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• - Puerto Rican students take down and destroy a U.S. flag during protests against the Navy's presence at Vieques.
  
• - Founded in 1946 with the purpose of obtaining independence by every peaceful means available.
  
• - Argues that the island's "commonwealth" status robs Puerto Ricans of their dignity and Americans of their dollars.
  
• - Argues that it would be folly to admit a 51st state whose people do not speak English and do not intend to learn it.
  
• - Argues that American rule has been bad for the island.
  
• - Portraits of notable individuals in the struggle for Puerto Rican Independence. An online book by Jean Zwickel.
  
• - Some of the questions most frequently asked by Puerto Ricans concerning the possibility that the island may become an independent nation.