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Word: asociado (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1956-1956
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...Puerto Rico write its own constitution, MunÕz helped draft it and happily saw it approved, 375,000 to 83,000. The constitution makes Puerto Rico self-governing in local affairs, gives it a relationship to the U.S. defined in the official Spanish term as Estado Libre Asociado (Free Associated State); the official translation is Commonwealth. Congress' laws, notably the draft, apply to Puerto Rico, but because the island has no vote in Con gress it is spared the income...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUERTO RICO: Island Workshop | 5/14/1956 | See Source »

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