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Puerto Rico “Commonwealth” party leaders yesterday reiterated their pledge to call a “constitutional assembly” (often also referred to as a “constituent assembly”) on the territory’s status next year if the Federal government does not act on the status issue this year.
A party convention ratified a resolution presented by Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla. It repeats a promise in the party’s 2012 elections platform.
"The resolution opposes a status solution that would compromise “Puerto Rican nationality or impair our linguistic and cultural identity.” The language was intended as an attack on U.S. statehood, the status that won the territory’s plebiscite on the issue held along with the elections, although statehood would not affect the cultural identity of Puerto Ricans."
So Puerto Rico will lose spanish if it becomes a state!?
Will this party convention happen, so the spanish language can be saved in Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico's not going to lose Spanish. I'm from there, and even though most of us are very proud to be Americans, we're also very proud to be Puerto Rican and Spanish is a part of our identity. We're not like the Mexicans that live in the states that lose their ability to lose Spanish almost completely by the 3rd generation.
And I agree with the above poster, you are pretty much borderline spamming, OP, if not doing so already. You already have practically half the first page with your OPs, plus you posed similar questions about Quebec in the Canada forum, so I doubt this is near and dear to your heart
Puerto Rico's not going to lose Spanish. I'm from there, and even though most of us are very proud to be Americans, we're also very proud to be Puerto Rican and Spanish is a part of our identity. We're not like the Mexicans that live in the states that lose their ability to lose Spanish almost completely by the 3rd generation.
And I agree with the above poster, you are pretty much borderline spamming, OP, if not doing so already. You already have practically half the first page with your OPs, plus you posed similar questions about Quebec in the Canada forum, so I doubt this is near and dear to your heart
Well, then, how would we make sure spanish was spoken after statehood? And again, I'm sorry. We can keep the discussion to one thread can't we?
Puerto Rico will never become a federal state. The "antis" on the island are numerous enough (between the status quo and pro-independence people), but many Americans on the mainland oppose statehood. Puerto Rico is more like a separate nation with its own culture. It does not want to lose its culture and identity and language, no matter how long this would take. (Playing on the U.S. Olympic team under the American flag and many other things you give up when you opt for statehood? Puerto Ricans won't accept that.)
Congress would have to approve statehood, and a Spanish-language state is just impossible. More Democrats want it (for more Democratic voters), but Republicans will never approve it (more Dem senators and representatives, and more federal funds for welfare). Puerto Rico is considered too poor, too backward outside its bigger cities, and the poverty level is higher than Mississippi's (our poorest state). The opposition will be formidable, and the pro-statehood side hasn't a chance. The 2012 referendum was quite sleazy, really, and the results are not impressive. No one believes this is a mandate for statehood, and statehood would be tricky enough even if the referendum had been a mandate.
Last edited by masonbauknight; 08-27-2013 at 08:01 PM..
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