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Puerto Rican parade returning to Humboldt Park this month


Puerto Rican parade returning to Humboldt Park this month
By FOX 32 Digital Staff
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CHICAGO - Chicago s annual Puerto Rican parade will return to the streets of Humboldt Park this month, following a year which saw the event celebrated virtually due to the pandemic.
Now in its 43rd year, the Puerto Rican People s Day Parade, which celebrates Puerto Rican culture and heritage, will be held on June 19, according to parade organizers.
This year s event will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the West Side neighborhood s Crucifixion de Don Pedro mural at North and Artesian avenues, and the 40th anniversary of Juan Antonio Corretjer s poem, Boricua en la Luna. ....

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Puerto Rican organizations in Chicago call for self-determination of Puerto Rico


Puerto Rican organizations in Chicago call for self-determination of Puerto Rico
Erika Pérez, La DePaulia Managing Editor|May 9, 2021
The future status of Puerto Rico has been an ongoing debate in Congress. Puerto Rico has conducted six non-binding referendums with the goal to address their political status. Puerto Rico has been a territorial property of the U.S. since the Spanish-American war in 1898. 
In the 2020 referendum Puerto Ricans, who refer to themselves as “Boricuas,” voted on a non-binding referendum that asked the question, “should Puerto Rico be immediately admitted as a U.S state?”
“I think many people in power would like for a decision to be made soon,” said Xiomara Rodriguez, associate director of the digital presence initiative for Chicago’s Puerto Rican Cultural Center. “However, I hope that it won’t be made soon, because to me it signals a true lack of process to involve all voices.”  ....

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