House Approves Bill To Let Puerto Rico Decide Its Own Future ...Middle East

The House of Representatives voted Thursday to let Puerto Rico hold its first-ever binding referendum on whether to gain independence or become the 51st U.S. state.The bill passed 233-191. Puerto Rico voters will be able to choose whether to join the United States as a full state, to gain independence, or to gain independence with free association, meaning it would operate as a sovereign nation but receive certain benefits and funding from the U.S.New York Representative Nydia Velazquez, the first Puerto Rican woman elected to the House, hailed the bill’s passage.“It is an embarrassment to the United States—the United States that holds itself up as a leader of the free world, that stands up

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