UN urges US to allow Puerto Rico's move toward independence
Wednesday, June 16, 2004 at 01:05PM
TheSpook
The UN Special Committee on
Decolonisation adopted a Cuban-sponsored resolution urging the United
States to expedite a process that will allow the people of Puerto Rico
to exercise their right to self-determination and independence.Puerto
Rico has been a US commonwealth for more than 50 years, giving
those born there American citizenship but denying them full
representation in Congress. [more]
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