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Article: Decolonization Committee calls for expediated process of self-determination for Puerto Rico; Unanimous resolution also urges United States to return occupied land on Vieques Island to people of Puerto Rico. Page 2 of 2.
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- June 15, 2004
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M2 PRESSWIRE-15 June 2004-UN: Decolonization Committee calls for expediated process of self-determination for Puerto Rico; Unanimous resolution also urges United States to return occupied land on Vieques Island to people of Puerto Rico. Page 2 of 2.(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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JOSE ADAMS, director of the TV program Al Frente, said that for 87 years Puerto Rico had been virtually a state of the United States, but because of discrimination Puerto Ricans had been second-class citizens. Because of discrimination, the declaration of the statehood of Puerto Rico was not included in the latest congressional declarations, and as a result ...