Puerto Rico in independence bid – Puerto Rico Governor Anibal Acevedo Vila has called on the UN to back his people’s right to self-determination. From: news.bbc.co.uk
Tagged: Puerto RicoPosted on: June 10th, 2008
Speaking to a UN committee, Mr Acevedo Vila accused the Bush administration of denying the US territory its democratic right to choose its own course.
Puerto Rico has been a US territory since the late 19th Century, but gained greater autonomy in 1952.
The UN panel voted to support a motion calling on the US to grant Puerto Rico the right to determine its own status. “*
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