New Puerto Rico governor will face divided electorate

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Labour Migration ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Minor Parties ◽  
Structural Problems ◽  
Progressive Party

Significance The pro-US-statehood New Progressive Party (PNP) has retained the posts of governor and Resident Commissioner, and the consultative referendum produced its first indisputable majority for gaining US statehood. Yet statehood is not high on Washington's agenda and Puerto Rico faces longer-term structural problems. Impacts Minor parties did well in this election, which might put the PNP and PPD on notice to reform. Puerto Rico’s prospects will be dimmed as long as labour migration to the mainland United States continues. There will be pressure to improve the administration of elections. Puerto Rico could benefit economically if the island is again used as a base for pharmaceutical and healthcare suppliers.

Default signals further slide for Puerto Rico in 2016

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Puerto Rican ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Control Policy ◽  
Gun Control ◽  
Public Agencies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Presidential Candidates ◽  
Puerto Rican Diaspora

Significance The island's government and public agencies hold 72 billion dollars of debt obligations, but migration to the mainland United States, political unwillingness to cut spending and constitutional difficulties have triggered a severe crisis. Federal US and Puerto Rican lawmakers are concerned that austerity-driven cuts to public services would only exacerbate the problems of the commonwealth. Impacts The Puerto Rican diaspora in Florida may punish Republicans at the ballot box in the event of federal inaction. Anti-gun-control policy 'riders' may scupper congressional efforts to aid Puerto Rico in March. Relief for Puerto Rico may become a vote-winning issue for Democratic presidential candidates in the party primaries.

Debt and politics will foil Puerto Rico statehood bid

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Us Congress ◽  
Public Health Crisis ◽  
The Us ◽  
Lift Off ◽  
Progressive Party ◽  
Spending Cuts

Significance Under the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) passed by the US Congress earlier this year, the oversight board can set the island’s fiscal policy independent of the insular government should no agreement be reached. Garcia Padilla will depart office in January and a governor from the pro-statehood New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (PNP), Ricardo Rossello, will inherit the management of complex federal-commonwealth arrangements and the island’s economic and social crisis, as Puerto Rico restructures over 70 billion dollars in debt. Impacts Republican plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act (‘Obamacare’) would worsen Puerto Rico’s public health crisis. The Federal Reserve’s interest rate lift-off will punish US sub-national borrowers that have thus far avoided difficult spending cuts. Across-the-board US tax cuts, absent special measures, would see potential investors look to the mainland, rather than Puerto Rico.

Votes debacle will add to Puerto Rico's fiscal woes

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Puerto Rican ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Content Type

Significance Only a few polling stations functioned properly; those that did not will reopen on August 16, so the remaining ballots can be cast. The primaries come amid COVID-19 and following a succession of natural disasters and policy difficulties since 2016. Impacts Puerto Rican political influence in the United States will grow. President Donald Trump will renew the Puerto Rican Oversight Board for another four years. US Republicans will push back against any move towards Puerto Rican statehood. Washington may reintroduce pharmaceutical subsidies to Puerto Rico in coming years. The November 3 elections might need to be delayed if the Elections Commission is not ready.

Taiwan election portends lasting anti-China turn

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Economic Reforms ◽  
The United States ◽  
Democratic Progressive Party ◽  
Parliamentary Election ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Progressive Party ◽  
High Skill

Significance Tsai received the highest number of votes ever cast in a Taiwanese presidential election. Her party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), retained its majority in a parliamentary election the same day. Impacts Tsai has a renewed mandate to introduce economic reforms aimed at raising wages and creating jobs, especially in high-skill industries. The United States and Japan will be high foreign policy priorities for Tsai; Washington in particular will reciprocate. Elevated China-US rivalry will ensure that Taiwan will enjoy bipartisan support, and the support of the next US president.

Explosions

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Douglas Bomberger
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
The United States ◽  
Woodrow Wilson ◽  
One Step ◽  
Do So ◽  
Laws And Regulations

On 2 April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson urged Congress to enter the European war, and Congress voted to do so on Friday, 6 April. On the 15th of that month, Victor released the Original Dixieland Jazz Band’s record of “Livery Stable Blues” and “Dixieland Jass Band One-Step”; it caused an immediate nationwide sensation. James Reese Europe travelled to Puerto Rico in search of woodwind players for the Fifteenth New York Regiment Band, and the Creole Band ended its vaudeville career when it missed the train to Portland, Maine. German musicians in the United States came under increased scrutiny in the weeks after the declaration of war, as the country prepared to adopt new laws and regulations for wartime.

The Myth of the Latin American Race Monolith: Notes for Future Comparative Research on Racial Inequality in the Americas

2021 ◽  
pp. 003464462199600
Author(s):  
Diego Ayala-McCormick
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Racial Inequality ◽  
Census Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Unemployment Rates ◽  
Racial Ideologies ◽  
Racial Lines

It has become common to compare racial inequality in the United States with a “Latin American” pattern of racial inequality in which egalitarian racial ideologies mask stark socioeconomic inequalities along racial lines. However, relatively few comparative studies exist attempting to analyze variations in degrees of racial inequality in the Americas. To stimulate further research in this area, the following study analyzes census data on racial inequality in unemployment rates, educational attainment, homeownership rates, and income in Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the United States. The results suggest that while Brazil is similar to the United States in displaying large levels of racial inequality in the areas measured, Cuba and Puerto Rico display significantly lower levels of racial inequality and Colombia falls in between, undermining conceptions of a monolithic Latin American racial system.

NCSS notable trade book lesson plan: the girl who buried her dreams in a can

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-126
Author(s):  
Takisha Durm
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
The United States ◽  
Elementary Grades ◽  
Effect Change ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Future Date

PurposeThe Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Can, written by Dr Tererai, profiles a cultural, yet global experience of the power of believing in one's dream. Through this study of the similarities and differences of how children in the United States and abroad live and dream of a better life, this lesson seeks to enhance students' understandings of the power and authority they possess to effect change not only within their own lives but also in the lives of countless others in world. After reading the text, students will work to create vision boards illustrating their plans to effect change within their homes, schools, communities, states or countries. They will present their plans to their peers. To culminate the lesson, the students will bury their dreams in can and collectively decide on a future date to revisit the can to determine how far they have progressed in accomplishing their goals.Design/methodology/approachThis is an elementary grades 3–6 lesson plan. There was no research design/methodology/approach included.FindingsAs this is a lesson plan and no actual research was represented, there are no findings.Originality/valueThis is an original lesson plan completed by the first author Takisha Durm.

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