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On the recordMay 18, 2010
Colonial rule, consented or not, constitutes a denial of the elementary principle of democracy which requires participation of the governed in determining the laws under which they live.
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Luis Fortuño
Puerto Rico

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Emphasizing that colonialism contradicts democratic principles.

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