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Catalonia has earned its right to have an independent state, said the head of the regional government Carles Puigdemont, praising the courage of millions of Catalan people, who, despite a violent police crackdown, took to the polling stations Sunday. LIVE UPDATES: Catalonia holds independence referendum amid violent attempts to thwart vote “On this day of […]
Flickr / Nicolás Boullosa The battle over sanctuary cities is not just a matter of pitting some cities against federal policy. The conflict is also pitting cities against state governments. More than 30 states have moved with varying degrees of success to rein in so-called sanctuary cities that have pledged to not assist federal agents […]
The head of the Libyan National Army, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, has told RT he is seeking Moscow’s support in lifting the “unfair” UN arms embargo in order to procure Russian weaponry to battle terrorism, human trafficking and to fully restore Libya’s sovereignty and statehood. In February 2011, in the wake of the Western-backed uprising […]
SAN JUAN (Reuters) – An official count of votes for Puerto Rico’s plebiscite on Sunday showed overwhelming support for U.S. statehood, although adding another star to the U.S. flag would likely face an uphill battle in Congress. A government website for the status referendum, Puerto Rico’s fifth since 1967, showed 97 percent of roughly 485,000 […]
Published time: 11 Jun, 2017 23:54 Around one million people flooded the streets of Manhattan for the annual Puerto Rican Day parade on the same day the Caribbean island went to polls in a non-binding referendum to decide whether or not to join the Union as the 51st state. Red, white, and blue filled the […]
Puerto Rico is preparing to vote on becoming the 51st US state, but there are several other options that the islanders can choose from in the non-binding referendum, including maintaining the status quo to becoming a full-fledged country on its own. Amid a historic bankruptcy declaration, Puerto Ricans will head to the polls on Sunday […]
