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Rubio on Puerto Rican Status Question: 50% + 1 Won’t Equal Mandate for Statehood

Posted in Puerto Rico, tagged Barack Obama, Florida, Marco Rubio, Mitt Romney, plebiscite question, Political status, Puerto Rican, Puerto Rican politics, Puerto Rico, Republican, United States on April 23, 2012 | 7 Comments »

Good to see Florida Senator Marco Rubio commenting about the upcoming November plebiscite question in Puerto Rico. Sure, Rubio, who is of Cuban American descent, represents the state of Florida, which has seen an increase in voters of Puerto Rican descent the last few years, so it makes sense that he would weigh on the [...]

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What “Puerto Rican Miracle”? Unemployment During Fortuño Administration Stuck At 15% and GOP Stays Clueless

Posted in Puerto Rico, tagged Barack Obama, Fortuño, Luis Fortuño, Mitt Romney, Puerto Rico, Republican, Republican National Committee, United States on April 16, 2012 | 4 Comments »

Can the charades just stop about how amazing and awesome the Puerto Rican Wonder Boy, Governor Luis Fortuño, has been for the island of Puerto Rico? The latest news is that Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is now telling the Washington Post that it plans to showcase Governor Fortuño, a darling among GOPers who [...]

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The Macondo Effect: Why Mitt Romney’s Win in Puerto Rico Means Nothing

Posted in Puerto Rico, tagged GOP, Luis Fortuño, Macondo, Mitt Romney, Puerto Rico, Republican, Romney, United States on March 19, 2012 | 4 Comments »

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN LATINOREBELS.COM There is reality and then there is Macondo, the fictional town of irrationality made so memorable by the writings of Gabriel García Márquez. Tonight, GOP nominee Mitt Romney is living in Macondo, after trouncing his opponents to gain 20 delegates in the Puerto Rico’s GOP primary. Romney, who needed a victory [...]

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