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Misguided Policy on Puerto Rico

The policy announced by Senators Wyden and Murkowski will delegitimize whatever results stem from a referendum and derail the process towards an ultimate solution on status.

(SAN JUAN The Hill) - In an unprecedented letter to the presidents of the Commonwealth, Statehood, and Independence parties of Puerto Rico, Senators Wyden and Murkowski, chairman and majority leader of the Senate Energy Committee with jurisdiction over the political status of Puerto Rico, ruled out developed Commonwealth as an option that may be presented to the people of Puerto Rico in a future referendum.

The policy expressed by Senators Wyden and Murkowski goes against the right of self-determination of the Puerto Rican people.

Chantal to Hit Puerto Rico, Hispaniola the Hardest

In most situations similar to Chantal, the worst of the rain and heaviest squalls tend to occur near, east and northeast of the storm track.

(STATE COLLEGE, PA AccuWeather.com) - AccuWeather.com reports as Chantal tracks west-northwestward across the Caribbean, the greatest threat from the tropical storm will be from flooding this week.

The Windward islands will experience tropical storm conditions Tuesday, followed by similar conditions over parts of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Tuesday night and Wednesday. Haiti and the Dominican Republic would be impacted by Chantal later Wednesday into Thursday.

A Mother`s Nightmare- Act Now for SB 1363

Once, he told me that killing himself is his ticket out of DJJ. Imagine for a second what it feels like to hear that from your child.

(OAKLAND, CA) - I am a mother of four children living in Pico Rivera.

In my daily life, I work as an interpreter, lead a girl scout troop, and take my girls to volleyball practice, Karate, and Aztec dance classes. But a part of me is always with my oldest son, who is locked away in the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ).

DEA Arrests Puerto Rico`s and Dominican Republic`s Most Wanted

Dominican authorities have described Figueroa-Agosto as the "Pablo Escobar of the Caribbean."

(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) - Fugitive Puerto Rican Jose David Figueroa-Agosto was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service's Puerto Rico Fugitive Task Force for escaping from a Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Correctional Facility about 10 years ago.