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Strangled by an economic recession imposed by the United States, the Caribbean island is plagued by a mass exodus... Programme information Producer: WILD ANGLE PRODUCTIONS Country: France Year: 2016 Reasons for Anger

On Friday, Congressman Alan Grayson filed legislation Friday that calls for a Constitutional amendment that would give the Puerto Rican people the right to vote for President, and provide the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico with electors in the Electoral College. “Three and a half million Americans in Puerto Rico have no say in who serves as President of the United States,” Grayson said in his floor speech “Women and African Americans were once denied this same basic voting right. Now it’s American citizens who reside in Puerto Rico who suffer this disenfranchisement.” Grayson added that the solution is not unlike the District of Columbia when they were granted electors to the Electoral College, with passage of the 23rd Amendment to the Constitution. Like Puerto Rico now, the District of Columbia was not, and is not a state. The firebrand progressive is in his final weeks in office after losing a bid for Senate earlier this year. State Senator Darren Soto, a Puerto Rican will succee...