Debt Crisis Gives Urgency to Puerto Rico's Coming Statehood Vote
Debt Crisis Gives Urgency to Puerto Rico's Coming Statehood Vote
Congress ultimately has control over Puerto Rico's fate. But a June 11 plebiscite could affect the island's politics – and its finances.
As Puerto Ricans in New York gather this weekend for an annual parade riven by debate over its Board of Directors’ decision to honor nationalist Oscar López Rivera, Puerto Ricans on the island will be discussing, and voting on, another hot topic: the island’s complicated relationship to the United States.
Voters in Sunday’s plebiscite will have to choose between statehood, independence, or the continuation of its current territorial status, and the discussion has stirred up sentiment and dominated...
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