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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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Puerto Rican Republicans Get GOP Candidates to Take a Position on Puerto Rican Status

Posted in Puerto Rico, tagged CNN, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Puerto Rican, Puerto Rico, United States, United States Armed Forces, Wolf Blitzer on January 27, 2012 | 23 Comments »

Never underestimate the power of an active Puerto Rican who is passionate about politics. Today at the Hispanic Leadership Network conference in Miami, the issue of the island’s political status and how poorly CNN handled it last night was front and center. A new post by Univision News presents a very detailed account of what [...]

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CNN Fails Last Night with Puerto Rican GOP Debate Question

Posted in Puerto Rico, tagged CNN, Florida, Luis Fortuño, Puerto Rican, Puerto Rico, Republican, United States, Wolf Blitzer on January 27, 2012 | 7 Comments »

As Puerto Rico enters another plebiscite question this November to check in on the island’s pulse regarding its 114-year-old colonial relationship with the United States, last night’s GOP Florida Debate on CNN included a question from Elizabeth Cuevas-Neunder, the Republican president and CEO of the Puerto Rican Chamber of Florida, about the candidates’ position on statehood [...]

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