made landfall on the island of Puerto Rico‚ causing what has been characterized as the worst devastation to hit the island in decades. While the people of Puerto Rico attempted to recover‚ the issue of statehood has remained in limbo since the June 2017 referendum held in Puerto Rico to vote on the island’s current territorial status. This current referendum resulted in 97% of the residents that voted‚ to cast their vote in favor of statehood. The governor of Puerto Rico has been promoting statehood
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Maria in Puerto Rico. Donald Trump is trying to help Puerto Rico with a waiver known as “Jones Act”. The Jones Act makes goods shipped between places in the United States to be carried by American-made vessels. WHY: Puerto Rico wants the waiver to access medicine‚ food‚ clothing‚ and other supplies. WHO: Donald Trump is helping Puerto Ricans with this waiver. WHEN: On September 8th‚ a temporary waiver was granted by the request of the departments of Defense and Energy. WHERE: San Juan‚ Puerto Rico‚
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Why Puerto Ricans are broken? Nowadays‚ where rumors that Puerto Rico’s government is going to close‚ because the debt of 72 billion dollars that Puerto Ricans can not pay and a possible implementation of a control board that could make decisions without any opinion from the governor in turn democratically elected‚ raises the question: Why Puerto Rico is broke? The control board purpose is to help Puerto Rico pay the debt‚ rather to solve the economic crisis. Where is constitutional stopping
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Should the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico become one of the United States Puerto Rico is an island in the West Indies acquired by the United States after the Spanish-America War in 1898. Puerto Rico is considered a commonwealth‚ a nation or state governed by the people‚ a republic. The capital of Puerto Rico is San Juan. Puerto Rico currently chooses its local officials and decides its own budget and taxes. On four occasions the option to continue a commonwealth‚ choose statehood‚ or independence
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English Final Research Paper La ficción y la realidad en Seva "Seva: History of the first U.S. invasion of the island of Puerto Rico that took place in May 1898‚" is a story written by Dr. Luis López Nieves that defies the boundaries of truth and fiction. This story was published on December 23‚ 1983 in the supplement of the newspaper “Red Clarity”. A story that was able to leave a legacy behind. This legacy created an atmosphere of questions and answers among the people in the island.
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hears Puerto Rico is "tropical paradise" (Mumford!). What most people don’t know is that Puerto Rico is an under developed U.S. commonwealth‚ and that like most places‚ it has very unfortunate locations. I believe that Puerto Rico unlike the U.S. has a lot of advancements to make‚ and that it should become a state. The first thing that should change is the school system. A public school system in the U.S. is currently what a private school in Puerto Rico can offer. Another problem in Puerto Rico
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Puerto Penasco Elation Throughout my life I’ve been fortunate enough to travel outside of the country to Puerto Penasco multiple times. In the first trips I never thought about the people or the conditions surrounding the place I was traveling to. I was naïve and unable to understand my surroundings. However‚ as I matured the way I viewed Puerto Penasco changed as did my worldly perspective. I was able to understand the divide of wealth in Mexico‚ how the drug trade is affecting those who don’t want
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Puerto Rico the perfect paradise to visit Puerto Rico is the favorite destination on the Caribbean simply because it is the most diverse island with a range of attractions and sightseeing spots in every corner of the island. Puerto Rico is a gorgeous‚ sunny island of many different colors. It has green trees‚ fields and forests‚ brown hills‚ and white‚ sandy beaches. Puerto Rico is famous for its beautiful beaches‚ warmhearted people‚ and delicious foods. In fact‚ “Borinque” is also known to be
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Final Case Report: Walmart Puerto Rico Sergio Adrián Ayllón Espinoza Marcia Zarella Sanchez Aguirre Richard Madge Medina Michael Yábar Paredes 1. One of the major criticisms of Walmart is that the organization causes problems for local communities‚ how should Walmart combat this negative publicity? Actually as Walmart is making efforts to reduce imports in order to benefit local communities they should benefit from that negative publicity creating a new campaign claiming that when you buy in
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To whom this may concern‚ Being a part of the Cultural Committee that is in charge of putting on an event for Holocaust Remembrance Day‚ I believe we should not put on the production of Albert Hackett’s The Diary of Anne Frank. Although it may be the most well known Holocaust story‚ it does not exemplify the severity of the Holocaust and concentration camp experiences are not mentioned. We should put on a production that portrays the horrors of World War II and the terror of what it meant to be
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