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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/145859| Title: | Puerto Rico’s seven status plebiscites : the myth of a pro-statehood mandate |
| Authors: | Pantojas-García, Emilio |
| Keywords: | Puerto Rico -- Politics and government -- 1952- Postcolonialism -- Puerto Rico Referendum -- Puerto Rico United States -- Relations -- Puerto Rico Puerto Rico -- Relations -- United States Statehood (American politics) |
| Issue Date: | 2026 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta. Islands and Small States Institute |
| Citation: | Pantojas-García, E. (2026). Puerto Rico’s seven status plebiscites : the myth of a pro-statehood mandate. Small States & Territories, 9(1), 87-96. |
| Abstract: | The governing Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP) has organised six out of seven status plebiscites since 1967. The statehood option (becoming the 51st state of the US) secured the majority of the vote in the past four, leading to a claim of a pro-statehood mandate. This article examines the historical evolution of the Puerto Rico status debate, the outcomes of the seven status plebiscites, the claim of a pro-statehood mandate, and the conditions and alternatives needed to move forward in the resolution of the status question. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/145859 |
| ISSN: | 26168006 |
| Appears in Collections: | SST Vol. 9, No. 1, May 2026 |
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