Puerto Rico

Allan on November 28th, 2023

InSight Crime has published their 2022 Homicide Round-Up which breaks down murder rates of countries in the Western Hemisphere. To view the entire blog entry, click here. Blog entry by Allan Wall, published March 1st, 2023, on Border Hawk Blog.

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Allan on March 30th, 2022

A Mexican non-governmental organization recently released its annual list of the world’s fifty most murderous cities in calendar year 2021. Of those 50 cities, 46 were in the Western Hemisphere, 18 were in Mexico, and 8 were in the United States. For the entire blog entry, click here. Blog entry by Allan Wall, published March […]

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The 2022 Olympic Winter Games were just held from February 4-20, in and around Beijing, China. Norway was the winner, garnering more medals overall (37) and more gold medals (16) than any other national team. In second place was Germany with 12 gold medals and 27 medals in total. Third place was host China, with […]

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Puerto Rico is an autonomous U.S. territory and it has its own Olympic team. At the so-called 2020 Olympics (actually held in 2021) in Japan, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won the gold medal in the 100 meter hurdles. For the entire blog entry, click here. Blog entry by Allan Wall, published August 11th, 2021, on VDARE.COM.

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Allan on May 30th, 2021

My first VDARE article was published twenty years ago, on May 30th, 2001. Now it’s May 30th, 2021. Here is a retrospective of the past twenty years writing for VDARE. For the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published May 29th, 2021, on VDARE.COM.

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Allan on November 4th, 2020

On the same day as the U.S. presidential election (November 3rd), Puerto Rico held elections, which are also of interest. For the entire blog entry, click here. Blog entry by Allan Wall, published November 4th, 2020, on VDARE.COM.

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November 3rd is not only the scheduled date for the presidential and congressional elections, but also the scheduled date for a referendum on the island territory of Puerto Rico on statehood. For the entire blog entry, click here. Blog entry by Allan Wall, published October 24th, 2020, on VDARE.COM.

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Allan on August 31st, 2019

The growth of the Hispanic population in the United States has been much-discussed in the media. Are Hispanics assimilating? Are they becoming Americans? Do they have the same interests as other Americans? Those are more controversial questions, and are questions that one can get into trouble for asking. And yet, they should be asked, and […]

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There was a big dustup in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory in the Caribbean. Governor Ricardo “Ricky” Rosello has resigned under duress. The resignation is effective on August 2nd. To read the entire article, click here. Article by Allan Wall, published July 28th, 2019, on VDARE.COM.

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Allan on April 10th, 2019

The Puerto Rican question arises again. In Congress, a proposal for rapid Puerto Rican statehood has been introduced. A recent National Review piece called for Puerto Rican statehood, with a bizarre justification for it.  In all fairness to National Review, they did allow a rebuttal to be published a few days later. As for myself, […]

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