1999 EDITORIALS & COMMENTARY


Editorials:

Boston Herald

12/07/1999- In Harm's Way

Carribean Business

10/28/1999- Vieques: Politics Aside

Chicago Tribune, The

10/22/1999- The Vieques Solution: Buy It

8/13/1999- A Fair Deal for the FALN

Florida Times-Union, The

12/08/1999-Navy Decision Was A Dud

Hartford Courant, The

12/08/1999- Progress on Vieques

5/6/1999- Stop Bombing Vieques

Miami Herald

12/11/1999- No More Bombs

10/20/99- Hard Lessons In Vieques

5/20/1999- No Place for Bombs Amid Civilians

New York Post, The

12/04/1999- Politics First, Servicemen Second

New York Times, The

12/28/1998- "None Of The Above" Does Not Move Puerto Ricans Any Closer To Defining Their Future

Orlando Sentinel

12/07/1999- Puerto Ricans Won A Considerable Victory

10/21/1999- Another Slap at Vieques

5/16/1999- No More Live Runs In Vieques

Providence Journal, The

10/24/1999- National Interest Comes First

Puerto Rico Herald

3/2/1999- Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican Baseball Star, Voted Into Hall of Fame

Sun-Sentinel, The

12/04/1999- Clinton's Offer Merits Study

7/13/99- Rossello's Frustration Justified

4/25/1999- The Navy's Use Of Vieques Is A Throwback To The Worst Days Of Colonialism

Tampa Tribune, The

5/28/1999- No U.S. State Would Trade Its Voting Voice In Washington For Freedom From Taxes. Puerto Ricans Should Remember That The Next Time They Vote On Statehood.

Wall Street Journal, The

11/15/1999- The Value of Vieques

Washington Post, The

10/22/1999- The Pentagon and Vieques

12/24/1998- Puerto Rico: A Moment Lost

5/3/1999- Puerto Ricans Are U.S. Citizens Without A Vote In Congress. That Leaves Them At The Full Mercy Of Powerful Interests Beyond Their Political Reach. That Shouldn't Be.


Commentary:

Associated Press/AP Online

12/07/1999 - Pentagon Hopes 'Cooling Off' Period Will Smooth Over Vieques Dispute

12/04/1999- Why The Navy Considers It Important To Drop Live Bombs On Vieques

12/04/1999- Puerto Rico Rejects President's Plan For Navy Use Of Island

11/19/99- POLL SUGGESTS LUKEWARM SUPPORT FOR ENDING NAVY PRESENCE; 56% WANT NAVY TO LEAVE

11/10/1999- PUERTO RICO PROUD OF NEW HEROES-Entertainers, Scientists, Athletes Among The Island's Famous People

11/04/99- Cohen Wants Talks With Rossello

10/11/99- Romero Barcelo Warns Reno Against Vieques Arrests

10/08/99- U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Review Puerto Ricans' U.S. Citizenship

9/16/1999- Murkowski Bill Aims to Shut Vieques Target Range

7/6/1999- Rosselló Seeks U.N. Support to Compel Washington to Act

6/13/1999- Puerto Rican Gubernatorial Candidate Promises Another Statehood Referendum

4/3/1999- Statehood Proponents Make A New Run On Washington

3/3/1999- Rossello, Hernandez Colon, Ferre Urge Nobel Prize in Literature for Enrique Laguerre

Austin American-Statesman

12/1/1999- Plan Lets Navy Train On Vieques With Pledge To Quit

Baltimore Sun

9/21/1999- Navy Should Vacate Vieques in 5 Years, Limit Bombing Practice During Interim

Caribbean Business

1/11/1999- Time To Prepare For Young Status Hearings - That's The Next Showdown In The Long Saga Of Puerto Rico's Status, As Local Parties Ready Their Lobby Machines Again

Citizens Educational Foundation

6/9/1999- Understanding Citizenship Issues

Daily Texan (U-WIRE-U. Texas-Austin)

1/27/1999- 'English-only' Betrays Xenophobia

Dayton Daily News

1/26/1999- 'None of the Above' December Vote Not Islands Away for Area Natives of Puerto Rico

Defense Daily

9/271999- Vieques Stakes Raised: Senate Bill Closes Roosevelt Roads Naval Base if Bombing Range Is Not Reopened

Defenselink News

10/18/99- Secretary of Defense Calls for Continued Dialogue on Vieques

Dow Jones International News

11/23/1999- Supreme Court Denies Review Of Puerto Ricans' Citizenship

10/28/99- Puerto Ricans, Pentagon To Discuss Bomb-Range Dispute

10/26/99- Warner Links Future Naval Deployment To Resumption of Vieques Live-Fire Training

3/6/1999- Rossello, Businesses Try to Revive Federal Tax Break Shot Down by Congress in 1996

EFE News Service

10/12/99- Gore Backs Withdrawal of U.S. Navy from Vieques

6/2/1999- Gov. Rosselló Announces He Will Not Seek Re-election

9/3/1999- Hispanic Groups Join Campaign for Vieques

8/27/1999- "No More Creole Referendums," Pesquera Says In New York

7/20/1999- Puerto Rico Asks to Be Included in U.N. Colony List

El Mundo

5/16/1999- Zoraidita's Bomb -"Is Congress Willing To Offer Permanent Union And Irrevocable Citizenship? How Can This Be Achieved According To The United States Constitution?" Fonalledas Asks Senators

Federal Document Clearing House

11/12/1999- Kennedy Promises Federal Status Plebiscite if Democrats Win Back House in 2000

11/02/1999- No Decision Yet from Cohen on Vieques Report

9/09/1999- Inhofe Backs Vital Military Training at Navy Facility in Vieques

Financial Times - USA Edition

3/11/1999- Puerto Rico Changing Even As It Seeks To Stay The Same

Greensboro News & Record - Greensboro, NC

4/17/1999- Puerto Ricans Did Not Reject Statehood (Letter to the Editor)

4/08/1999- Puerto Rico's People Have Fought to Defend America

4/05/1999- Puerto Rican Statehood is a Wrong-Headed Idea

Hartford Courant, The

11/2/1999- Impasse Remains Over Vieques - Rossello Wants Navy Out

Independent Florida Alligator (U-WIRE-U. Florida)

2/25/1999- Puerto Rican Leaders Debate At University of Florida

M2 Presswire

8/13/1999- Sister Isolina Ferre Honored with Medal of Freedom

Miami Herald, The

12/12/1999- Puerto Rican Islanders Sue Navy Over Its Bombing Range

11/15/1999- The Nation Needs Vieques

11/01/1999- 'Either It's the Republic of Puerto Rico or Statehood'

10/23/1999- Rossello willing to deal on Vieques

9/10/1999- Vieques Needed, U.S. Military Chief Says

9/9/1999- Hispanic Vote Challenges Presidential Campaigning

7/6/1999- Puerto Rico Becoming a Military Hub for U.S. Forces

National Journal

8/14/1999- Hispanics: Beyond the Myths

Newsday

5/31/1999- Puerto Rico Searches for Its Future

New York Daily News, The

11/17/1999- Clinton's Vieques Offer May Not Go Far Enough

10/03/1999- Vieques Isn't For Sale, Puerto Rican Leaders Reject Navy's Buyout Offer

New York Times, The

12/16/1999- Senate Bill Proposes Closing Roosevelt Roads - White House Plans New Vieques Meetings

12/11/1999 - No Accord on Island Bombing as Administration and Puerto Rico Point Fingers

12/05/1999 - Puerto Ricans Gain Ear of Washington But Seek Far More

10/31/1999- In Politics, Ethnic Posturing Isn't Simple Anymore: How To Appeal To Hispanic Voters When They Are Increasingly Diverse

10/19/99- Presidential Panel Backs Firing Exercises in Vieques

10/18/99 - To Talk Like New York, Sign Up for Spanish

9/19/1999- The Latinization of America

9/2/1999- G.O.P. Wants Clinton to Explain Clemency for Puerto Rican Nationalists

8/27/1999- Federal Agencies Opposed Leniency for 16 Militants

Orlando Sentinel, The - Orlando, FL

12/25/1999-Vieques Is Litmus Test For Hillary Clinton In New York

12/01/1999- Hispanics Blast Clinton As Climax Of Island Dispute Draws Near

11/28/1999- Hispanics Encouraged To Make 2000 Census Count

10/21/1999- Vieques: Aim For Compromise

10/20/99- "Not One More Bomb" - Rossello

10/03/99- Events in Washington Spur Mood of Nationalism: A View From the Island

5/27/1999- Why Should I Have to Learn Spanish?

6/14/1999- Party Pushes Pesquera For Governor's Job

6/28/1999- Why And When We Speak Spanish Among Ourselves In Public

4/11/1999- Former Governor's Son Says PDP Being Unfair

3/25/1999- Controversy Disrupts Popular Democratic Party

3/21/1999- HOPE RETURNS TO PUERTO RICO SIX MONTHS AFTER GEORGES, THINGS ARE STARTING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL

1/25/1999- Suarez Hits One Out Of The Park For Central Florida Hispanics

1/25/1999- Arizona one more stop on misguided drive for English-only laws

1/23/1999- PUERTO RICO VOTE WAS A MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNOR

Osceola Sentinel, The - South Florida

8/17/1999- Keeping Up With the Garcias

1/15/1999- Statehood Issue Is Caught in Stalemate - Puerto Rico and Congress Are Waiting for the Other to Define the Political Relationship

Reuters News Service

11/01/1999 - No Compromise on Vieques

San Francisco Chronicle, The

11/22//99 - Navy Outstays Its Welcome On Vieques

San Juan Star - San Juan, Puerto Rico

10/01/99 - Celebrating Lesser Known P.R. Achievements

4/04/1999- On Status: Who's Telling What To Whom?

2/21/1999- WHITE HOUSE: "NONE OF THE ABOVE" WIN NOT A CLEAR STATUS CHOICE

2/17/1999- U.S.' STATE, JUSTICE DEPARTMENTS SAY PUERTO RICO REMAINS A TERRITORY

2/12/1999- GUTIERREZ URGING INDEPENDENCE FOR PUERTO RICO LIVES PARADOX

St. Petersburg Times

6/14/1999- Parties Courting Hispanic Vote

Sun Sentinel, The

10/03/99- Hispanics Lag in Donating to Campaigns

8/21/1999- Clemency Question Part of Larger Picture

TIMES UNION

12/19/1999- Vieques Clash Poses Dilemma For Some Sailors

11/07/1999- Rossello Grabs Spotlight Over Vieques

TORONTO STAR, THE

12/29/1999- Time For U.S. To Change Its Ways

US NEWSWIRE

11/05/1999- Clinton Hopeful of Vieques Accord: Must Stop Treating Puerto Rico as U.S. Colony

USA Today

3/24/1999- A Place At U.S. Table For Latinos In 2001?

Virginian-Pilot & Ledger-Star, The - Norfolk, VA

9/4/1999- White House Hears the Navy's Case for Vieques Bomb Range

9/9/1999- Navy Plan Gives Vieques Economic Development Aid

Wall Street Journal, The

10/05/99- Clinton's Puerto Rico Policy Bombs in More Ways Than One

3/31/1999- Self-Determination: Origins and Meaning

3/18/1999- U.S. Presidential Contenders Realize Importance of Winning Over Hispanics

Washington Post, The

12/28/1999-Apology Isn't Enough for Puerto Rico Spy Victims; Thousands May Seek Redress in Court for Secret Police Dossiers

9/19/1999- Senate Hearings On Puerto Rico's Status Sought Amid Clemency Controversy

7/16/1999- Standing Watch on the Imperium -In Puerto Rico, the Legacy of the Spanish-American War Remains Unresolved

Washington Times, The - Washington, DC

12/17/1999- Selling Out Vieques

12/10/1999- Vieques Counterattack

11/01/1999-Puerto Ricans, Vieques, Civil Rights And Patriotism

10/19/1999- Bombed Away Puerto Rico Powerless To Stop Navy Exercises

3/8/1999- Rossello Opposes Young Federal Tax Proposal Unless Accompanied By All Statehood Benefits

 

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