Public Pressure Key to Pushing Puerto Rico Status Vote: Grijalva.

(Bloomberg) -- Public support for a proposal that wouldtrigger a referendum to determine Puerto Rico's politicalfuture will be key to forcing the measure through the USSenate where it faces stiff Republican resistance,Representative Raul Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat, said. "There is a general understanding that legacies have tochange and that the legacy of Puerto Rico being a colonyfor 124 years is a legacy that has to change", Grijalvasaid in a telephone interview Saturday from Puerto Rico.". [Extracted from the article]

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