Monday, August 18, 2014

Rafael Hernández Colón dice que “la estadidad es un espejismo” El Nuevo Dia.com

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El exgobernador Rafael Hernández Colónexhortó hoy a los populares, durante el segundo día de la convención del Partido Popular Democrático, a participar en el plebiscito de status que persigue impulsar el gobierno de Alejandro García Padilla. “Estamos ...

Rafael Hernández Colón says "statehood is a mirage"

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The former governor Rafael Hernández Colón today urged popular during the second day of the convention of the Democratic Party, to participate in the status plebiscite that aims to promote the government of Alejandro García Padilla.
"We are at a defining moment," he said of the proposal. "The legislation passed by Congress puts us in a defining moment and the New Progressive Party knows this and is maneuvering to prosecute the country, in a definitive way, statehood and start the process leading to it," he said during a presentation which lasted about an hour.
The former president said that a win statehood in a plebiscite would be interpreted in Congress and that Puerto Rico "definitely has traded during statehood and it would be a matter of time for us to become the state."
He accused the NPP administration to increase government spending to health card and other works such as commuter rail, as well as what he called "the delivery of the 936."
"It is time to abandon the hollow that the country's problems are solved with a change of discourse status," he said.
"Statehood is a mirage created the PNP to the people of Puerto Rico. People have to realize that. The problems he has Puerto Rico are not responsible solve problems that the federal government, "he said.
Hernández Colón expressions on the plebiscite were then highlight the fiscal crisis facing the country and accusing the PNP of using the 24 years he has managed to advance uninterruptedly your ideal statehood.
"The challenge facing Alejandro García Padilla and the Popular Party is the most serious that has confronted the country during the last half century," he said before comparing the current situation with the situation faced by the former governor Luis Muñoz Marín when he "got rid of ideal of independence. "
"The people know that the problems we are facing are not solved with a magic wand overnight, they take time and require sacrifice and efforts," he said against Garcia Padilla, who listened from the front row of the auditorium where they congregated about 200 people.
"The Popular Party is cleaning up the government and laying the foundations for economic recovery. Much work remains, but Alejandro García Padilla and Legislature are taking the tough decisions. Moving in the right direction, "he said.
Once finished exmandatario exposure, Secretary of State, David Bernier, gave a talk in which he discussed and motivated the audience to contribute to the country.
In the afternoon, Jorge Suárez, José Alfredo Hernández Mayoral and Angel Rosa will return to the topic of the status with a talk which will discuss the cost of statehood.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Jaime Perello, along with several representatives made a presentation on the work that body.
The convention, which christened, 'Come to the Rescue of Puerto Rico', ends tomorrow with a meeting of the General Council of the PPD open to people and where there will be a message from the president of the community and governor Alejandro García Padilla.
It was learned that the message would revolve around the issue of status.  

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‘Commonwealth’ Party’s Leader on Status: Puerto Rico Will Be a State if Puerto Ricans Vote for It Again by Contributing Editor Monday August 18th, 2014 at 10:24 AM Puerto Rico Report

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Rubio Addresses Puerto Rico Status, Calls for a Two-Option ...

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Marco Rubio stated his support for a two-option ballot to guide Puerto Rico's next plebiscite. Answering a question from a reporter about his position on Puerto Rico statehood, Sen. Rubio first emphasized the importance of ...
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US Justice Dept: Constitutional Citizenship Requires ...

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... of Columbia Circuit essentially means that Puerto Ricans can only obtain citizenship through the Constitution — versus through law — by Puerto Rico becoming a State or by being put on the path tostatehood by Congress.

‘Commonwealth’ Party’s Leader on Status: Puerto Rico Will Be a State if Puerto Ricans Vote for It Again 

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Puerto Rico will become a State if Puerto Ricans vote for the status again, the main ideologue of the ‘Commonwealth’ party worried Thursday night.
Former Governor Rafael Hernandez Colon, who has dominated the party for most of the past 45 years, also predicted that Puerto Ricans will vote for statehood again if the statehood party wins the 2016 elections, and the Government of Puerto Rico now controlled by his party has not held a status plebiscite under a Federal law enacted in January.
The law provides for a plebiscite on options that: would resolve the question of the territory’s ultimate status; do not conflict with the Constitution, laws, and policies of the U.S.; and are agreed to by the U.S. Justice Department.
The known possible options are statehood, independence, and nationhood in an association with the U.S. that either nation could end.
Puerto Rico’s current status, sometimes also called “Commonwealth” after a word in the formal name of the insular government, cannot be an option because it cannot resolve the issue. Puerto Ricans will have the right to petition for statehood or nationhood as long as Puerto Rico remains a territorythat has not been made a part of the U.S.
Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla recently proposed holding the plebiscite but also proposed a ‘new’ definition of “Commonwealth status” for the vote. Hernandez Colon and his son Jose Hernandez Mayoral, the party’s Federal affairs representative, are the major forces behind the proposal.
The definition is very similar to the party’s definition for a plebiscite under local law in 1993 but it is different from the party’s current definition of “Commonwealth” adopted for a plebiscite under local law in 1998.
Federal officials of both national parties have uniformly rejected both proposals as impossible forconstitutional and other reasons.
Hernandez Colon observed, however, that it would be difficult for his party to have the plebiscite held. Advocates of a “Sovereign Commonwealth,” a development of the party’s current “Commonwealth” proposal, do not agree with his “autonomist” proposal.
He also expects a battle with the U.S. Justice Department over the Federal position that Puerto Rico will remain subject to Congress’ full power to govern territories under any “Commonwealth” arrangement, as articulated by President Obama’s Puerto Rico Status Task Force.
“We could fight” the Obama Administration determination “in court, but it could take longer than two years,” the former governor explained.
He argued that “the current commonwealth status” is not subject to Congress’ full territory governing power and can be “improved” contrary to the findings of the administrations of both Presidents Bush and the Clinton Administration as well as the Obama Administration.
Recognizing that the plebiscite under Federal law may be held after the statehood party wins the 2016 elections, Hernandez Colon fretted that the statehood party would not put “the improved commonwealth” on a plebiscite ballot because Federal officials have determined that the “Commonwealth” proposal cannot be implemented.
Hernandez Colon also contended that, if Puerto Ricans vote for statehood again, “the first step” Congress will take towards making Puerto Rico a State “will be to make Puerto Rico an incorporated territory.”
He asserted that Puerto Rico will have less internal control as an incorporated vs. unincorporated territory — a contention that has no basis in law because Congress has already let Puerto Rico exercise the authority of a State on local matters. It  suggests, however, that he believes that the Commonwealth government has greater power than a State.
Hernandez Colon’s proposed new “Commonwealth status” definition adopted by Governor Garcia asserts that Congress’ constitutional power to govern Puerto Rico has been limited. It also claims that the new “Commonwealth” will bring: equal funding with the States in all Federal social programs; Federal tax exemption for income that companies in the States receive from Puerto Rico; exemption from the Federal laws requiring that ocean shipping between U.S. ports be on U.S. built, owned, flagged and crewed vessels; trade protection for Puerto Rican agricultural products; and Puerto Rican determination of international airline route landings.
The party’s current definition of “Commonwealth status” calls for the U.S. to be permanently bound to a nation of Puerto Rico in an arrangement under which Federal laws and court jurisdiction would apply to the extent that the Commonwealth agrees and Puerto Rico would be able to enter into international agreements and organizations that require nationhood. The U.S. would also be required to continue to grant U.S. citizenship, current benefits to individuals, and free entry to goods shipped from Puerto Rico as well as grant a new subsidy.
The Obama White House proposed, and Congress approved, the Federal plebiscite law because Gov. Garcia and the ‘Commonwealth’ party majorities of both houses of the Legislative Assembly have refused to accept a plebiscite held under local law along with their elections. The vote rejected the current territory status option supported by Garcia and was Puerto Ricans’ first vote for statehood as the alternative.


The Obama White House supported the plebiscite and hailed its results. But officials recognized that lobbying by Garcia could prevent other congressional action on the people of Puerto Rico’s self-determination decision. 


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El exgobernador Rafael Hernández Colónexhortó hoy a los populares, durante el segundo día de la convención del Partido Popular Democrático, a participar en el plebiscito de status que persigue impulsar el gobierno de Alejandro García Padilla. “Estamos ...


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A marching band from the after school program Brooklyn United played Kool & the Gang's “Celebration” as 51 smiling city kids in red-white-and-blue bow ties waved flags from each state and Puerto Rico. Schumer, Police Commissioner William Bratton and ...

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Fourteen Indicted in Identity Theft Crackdown in Puerto Rico - Latin Post

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The Justice Department claims that between 2008 and 2014, defendants in the U.S. and Puerto Rico sold the identities and social security cards, Puerto Rico birth certificates and other identification documents of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens to ...

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Richard Feinberg is a professor of International Political Economy at the University of California, San Diego, and a nonresident Senior Fellow with the Latin America Initiative of the Bookings Institution. He served as special assistant to ... They had ...

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Rubio Addresses Puerto Rico Status, Calls for a Two-Option ...

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All the politics. ... “Ultimately, the people of Puerto Rico will have to decide” the territory's status, explained Rubio, but, he added, any upcoming referendum should include “a ballot question that allows them two choices – not three – but two very clear choices” given the disputes that followed the 2012 vote. Nice to know. It likely will result in nothing because Rubio is avoiding strong positions. But still, nice to see chatter from both sides of the aisle on the issue. Maybe ...
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Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bonds rallied on Friday after the cash-strapped utility announced a deal with creditors to delay loan payments into next year while working on a voluntary plan to revamp its business. The authority, known as Prepa, ...


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Paulson & Co hedge fund ups Puerto Rico real estate bet - Reuters

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