A passionate advocate for making Puerto Rico the 51st U.S. state appears poised to become the next governor of the territory, giving a boost to a movement that has been gaining momentum amid the island's economic woes, the Associated Press reported on Friday. Ricardo Rossello, a scientist and the son of a former governor of the island, is expected to win tomorrow largely due to widespread public anger over the decade-long recession and a corruption scandal that has left the party of his main opponent in disarray. But Rossello intends to make joining the union the central focus of his administration if he takes office. "We're going to fight for statehood," he said. Read more.
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