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Washington D.C. Favors A Statehood Pact With Puerto Rico

Washington D.C. Favors A Statehood Pact With Puerto Rico

by Diego Ramos Bechara | Mar 17, 2022 | Featured, Politics

It began with Missouri and Maine back in 1890.  It ended in 1959, when Democrats pressured Republican President Eisenhower to grant statehood to Alaska if he hoped to make Hawaii the 50th state.  For decades, states were added into the Union in pairs, the intent of...

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