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After the Commonwealth, Jimmy Carter was the first president to recognize that the debate on Puerto Rico’s status was unfinished

As tenant of the White House, he also commuted the sentences of five Puerto Rican nationalists

December 30, 2024 - 10:02 AM

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Imagen de archivo del expresidente de Estados Unidos Jimmy Carter.

Jimmy Carter, elected president in November 1976 and formerly governor of Georgia, established, in 1978, the public policy of “alternative futures” for Puerto Rico. (The Associated Press)

By José A. Delgado

Corresponsal de El Nuevo Día en Washington D. C.jose.delgado@gfrmedia.com

Washington D.C. - As President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100, recognized that resolving Puerto Rico’s political future was an unfinished business to which the federal government should commit itself and, shortly thereafter, made the decision to commute the sentences of five Puerto Rican nationalists.