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...bill now faces: ?With the division evidenced here in the House, I don?t believe the Senate will find the time to take up this measure.? Not to mention the Puerto Ricans themselves; in a 1993 plebiscite, which was non-binding, only 46 percent of the islanders favored statehood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Puerto Rico: 51st Estado? | 3/5/1998 | See Source »

Rossello also pointed to his efforts over the past five years to prepare Puerto Rico for statehood through the reform of health care, education and the judicial system in Puerto Rico...

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

Although the governor himself was very clear in his assertion that statehood is the preferred solution to the dilemma, many in the audience did not agree...

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

...room seemed to become a contest between the applause for statements supporting statehood and those supporting sovereignty...

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

...With statehood, they would just become another part of the U.S. What kind of sovereignty is that?" asked Hector Arce, a student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, after watching the speech...

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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