Puerto Rico vote
SAN JUAN - Supporters of continued US commonwealth status for Puerto Rico prevailed at the polls yesterday over those who wanted statehood, AP reports.
'The people spoke and I will obey them,' Governor Pedro Rossello, who spearheaded the statehood campaign, said, acknowledging defeat.
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