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I'm skeptical that people can participate as full citizens if they don't understand the language that federal laws and documents are written in; not to mention our Constitution. There's a strong ca...
As you know, Puerto Rico is not an independent nation but a Commonwealth of the United States. This means that the chief of state would be the current president of the United States but that the he...
Relations between countries are not always positive as can be seen with the latest news between the United States through its commonwealth Puerto Rico and Cuba. Basically, Cuba is boycotting the Ce...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100414/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico The Mexican army says two soldiers and two gunmen died in a shootout in a northern Mexico area that has seen a recent spike ...
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2010/03/09/en-su-dia-indigenas-piden-cese-acoso-del-ejercito-en-chiapas Indigenous tzotzil women living in Chiapas are asking for a halt of the harrasment from th...
March 17: President Lula, currently on a tour of all Middle East nations, remarked from Ramallah in the Palestinian territory that recent disagreements between US foreign Ministers and officials f...
March 17: A statement issued by Palestinian Authority spokesperson Mohamed Edwan states the Palestinian Authority's support for Lula da Silva in attaining the position of Secretary General of the ...
March 20: Infrastructure may be a key issue in election campaigns throughout Brazil due to outcry in northeastern regions. Dilapidated roads and ports inhibit trade throughout the predominantly ag...
Armed men stormed a prison in the northern border city of Reynosa, freeing 13 inmates. The escape on Friday was the second mass jailbreak in less than two weeks in Tamaulipas State, which has been ...
April 15: The Brazilian government has appealed to the BRIC organization, the emerging developed economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China, to promote greater reform in the international financ...
The article points out that it is harmful to have such miniscule plastic particles floating everywhere in the ocean it does not point out any such solution or what could be done, only that thousand...
A young girl raped by her step-dad in the Yucatan peninsula is only a month too late for the 90-day cut off after which abortion becomes illegal in cases of rape. Her step-dad now in jail, the girl...
April 8: The Brazilian federal government has just released $200 million reais in aid to the State of Rio de Janeiro, which has appealed to the national government for a total sum of $370 million ...
You can assume that not all Fortuño's constituents will be happy with everything that he has done. However, he has been accused of lying to the public about what he has done for the environment. In...
The commonwealth option was added in the possible second vote on Puerto Rico's future status. However, according to the first article "Congress would have to vote on whether Puerto Rico becomes a s...
May 4: The United States' spokesperson for the State Department, Philip Crowley, issued a statement showing gratitude for Brazil's willingness to engage Iran in negotiations regarding expansion of...
From the Tico Times, May 3rd "Costa Rican legislators approve final piece of CAFTA" http://www.ticotimes.net/daily.htm#story2 Costa Rica's legislative passes through the final piece to a Free Tra...
