Latest Poll on Political Status Confirms that 2012 Will Be a Crazy...
Before we get to a new poll published by the Vocero that flips the issues (yet again) of Puerto Rico’s political identity and colonial relationship with the United States, which has essentially owned...
View ArticleYou Think the US Primaries Are Crazy? Spend Some Time in Puerto Rico
2012 is a critical year for national politics, but it is also one for the island nation of Puerto Rico. The prize? A governorship and a non-binding vote to check in on the country’s preference for...
View ArticleLatest El Nuevo Día Polls Say Fortuño Will Lose Re-Election Bid and Island...
A series of new polls this month have been released and the news does not look good for Puerto Rican pro-statehood and Republican governor Luis Fortuño, who is in the incumbent in a November election...
View ArticleNewest Poll Out of Puerto Rico Has Incumbent Fortuño’s 31% Still Trailing...
If the race for Puerto Rico’s governor were held today, the latest poll from El Nuevo Día, the island’s largest newspaper, suggests that incumbent Republican and pro-statehooder Luis Fortuño would have...
View ArticleWhy Does Fortuño’s Website for 2012 Campaign Take You To A Nowhere Site With...
UPDATE: As of May 14, around 10PM EST, the Por Puerto Rico 2012 page is now up and running. Does the 2012 campaign team for Puerto Rico’s incumbent Republican and pro-statehood governor Luis Fortuño...
View ArticleIn Latest Poll by El Nuevo Día, García Padilla and Fortuño in Virtual Tie
Now it gets interesting. Just a month before Puerto Ricans get to determine the fate of incumbent pro-statehood Republican governor Luis Fortuño as well as vote on yet another non-binding political...
View ArticleWhat I Learned (and Didn’t Learn) From Tonight’s Debate on Puerto Rico’s Status
Tonight, Puerto Rico’s Noticias 24/7 broadcast a debate to discuss the island’s upcoming November 6 political status plebiscite. The moderated forum featured pro-statehood Governor Luis Fortuño,...
View ArticleLuis Fortuño Loses… And Puerto Rico Wins
Last night the island of Puerto Rico experienced a historic election. Not only did Puerto Ricans go to the polls to vote for Governor, Resident Commissioner, and other legislative positions, they also...
View ArticleLetters to the President: Pierluisi Pushes Statehood Agenda, While García...
Yesterday Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi, a non-voting member of the US Congress, published the following public letter on his Facebook site (the original document can be seen...
View ArticleThe NPR Interview: Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi Makes Case for...
This week, Puerto Rico’s pro-statehood Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi (D), who is a non-voting member of the United States Congress, appeared on NPR’s “All Things Considered” with Robert Siegel....
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