Debt and politics will foil Puerto Rico statehood bid
The incoming government of the indebted commonwealth seeks to unlock greater federal support via US statehood status
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- PNP strategy
- Statehood hurdles
- Federal-insular political manoeuvres
- Party-political impact
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_350.jpg "Puerto Rico Governor-elect Ricardo Rossello in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico (Reuters/Alvin Baez)")