Word: rican
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Puerto Ricans are a "people who haven't developed a powerful will to become a separate state," Arturo Morales Carrion, a Puerto Rican historian, said last night to an audience of 60 at the Kennedy School Forum...
Morales called Puerto Rico's present situation an "offensive anachronism," saying that no people belongs to anyone else, and Puerto Rico cannot be subordinated to the United States. While not advocating formal statehood, he stressed that Congress must accept the cultural identity of the Puerto Rican people...
Morales said that 18-per-cent unemployment in Puerto Rico sends people to the continent in search of jobs, adding that the status of Puerto Ricans in the United States is a major concern to the Puerto Rican people...
Defiant Puerto Rican terrorists boycott the courtroom
...fact, eleven defendants were absent. All are members of the Puerto Rican independence group called F.A.L.N. (short for Fuerzas Armadas de Liberation National Puertorriqueña), which specializes in terrorist bombings. Calling themselves prisoners of war, the defendants refused to recognize the authority of the court or take part in the proceedings. (One of the eleven remains a fugitive.) Said Michael Mason, a federal defender who sat quietly in a corner in case legal advice was needed: "Several refused to see me. The ones who would see me wouldn't talk...