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Puerto Ricans have a critical choice to make on Election Day. Business Insider reports islanders will vote to decide if the US territory should move to become a state or be granted independence. If voters decide on statehood, the US territory would work to join the union and fully become incorporated into the United States. Full statehood would bestow constitutional rights on Puerto Ricans that they currently do not have: the ability to vote in presidential and congressional elections. However, there is nothing to compel or force the US Congress to act on Puerto Rico's political status as it is a territory, not a state. According to SB1467, if Puerto Rican voters vote against statehood, then a commission will negotiate Puerto Rican independence or free association.
San Juan, Feb 17 (EFE).- Former US president Bill Clinton was on Monday in Puerto Rico, where he is slated to convene the fifth meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Action Network on Post-Disaster Recovery in San Juan between Feb 18-19.Ahead of the scheduled meeting of his initiative on Tuesday, Clinton on Monday visited the Sagrada Familia Cooperative in Corozal, a municipality in the interior of Puerto Rico, where he recognized the social work of said institution and the cooperative savings movement throughout the Commonwealth. He also visited the nonprofit Caras con Causa, in Catano and met with the music band Viento de Agua during a visit to La Goyco, a school that was closed by the Department of Education and reopened by the community as a community center, in Caguas, San Juan. (Camera: THAIS LLORCA).FOOTAGE SHOWS THE VISIT OF FORMER US PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON TO NGO CARAS CON CAUSA IN CATANO AND THE SAGRADA FAMILIA COOPERATIVE IN COROZAL, PUERTO RICO.SOUNDBITES: BILL CLINTON (IN ENGLISH).
U.S. President Barack Obama signs into law a relief plan to help Puerto Rico address its $70 billion debt. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
In his weekly address, U.S. President Barack Obama urges the Senate to move quickly to pass a bill to help Puerto Rico deal with its debt. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Bayamon, Oct 1 (EFE).- The Puerto Rican singer Farruko launched Friday his new album in honor of the road near the place he grew up, "La 167", which could possibly be his last album as an artist before he embarks on a new journey as an entrepreneur and actor. (Camera: JORGE MUÑIZ). SHOT LIST: PUERTO RICAN ARTIST FURRUKO TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW ALBUM IN BAYAMON, PUERTO RICO.SOUND BITES: PUERTO RICAN ARTIST FURRUKO (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS: - 167 is where I grew up. It was the first road that my eyes saw and my legs touched. It is the first experience you have of the outside world when you were small until you became older. There are paths and spaces that mark your life, and this one marked mine.- I have many plans on the way. It is a family business that was started by my great-grandfather, then was passed on to my grandfather, father and uncles. I was going to focus on music but the blood and the legacy are calling.
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