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Puerto Rico: A Colony the American Way(1981)
Status: Released
Date: 1981-03-01
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Time: 0h 28m
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A report on the political, social, and economic problems of Puerto Rico in the early 1980s and on the impact of the island's eighty-four-year-old link to the United States. Features interviews with leaders of the Puerto Rican Socialist and Independence parties, Governor Romero Barcelo, U.S. Congressman Ronald Dellums, and the Puerto Rican people themselves.
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Puerto Rico,
United States of America
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