Word: commonwealth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...There are 170 nations in the world and only one commonwealth. Is the rest of the world so stupid and Puerto Rico so smart that it has discovered something new? We shall overcome!" Berrios said...
Three Puerto Rican politicians, facing off at a Kennedy School debate last night, sharply disagreed on whether remaining a commonwealth would best serve the island's political and economic interests...
Puerto Rican independence party leader Ruben Berrios rapped commonwealth "colonialism" as a thing of the past, saying the island "is a colony of the United States basically for the same reasons it was a colony of Spain--for geopolitical reasons...
Another speaker argued in favor of the current commonwealth status. "It has its faults like democracy, but also like democracy it works," said Rony Jarabo, speaker of the island's house of representatives and a member of the ruling Popular Democratic Party...
...opening of the biennial meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government in Nassau was glittery as Queen Elizabeth greeted leaders from 46 of Britain's former colonies. But behind the trappings lurked a divisive issue: apartheid. The target was British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who is against imposing economic sanctions on Pretoria. There must be "sustained pressure" against apartheid, said Brian Mulroney of Canada. South Africa is a "total pariah," declared Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Thatcher said she would support an Australian proposal to establish a "contact group" to urge South African President P.W. Botha to negotiate with...