us-puerto rico relations

A depressing words-and-video feature about the continuing catastrophe in Puerto Rico, where most people have been without electricity since the hurricane three months ago. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/national/puerto-rico-life-without-power/?utm_term=.d8f663bd45c7

Normally this would be big news but I guess it's getting buried by the ******* in Washington. Puerto Rico goes to the polls for statehood As far as I can tell, only one opinion survey has been published...

Amidst all the Presidential and Congressional pearl clutching yesterday a significant referendum vote showed that for the first time in history a majority of Puerto Rican's desire obtaining statehood. It's something I honestly never thought would happen in my lifetime. The newly elected...

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/nation/17295823.htm?source=rss&channel=krwashington_nation This could get interesting...

John Stossel sent this e-mail to me today about his upcoming feature on Friday night's episode of 20/20... From the John Stossel email: "This Friday's "Give Me a Break" is about the protests over the proposal to close the Roosevelt Roads Navy base in Puerto Rico. For 60 years, American troops...