Well, Pierluisi spent the whole weekend meeting with agency heads and other government officials but did not make any public appearances. Me reitero, no tengo interés en ocupar el puesto de Gobernadora. We count on YOU to make our work possible. But the Senate did not on Friday, and postponed 'til Monday, ’til yesterday, meeting on the issue. But two recent scandals sent them over the edge. Please consider making a contribution to Vox today, from as little as $3. They’re bearing the burden of Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy, the lingering economic recession, and the botched response to Hurricane Maria. They do pay payroll taxes to fund Social Security and Medicare. Beginning with Christopher Columbus's arrival on the island in 1493, Spain colonized Puerto Rico. Democracy Now! Es un dictamen Constitucional. Demanding Rosselló’s resignation was, in a sense, a demand for respect and ethical government. We speak with Democracy Now! America’s failures have led to a new daily record in Covid-19 deaths, A new Georgia poll suggests that Republican lies about “voter fraud” are hurting the GOP. Lawsuit over Misuse of Inaugural Funds, Labor Group Accuses Google of Firing Workers for Protesting Company, Union Organizing, Workers Slam Trump Move to Freeze Federal Pay Amid Raging Pandemic, U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Reaches Settlement in Dispute over Unequal Working Conditions, Eddie Benton-Banai, Native Activist Who Co-Founded the American Indian Movement, Dies at 89, The Lame-Duck Executioner: Trump Prepares to Execute Five Prisoners in Closing Days of Presidency, Trump Races to Kill Lisa Montgomery in First Federal Execution of a Woman in Almost 70 Years, Firing Squads, Poison Gas, Electric Chair: Trump Moves to Expand Ways to Kill Prisoners, A Trap? So far, that hasn’t happened, but two elected officials in his party are reportedly jockeying for the position, according to El Nuevo Día newspaper. So, there are two lawsuits, but I think the Supreme Court is hearing the Senate’s lawsuit. There is tremendous power in understanding. The anti-government protests in San Juan inspired similar protests in New York and Orlando, both of which have large Puerto Rican communities. “Clearly they need attention.”. India says its new laws will modernize agriculture. In Puerto Rico, voters reeling from political upheavals and crises face a crucial election The election on the island follows the historic protests following the scandal that led to Gov. Right now, the Puerto Rico Admission Act only has 58 co-sponsors (32 Democrats, 26 Republicans) who support Puerto Rico’s bid to become the 51st US state by 2021. That’s largely a result of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, also known as the Jones Act, which requires companies to hire US-based shipping crews to transport goods between US ports instead of letting them hire crews who offer the best price. Obama said “defund the police” is a bad slogan. AMY GOODMAN: Well, we’ll continue to follow this and talk about it tomorrow on Democracy Now! to your inbox each morning. “I reiterate, I have no interest in occupying the position of governor,” Vázquez said Sunday on Twitter. Whoever wins will have to work hard to keep the pro-statehood party in power after all this drama. Roman Catholic Diocese v. Cuomo is one of the most significant religion cases in the past 30 years. Native American Analyst: Our Voting Bloc Helped Flip Wisconsin Blue After It Voted for Trump in 2016, Biden & Harris Win 2020 Election; See the Latest Vote Count, State by State, Juan González Remembers NYC’s Only Black Mayor David Dinkins & Vieques Activist Carlos “Taso” Zenón, Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License, White House and State Department Plan In-Person Holiday Parties as Pandemic Rages, Russia to Begin Vaccinating Doctors and Teachers Against, Trump Posts Lie-Filled Video Alleging Massive Election Conspiracy, Georgia Secretary of State Blames Trump’s Conspiracy Theories for Violent Threats, Trump-Backing Lawyers Urge Georgia Republicans Not to Vote in Senate Runoff, As 2020 Breaks Climate Records, U.N. Urges End to Humanity’s “War on Nature”, Afghan Government and Taliban Reach Breakthrough in Peace Talks, Iran Warns It Will Increase Uranium Enrichment Unless U.S. Sanctions Are Soon Lifted, Reports: Saudi Arabia to End 3+ Year Blockade Against Qatar, Ivanka Trump Deposed in D.C.