The political status of Puerto Rico continues to be intensely contested, but measures to make the island the 51st state remain elusive.
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Lawmakers are unlikely to grant Puerto Rico’s request for admission into the Union – unless, perhaps, the Democrats win both Senate seats in Georgia’s Jan. 5 runoff election.
Two hurricanes in Puerto Rico’s past fundamentally transformed the island’s economy and politics. Maria will be the third, says a historian.
A year after Congress passed its plan to fix Puerto Rico’s US$123 billion debt and pension crisis, little has changed for the lives of Puerto Ricans.
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Professor of Latin American, Caribbean and U.S. Latino Studies, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning and Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College
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Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Indiana University
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Professor of Anthropology and Director of Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University
