Ex-San Juan mayor joins call for Congress to certify PR as incorporated territory.

Former San Juan Mayor Hernán Padilla (Facebook via Pedro R. Pierluisi) By THE STAR STAFF Former San Juan Mayor Hernán Padilla has formally joined a pro-statehood initiative urging the U.S. Congress to certify Puerto Rico as an incorporated territory of the United States, an action supporters argue is long overdue after 128 years under U.S. sovereignty. The effort, coordinated by attorney Gregorio Igartúa and a group of statehood advocates, calls on federal lawmakers and the president to...

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