The supreme definition and Puerto Ricans: history at last has cornered us
Artículo publicado originalmente en Abril 2017 The supreme definition and Puerto Ricans: history at last has cornered us Translation of the original article in spanish version: “ La definición suprema y la puertorriqueñidad: la historia al fin nos acorraló” Translation by Ada Pérez “In the end, the great issues presented here are civic, not economic. Do Puerto Ricans wish to become Americans? Because that's what statehood ineluctably implies.” -Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) on the Senate floor in May 1990 on debate on the S.712 bill: Puerto Rico Status Referendum Act of 1989-90 It is come the zero hour It is already a determined and official fact, embodied in Law # 7 of 2017, which the skilled resident voters of this island are prepared to participate in the next plebiscite scheduled for next Sunday June 11, 2017. Unlike previous plebiscites, the way in which it is proposed inevitably seeks to confront Puerto Ricans with what Pedro Albizu Campos called "the moment of ...