Saturday, March 25, 2006

Puerto Rico: Supreme Court denies voting appeal; Governor in favor of commonwealth status

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal that aimed to allow Puerto Ricans to vote for president. Meanwhile, in an opinion column in the Miami Herald, Governor Anibal Acevado-Vila advocates the island’s current status as a commonwealth and rebukes the findings of a White House task force on Puerto Rico.

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