribseek.com /set-up/exec/view.cgi?archive=48&num=5516   (324 words)

  
 [NYTr] Razor-Thin Margin forces Recount in Puerto Rico Vote
Prensa Latina, Havana http://www.plenglish.com Puerto Ricans Must Wait for Vote Recount San Juan, Nov 5 (Prensa Latina) The fact that candidate Anibal Acevedo claims victory and his rival Pedro Rosello does not accept defeat turns the 2004 governor elections into one of the most disputed in the history of Puerto Rico.
Democratic Popular Party (PPD) candidate Acevedo told El Nuevo Diario he is ready for his inauguration with 48.4% support, but ex Governor Pedro Rosello (1993-2000), from Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP) and a favorite in the polls, won 48.17 %.
While the party of ex-Governor Rosello hopes to turn Puerto Rico into the 51st US state, Acevedo wants to preserve the Caribbean island's present status as a commonwealth associated with United States, a status approved in previous 1967, 1993 and 1998 plebiscites.
olm.blythe-systems.com /pipermail/nytr/Week-of-Mon-20041101/008621.html   (253 words)

  
 American Red Cross - In the News - Debby Turns North, Spares Puerto Rico
Debby caused minimal damage as it skimmed across several Caribbean islands, including the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the northern Leeward Islands.
Early Tuesday, Gov. Pedro Rosello declared a state of emergency for Puerto Rico.
But after Debby's eye took a turn away from the coast, residents headed for the beach.
www.redcross.org /news/archives/2000/8-23-00.html   (487 words)

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