Episode 54: The Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act

For this week’s episode, we’re sharing 2 separate, but related, interviews. We speak to Federico A. de Jesús, Senior Advisor for Power 4 Puerto Rico and a Former Obama-Biden Official, about the Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act, including misconceptions of the bill, how it came to be, how it seeks to address Puerto Rico’s status, and how it compares to the The Puerto Rico Statehood Admissions Act.

We also speak to Giovanni Pagán Vélez & Andrés Rodriguez Brauer, members of the research team responsible for a recent study released by Data for Progress on Puerto Rican Status Preferences. They polled likely voters in Puerto Rico to see what their preferences were on Puerto Rico’s status by simulating a ranked choice voting scenario. We’ll learn about their findings, what status questions they asked Puerto Ricans, and more when we take the deep dive into their research.

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★ About Our Guest(s) ★

Federico's Twitter ★ https://twitter.com/fdejesusfebles

Giovanni's Twitter ★ https://twitter.com/GioPaganVelez

Andrés' Twitter ★ https://twitter.com/andresbrauer

Power 4 Puerto Rico ★ https://law.uiowa.edu

PR Policy site ★ https://prpolicy.org

Puerto Rican Status Preferences: Simulating Decolonization through Ranked Choice Voting (Data for Progress) ★ https://www.filesforprogress.org/datasets/2021/3/dfp-pr-status-rcv.pdf

The Puerto Rico Self Determination Act ★ https://www.menendez.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FLO21285.pdf

The Puerto Rico Statehood Admissions Act ★ https://soto.house.gov/sites/soto.house.gov/files/documents/SOTO_005_xml%20w%20sig%5B1%5D.pdf

★ Partners + Additional Credits ★

Puerto Rican Cultural Center Website ★ https://prcc-chgo.org

CIMA ★ https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/independent-media-alliance-about-cima/Content?oid=82156315

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