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...further growth of American trade will also require sustained attention on the outside world, which the debate over NAFTA went some way to promote. . Not long ago, Pasadena's Lesin had trouble cashing a check from Puerto Rico at his bank, where employees thought it looked kind of foreign. "Do you even know where that is?" Lesin asked. "Sure," replied the manager. "Next to Argentina." Note to some Americans: To get on the road to riches, the first thing you need...
Citizens of Puerto Rico voted 48% to 46% in favor of remaining a commonwealth of the U.S. instead of pursuing statehood status. As a result, Puerto Ricans will still enjoy nearly all the rights of U.S. citizenship along with special tax breaks. And the island can continue to field its own Olympic teams...
...secede completely or to join completelyshould be Puerto Rico's only choices, "none ofthis halfway stuff," said Marquina. "I feel likeI'm being given second class status...
Though Marquina said independence is not aneconomically viable option because "no industrycan support an independent Puerto Rico," he saidthe island's people must make one decision oranother to change the island's current status...
Wendell C. Ocasio '90 said he supports thestatus quo, but is tired of the debate over PuertoRico's future. "[The current debate] distractsPuerto Rico from using the resources of itscurrent status to solve its problems," he said