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Op-Ed: Independence Wins in Puerto Rico

Published on June 12, 2017 in Politics by Hector Luis Alamo

Why, with turnout at a low 23 percent, the results of Sunday’s referendum in Puerto Rico equals a win for the independence movement.

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