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Puerto Ricans Back Becoming 51st State

posted by n1 on Monday June 12 2017, @09:49AM   Printer-friendly
from the join-the-club dept.

BK writes:

According to Fox News:

Puerto Rico's governor announced that the U.S. territory has overwhelmingly chosen statehood in a nonbinding referendum Sunday held amid a deep economic crisis that has sparked an exodus of islanders to the U.S. mainland.

Nearly half a million votes were cast for statehood, more than 7,600 for free association/independence and nearly 6,700 for independence, according to preliminary results. The participation rate was just 23 percent with roughly 2.26 million registered voters, leading opponents to question the validity of a vote that several parties had boycotted.

Also covered by AP.

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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday June 12 2017, @04:27PM (1 child)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday June 12 2017, @04:27PM (#524474) Journal

    When a country is in this level of political decline, only its fools and jesters dare to tell the truth. I can tell you Oliver is a more reliable source of news than Fox.

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday June 12 2017, @06:07PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Monday June 12 2017, @06:07PM (#524550) Journal

    These folks act like using comedy to tell political truth is a new thing.

    In reality it dates back to the Romans, if not earlier. [wikipedia.org]