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Puerto Rico to Decide Statehood in July Plebiscite
In Puerto Rico a July plebiscite asks voters to choose among free associated statehood or independence. Luis Munoz Marin leads the pro commonwealth camp while Luis Ferre heads statehood advocates and Hector Alvarez Silva promotes independence.
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Puerto Rico
United States
U.S. Statehood
U.S
Puert Rico
F.B.I
J. Edgar Hoover
Luis Munoz Marin
el Vate
the Bard
Popular Democratic Party
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Island
America
Vietnam
U.S. Congress
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San Juan
Harry Truman
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Mississippi
Mexico
Uruguay
Spain
Belgium
Taiwan
Luis Antonio Ferre
Ponce
Ferre
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Statehood Party
Statehood Republican Party
PER
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Hector Alvarez Silva