tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8828590195435856492024-11-01T06:37:23.360-04:00News and Opinion blog about the interaction of Spanish and English in the modern day world. A commentary on the unique political "status" of a distinct nation forged out of two empires, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.J. Harmsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10469476480671583680noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882859019543585649.post-60868761230301091132013-09-09T21:23:00.000-04:002013-09-09T21:23:25.040-04:00

(AKA "The Island of Disenchantment") Even though this is a relatively old article, it's just so depressing to hear, and I had to share it and vent a little. Ponce’s Port of the Américas’ transshipment potential rapidly fading away - at CaribbeanBusinessPR.com The Port of the Americas (aka the Port of Ponce) is PR's opportunity to become a vital link in world trade, the only deep-water port

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Puerto Rican Alliance VP José L. Arbona: Congress must step in to resolve Puerto Rico's future status - The Hill's Global Affairs Here is an excellent (and short) opinion article written by the VP of the Alianza de Libre Asociacion Soberano (eng: Alliance for Free Sovereign Association), more commonly referred to to as ALAS (which is Spanish for "Wings"). The organization

J. Harmsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10469476480671583680noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882859019543585649.post-63188669059379117452012-07-20T18:33:00.001-04:002012-07-20T18:33:41.492-04:00

Colorado Shooter Likely Got Guns With Ease More gun control! More gun control! More F***ING gun control!  Screw the NRA and the 2nd Amendment! When the state of Colorado directly puts an unlimited amount of unregisted assault rifles in the hands of a psychopath and calls him a patriot for it, it's clear how dilluded we've become. Guns kill people, duh.

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Puerto Ricans are, that's who! And they have been for sometime, because while many other immigrating Latinos must deal with the naturalization bureaucracy, everyone born in Puerto Rico has been a citizen of the United States since March 2nd, 1917 with the passage of the Jones-Shafroth Act. It seems strange because from what I can tell, citizenship was just tossed onto Puerto Rico. Could you

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Hey American Conservatives! Before you go poo pooing on Puerto Rican Statehood for whatever dumb reason you have, listen to the words of your dark master, former President Ronald Wilson Reagan. While I'm not the biggest fan of "The Gipper", his declaration of support for self-determination (although clearly Statehood-themed self-determination) is the type of response us folk

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My name is Julian and I have a unique upbringing. At one point I was your average Suburban-American school kid which you can observe on any teen-drama program (although greatly over-exaggerated). Then when I was 14, a series of weird/miraculous events took place that uprooted me from the hills of Pennsylvania and replanted me on the western shores of Puerto Rico. For those who don't know

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