The “ELA Soberano”: Is it Possible?
Within the defenders of the ‘Estado Libre Asociado’, the ELA, there is a group that
claims that it is possible for Puerto Rico to have its own sovereignty thus enjoying most of the
privileges of an independent country...
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The “ELA Soberano”: Is it Possible?
Within the defenders of the ‘Estado Libre Asociado’, the ELA, there is a group that
claims that it is possible for Puerto Rico to have its own sovereignty thus enjoying most of the
privileges of an independent country while at the same time keeping American citizenship for
island residents.
The soberanistas believe that the island can pick and choose which federal laws and
which federal agencies we like and keep those while rejecting the ones we do not want or need.
So let’s leave the PELL Grants, Section 8, WIC and HUD housing programs and lets kick out
the Federal Courts and the FBI.
Is this really possible? Is a sovereign ELA attainable? There are many reasons to
believe that this not an attainable goal.
First of all, there is the ethical reason.
As citizens of the
United States the people of Puerto Rico can demand before Congress equal treatment.
However it cannot demand special treatment.
The people of Puerto Rico cannot demand for its ci
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