{"id":6387,"date":"2013-06-12T07:20:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T03:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicana-online.org\/?p=6387"},"modified":"2013-06-12T07:20:12","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T03:20:12","slug":"noti4909","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/noti4909\/","title":{"rendered":"The UNA-SNY Young Professionals invite you to attend: Turning Point: The End of U.S. Colonialism in Puerto Rico?"},"content":{"rendered":"



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The UNA-SNY Young Professionals invite you to attend: Turning Point: The End of U.S. Colonialism in Puerto Rico?
<\/STRONG>Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 06\/11\/13
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I<\/SPAN>n what hasn’t been exercised in more than a decade unfolded this past U.S. presidential election in November. An astounding 1.8 million Puerto Ricans in the island cast their ballot in a nonbinding referendum – 54 percent voted against the current “commonwealth” status. <\/P>
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THURSDAY, JUNE 13 AT 6 P.M.
THE GRADUATE CENTER, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK<\/STRONG><\/P>
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What message does the vote send to Washington? What would statehood mean for education, healthcare, levy and employment? Will the Obama administration seek to evolve the discussion? Find out on June 13 at “Turning Point: The End of U.S. Colonialism in Puerto Rico?”

Speakers include:<\/STRONG><\/P>
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