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123 Years Later, the Unfinished Business of Self-Determination for Puerto Ricans - Union of Concerned Scientists


123 Years Later, the Unfinished Business of Self-Determination for Puerto Ricans
123 Years Later, the Unfinished Business of Self-Determination for Puerto Ricans
Juan Declet-Barreto,
Climate Vulnerability Social Scientist | March 10, 2021, 11:00 am EDT
“[E]ven were Puerto Rico given each and every one of the freedoms, and the powers that such [freedom] begets, the development of such a system will be thwarted because the Union would have violated the principle upon which that system rests, which absolutely requires the will of the people to organize representative institutions.”
 
One of the prized possessions I brought with me to the United States is a Puerto Rican flag. Not a flimsy, cheaply-made flag on a plastic straw-like stand, the kind that you get on your way to a rally and wave around. It’s a cloth flag, water-stained and frayed by time around the edges of its white and red st ....

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Guam Passes Landmark Anti-Cruelty Law, but Politicians Play Fast & Loose with Cockfighting Prohibition


Guam Passes Landmark Anti-Cruelty Law, but Politicians Play Fast & Loose with Cockfighting Prohibition
January 28, 2021
Cockfighting Match
There’s been progress against animal cruelty in Guam and Puerto Rico, but there are still troubling actions by some political leaders in both U.S. territories.
It’s time for politicians to send a clear message “to stop gathering at fighting venues, to lay down the knives and gaffs they affix to the birds’ legs, and to cease any staging of animal fights.””
Wayne Pacelle
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, January 28, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ There’s been progress against animal cruelty in Guam and Puerto Rico, but there are still troubling actions by some political leaders in both U.S. territories. It’s past due for them, including Puerto Rico’s newly elected governor, to show leadership and make it plain that illegal animal fighting must stop on the islands. ....

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