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As the eyes of the world remain fixated on the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, the U.S. colony of Puerto Rico produced a more satisfying and historic outcome for the Puerto Rican left after its local election on November 3, 2020. Puerto Rico’s vote is historic (a claim that should never be taken lightly in politics) but not because of the razor-thin results of the gubernatorial race, which was the main contest of the election. Nor did Puerto Rican voters make history, as many U.S. liberals and some progressives are anxious to believe, in a concurrent nonbinding plebiscite in whic...

In Puerto Rico, the 2019 Uprising Produces an Electoral Opening Toward the Left As the eyes of the world remain fixated on the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, the U.S. colony of Puerto Rico produced a more satisfying and historic outcome for the Puerto Rican left after its local election on November 3, 2020. Puerto Rico’s vote is historic (a claim that should never be taken lightly in politics) but not because of the razor-thin results of the gubernatorial race, which was the main contest of the election. Nor did Puerto Rican voters make history, as many U.S. liberals and some pr...

Puerto Rico wants statehood '" but only Congress can make it the 51st state in the United States     Updated 12/14/2020 9:00 AM (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Rashid Carlos Jamil Marcano Rivera, Indiana University   (THE CONVERSATION) Puerto Ricans requested statehood on Nov. 3, 2020, with 52.3% of voters asking to change the island's status from unincorporated territory to U.S. state. This is the sixth time statehood has been on the ballot since Puerto Rico ratified its Constitutio...