Kimberly Shiller · August, 2012

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Puerto Rico: What's at Stake in the August 19 Referendum

  19 August 2012

Puerto Ricans have voted on a referendum to amend the Constitution. The are two proposed amendments: one to limit the right to bail and one that to reduce the number of legislators. The implications of limiting the right to bail and the campaign organized to oppose the referendum was marked by a heightened activity on social network sites.