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Latest Poll on Political Status Confirms that 2012 Will Be a Crazy Topsy-Turvy Year in Puerto Rico

Posted in Puerto Rico, tagged Alejandro García Padilla, Barack Obama, Fortuño, Luis Fortuño, Mitt Romney, Puerto Rico, Romney, United States on February 14, 2012 | 11 Comments »

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 the island since 1898 (yes, the US Army landed on the shores of Puerto Rico to win a war against Spain), you [...]

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Unemployment Rate Continues to Drop in Puerto Rico

Posted in Puerto Rico, tagged Fortuño, Luis Fortuño, Mitt Romney, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico unemployment, Republican, unemployment, unemployment rate Puerto Rico, United States, United States Department of Labor on February 11, 2012 | 3 Comments »

Puerto Rico’s unemployment decreased to 14.9% in December 2011, according to US Department of Labor. It is the lowest rate on the island since June 2009, when the rate was at 14.6%. Since Republican and pro-statehood governor Luis Fortuño entered office in January 2009, Puerto Rico has fluctuated between an unemployment rate of 13.1% (the [...]

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Fortuño Should Be Endorsing and Thanking Obama, not Romney

Posted in Puerto Rico, tagged Fortuño, Luis Fortuño, Mitt Romney, Puerto Rican, Puerto Rico, Republican, Romney, United States on January 30, 2012 | 9 Comments »

A strange Puerto Rican political weekend culminated with a video of pro-statehood and Republican Governor Luis Fortuño showing his bromance GOP love to Mitt Romney in Florida. In case you haven’t seen the video, here it is: This blog has written a lot about the weird GOP VP adoration with Fortuño, especially since this self-proclaimed [...]

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