Is this how it works; Puerto Rico voted for US statehood, but did anyone ask the US if we wanted them and their massive debt – PB/TK
Puerto Ricans back full US statehood but vote marred by abstentions – By Nelson Del Castillo and Elodie Cruz / June 11 2017
A weak turnout had been predicted, given the call by opposition parties — which supported the status quo — for a boycott of the non-binding vote.
Despite the low level of participation, Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rossello vowed, after casting his vote for full annexation by the United States, to defend internationally the result.
Results showed that 97.2 percent of those who voted wanted statehood, 1.5 percent supported independence and 1.3 percent backed no change.
“We will go before international forums to defend the argument of the importance of Puerto Rico being the first Hispanic state in the United States,” Rossello said, appearing with his wife Beatriz Areizaga Garcia in the northeastern city of Guaynabo
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