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...Puerto Rico's first chance since 1967 to determine its political future, residents voted to maintain commonwealth status by a plurality of 48.4 percent, with statehood following closely with 46.2 percent...
They said independence would allow Puerto Rico to determine its economic future and choose its own trading partners. They also gave culturalreasons for their bent towards Puerto Ricanindependence...
Roberto S. Buso '94 said that the issue ofPuerto Rico's future ties is national allegiances."The question is, do we want to be Puerto Ricansor Puerto Rican-Americans?" he said...
Graduate student Jorge R. Marquina, whosupports Puerto Rican statehood, said he wasdisappointed by the outcome of the vote. "Roughlyhalf [of Puerto Rico] is afraid to change, so theycling to the present, this commonwealth, [whichis] a colony of another name," he said...
...PUERTO RICO: Estado Unido...