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From Mexican Cars to Puerto Rican Politics: The Top 10 Posts of 2011

Posted in Social Media, tagged BBC, EL NUEVO DIA, Jeremy Clarkson, John McCain, Luis Fortuño, Puerto Rico, Republican, United States on December 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

2011 was a momentous year for this blog. The biggest accomplishment was that it surprassed 100,000 unique visits and the total stats will reach over 130,000. Here are the 2011 top 10 posts of JRV.com: 10. TOP GEAR Host James May Reportedly Goes Nutty on a Plane: 1,183 reads 9. Latest El Nuevo Día Poll in Puerto Rico [...]

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GUEST POST by @GiltheJenius: Puerto Rico—Never a State (Part One)

Posted in Puerto Rico, tagged Luis Fortuño, Mississippi, Puerto Rican, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico plebiscite, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Senate, statehood Puerto Rico, Texas, United States on December 31, 2011 | 36 Comments »

As part of an ongoing series for 2012, the year of yet another Puerto Rican status plebiscite, JulioRVarela.com will periodically be posting columns by influential Puerto Rican political bloggers. We are honored to kick off our series with the first of three columns by Gil C. Schmidt. (NOTE: This three-part column was originally intended for [...]

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Now That Puerto Rico Has Approved 2012 Status Plebiscite, Status Quo Colonial Politics Rears Ugly Head

Posted in Puerto Rico, tagged Eduardo Bhatia, Fortuño, Luis Delgado, Luis Fortuño, New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico, Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, US Congress on December 28, 2011 | 23 Comments »

Memo to Puerto Rico’s Popular Democratic Party (PPD), champions and defenders of a status colonial arrangement that is 60 years old and is no longer working: stop the politics, stop the whining, and allow the will of the Puerto Rican people to decide on its political future. Today, Puerto Rican and pro-statehood Republican Governor Luis [...]

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