The time has come for the United States Congress to grant equal treatment to the people of Puerto Rico through statehood and end the condition of indignity, inequality, and abuse to which its 3.1 million citizens are subjected to under an outdated colonial regime.
Calls for Puerto Rico statehood to address inequality and economic issues.
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