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Rossello expressed hope that the U.S. government might help make it easier for Puerto Rico change is status in the near future...

Author: By Brent D. Zettel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Puerto Rico Governor Calls for Statehood At IOP ARCO Forum | 2/18/1998 | See Source »

Making an adamant plea for an end to Puerto Rico's status as a common-wealth of the United States, Governor Pedro Rossello of Puerto Rico spoke last night before a packed audience at the ARCO Forum at the Institute of Politics...

Author: By Brent D. Zettel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Puerto Rico Governor Calls for Statehood At IOP ARCO Forum | 2/18/1998 | See Source »

...people of Puerto Rico are about to make the most of a long overdue date with destiny," he later added...

Author: By Brent D. Zettel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Puerto Rico Governor Calls for Statehood At IOP ARCO Forum | 2/18/1998 | See Source »

Rossello's speech came two days after the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the battleship Maine, an incident which triggered the Spanish-American War in which Puerto Rico came under U.S. control...

Author: By Brent D. Zettel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Puerto Rico Governor Calls for Statehood At IOP ARCO Forum | 2/18/1998 | See Source »

...people of Puerto Rico remain disenfranchised stepchildren within the great American family," he said...

Author: By Brent D. Zettel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Puerto Rico Governor Calls for Statehood At IOP ARCO Forum | 2/18/1998 | See Source »

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