por más de cuatrocientos años puerto rico formó parte del vasto imperio español. as. en el siglo dieciocho comenzaron las luchas por la independencia en latinoamérica. de las antiguas colonias españolas surgieron nuevas naciones independientes. para mil ochocientos veinticinco méxico, toda centroamérica y toda sudamérica eran ya independientes del imperio español. pero la lucha por la independencia en el caribe duró mucho más tiempo y puerto rico siguió siendo parte del imperio español. en mil ochocientos noventa y ocho estalló la guerra entre los estados unidos y españa. al perder la guerra, españa tuvo que concederle el resto de su imperio a los estados unidos. las filipinas, cuba y puerto rico pasaron a manos norteamericanas. en mil novecientos dos, cuba consiguió su independencia de los estados unidos. las islas filipinas se independizaron en mil novecientos cuarenta y seis pero puerto rico siguió siendo territorio norteamericano. muy bien. ahora no tardaremos tanto. siempre hay menos tráfico en la autopista. vamos a parar para comprar refrescos. me parece muy

in terms of puerto rico. people born in puerto rico right now they're american citizens. that doesn't work. the other part that was more interesting to me was to hear romney say that puerto rico was evidence that he can win the latino vote. well, there is no such evidence in recent polls. the fact is that he steams to be doubling down in terms of his opposition. he is the hardest of all the candidates when it comes to immigration reform. >> that poll had him at 87%. >> that's puerto rico. that's why. that was a g.o.p. primary in puerto rico, again, rick santorum. >> bret: charles? >> i think what santorum did in puerto rico is emblematic of what he has done in the campaign. is he a man of principle. and he speaks them everywhere. even though there is no reason he had to. it's a theoretical issue about statehood. puerto rico has rejected statehood every single time it's been on the ballot. so it's not going to happen and he didn't have to answer a hypothetical that, in fact, angered the local population and electorate but that's what he does. he answers questions on princi

está fechada en san juan de puerto rico. que yo sea parte importante de su vida también. ¿qué siente raquel por arturo? ¿qué piensa ella de su declaración? esta es una noche realmente inolvidable. sí. y tú también eres ya una persona inolvidable para mí. raquel, yo... por favor, déjame terminar. lo que quiero decir es que... no es fácil decir estas cosas. todo ha sido tan... tan rápido. necesito tiempo para pensar. ( risas ) arturo: ¿estás contenta? muchísimo, ¿y tú? arturo: yo también. ¿qué pasa si angel...? raquel: arturo, tú no tienes la culpa de nada. yo voy a buscar a angel. ya verás que lo encuentro. narrador: raquel llegó a san juan con grandes esperanzas. le prometió a arturo que encontraría a angel. y también quería terminar pronto la investigación para don fernando. pero cuando llegó a la casa de angel, no contestó nadie. señorita ¿a quién busca? buenos días, señora. busco al señor angel castillo. ¿no sabe ud., señorita? el señor castillo murió. ¿cuándo murió? hace poco. es una pena-- tan buenos vecinos que eran. p

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puerto rico, those who want statehood for puerto rico will decide that happens in november.xplain to me the whole federal law in this, jeff toobin, about english only. this is something that has been debated for a long time. >> it has been debated, but never any federal law that says english is the official language of the united states. >> there are 41 states that have decided -- >> state permissions. but there are many federal laws that say you have to make available to citizens government benefits, government obligations in the language that they understand. when you have an american courtroom, i used to be a federal prosecutor. it is a requirement that you have an interpreter there, whether they're speaking english, whatever it is, the idea is the government has to make sure that people understand what's going on, not that people have an obligation to speak english. >> politically speaking, as you're campaigning for votes in puerto rico, is this a tough issue for him, judge. >> he ought to save his money and buy a house. this is absolutely nuts. puerto rico is not going

organizational advantage, financial advantage, he is running spanish language radio ads here in puerto rico, touting the fact that craig romney, his son, actually speaks spanish. he also has a letter to the editor in the puerto rican newspaper that is in spanish, so he's really sort of blanketed the state in ways that rick santorum hasn't, but the fact that rick santorum invested so much time here, he spent 48 hours in puerto rico, when the illinois primary is coming up on tuesday, it just goes to show you that rick santorum is thinking about how every delegate counts in this race. he watched those other territories a couple of weeks ago go to mitt romney. those territories in guam and the mariana islands, they offset all of the gains that santorum had in the kansas caucuses. he learned from that mistake and that's why he came to puerto rico. the fact he invested so much time here makes puerto rico kind of an open question as to where this is going to go, when you talk to people on the ground here, you really hear two different sides. you hear people saying yes, mitt romney has an advantage

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really back down from it too much, but a lot of people in puerto rico and beyond, latinos back here in the u.s., it raised a lot of eyebrows. one puerto rican official said that it was a very limiting and narrow view and when you couple that, fred, couple that with some people who feel like republicans have been taking some very hard line anti-latino -- a hard line against issues that latinos care about, take illegal immigration, a lot of republicans say they want to deport illegal aliens or people who have been living here in the u.s. for a while, sonia sotomayor, the supreme court justice, mitt romney has been critical of her. she's obviously a puerto rican -- inspires pride among a lot of puerto ricans. couple this issue, this english only issue with the other issues that people feel like republicans are taking hard lines against issues that latinos care about, and it could be a problem in terms of attracting or maintaining latino voters in a general election. fred? >> shannon, something else santorum has been spending a whole lot of time on social issues like pornography, he spok

i can see people going puerto rico., yes, american territories actually have primaries and caucuses and in fact they have been very good for mitt romney. they have saved him at times that he needed kind of a better looking day than he was actually having. >> right. well, these insular primaries are expensive to do as maria said. they reward organization. puerto rico has a culture very much shaped by ties of patronage and active political machinery. maria was telling me in the green room that ann romney was at an event where the governor was handing out checks two days before, quite legally, appropriate checks, but still a check and a smile seems to have that little extra appeal over a check alone. and so puerto rico is also an economy that has been very shaped by activist government through var you kiious kinds oft from the mainland, the pharmaceutical industry in puerto rico, that's the basis of rick santorum's connection to puerto rico is that pennsylvania company that was a big pharmaceuticalmaker there. they're not

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why are we discussing these issues in puerto rico that really aren't issues? ricans speak english and they speak spanish and we should not begin to introduce requirements. >> i think it's a way for romney to get the upper hand to move to the next primaries. came in third in the last two primaries. this is a situation where they said i don't have the upper hand. i'm going to say it in a way that i sound a lot better. >> final word. >> i think the comment was a little bit on the snob by side. >> we'll talk more about it because we're going to be talking to the governor of puerto rico coming up next hour. that is governor luis fortuno. still ahead on "starting point" this morning we're going to talk about this teenager shot and killed by the neighborhood watch cap pan in florida. we're going to have an exclusive interview with the parents of trayvon martin straight ahead. >>> get real this morning, hispanic player subjected to taunts during the tournament. they're saying, where's your green card, where's your green card. we'll tell you. we're talking about that s

he is here jobs in puerto rico are american jobs. certainly he came to respect the will of the people on november 6th and actually he went further and said should the voters decide we want to use state wood he provide it had to the work on the terms and conditions that would have to be ironed out. >> didn't he erase you on the supreme court justice regardless of how she may have voted on this or that issue or ruled on this or that issue. >> he had to address that. he did during a couple of days they spent in puerto rico. what he said was this had nothing to do about justice. he was not questioning them. it had to do about her doing a philosophy. certainly in every campaign there are issues you would rather not see around. >> predict tonight's outcome? who wins and by how much? >> let me tell you i am biassed as you i know, i believe governor romney is going to do well. >> governor louise have fun. i will see you on the (speaking spanish) >> you are welcome any time i can karn de you excellent >> thank you very much governor. >> obvio

que es muy importante que no se pierda esa cultura, y el lenguaje espaÑol >>> puerto rico es un a votar en las elecciones generales. durante aÑos los puertorriqueÑos han debatido sÍ mantener la actual relaciÓn con estados unidos, independizarse o convertirse en el estado nÚmero 51. >>> quisiera hablar sobre el tema idioma, es un grave error. mezclar la polÍtica con el futuro de nuestros hijos. >>> aunque allÍ los asuntos del gobierno federal se desarrollan en inglÉs, la mayorÍa de la vida cotidiana se realiza en espaÑol. >>> hoy el candidatos republica republicano declarÓ que algunos medios locales habÍan mal interpretado sus palabras y no propone que el inglÉs sea el Único idioma de puerto rico pero serÍa bueno que los residentes dominen el inglÉs, entre tanto santorum no es el Único que busca el apoyo de delegados puertorriqueÑos. >>> su principal rival, romney llegarÍa este viernes a la capital san juan la ventaja por ahora que tiene romney que cuenta con el apoyo de importantes figuras de la isla incluyendo el gobernador, luis fortuÑo >>> en washington lori montenegro telemu

. >>> and coming up next at 5:00, gop front-runner, mitt romney was in puerto rico today, he tried to capitalize on the controversial comments made by his closest rival earlier this week. >>> also we'll show you why oakland police officers are shaving their locks for solidarity. >>> we've been talking about hail, snow, rain, we're also having to talk about some gusty winds out there this evening. winds up to 35 miles per hour coming into along the coast, also pushing a high surf advisory to the coast. take your pick, we've got surf, snow, hail. how much of it will be sticking around for your sunday forecast, coming up. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. >>> republican

, regreso contigo, josÉ. >>> vanessa hauc desde san juan puerto rico.mente por narcotrÁfico, pero su esposa, su familia, congresista estadounidense y detectives de este paÍs, ponen en tela de juicio ¿por quÉ fue arrestado este hombre?. de la cadena nbc nuestro amigo, kerry sunders se trasladÓ a nicaragua para brindarnos este reporta reportaje. >>> jason por acÁ llegÓ a nicaragua como voluntario del cuerpo de paz, conocido en inglÉs como (nombre en inglÉs) se enamorÓ del paÍs centroamericano y de una nicaragÜense, tanto asÍ que se casÓ con ella, tuvo un hijo y se quedÓ a vivir en san juan del sur. por 4 aÑos su pan de cada dÍa en nicaragua provenÍa de la venta de propiedades a ciudadanos americanos que buscaban la tranquilidad de este paÍs para retirarse. pero el mundo de jason cambiÓ hace 2 aÑos, cuando fue arrestado junto a 10 nik nicaragÜenses, declarado culpable de trÁfico de drogas y lavado de dinero y sentenciado a 22 aÑos de prisiÓn. su esposa, scarlett todavÍa no puede creerlo. >>> injusticia, no hay nada en contra de Él, absolutamente n a nanada

not just in puerto rico but the following states. convinced that down here we're going to do our job correctly. i will help him carry the state. >> do you think he's going to win puerto rico decisively? >> let me tell you. it's impossible to tell at this moment. i will do everything i can. there's already excitement among the voters that not just governor romney but the other candidates are coming down. and i expect a nice turnout. i will do my best so he can deliver this message in the same fashion he has done so in the rest of the country. >> i know there's some economic hardship in puerto rico right now. what are the biggest issues that republican voters are concerned about right now? >> well, number one, we're looking for a president who will commit to a stronger national security for the caribbean border as we call it ourselves. governor romney has committed to do exactly that. it is a national security issue that affects not just residents in puerto rico but everyone in the eastern seaboard as well. and as you mentioned we have

next sunday puerto rico, next tuesday illinois. >> puerto rico.from the territories. >> of course rick santorum spending two days there. maybe he'll get a nice dinner or something. thanks to all of you. our special coverage continues right after this with wolf blitzer. and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. [ roger ] tell me you have good insurance. yup, i've got... [ dennis ] ...allstate. really? i was afraid you'd have some cut-rate policy. [ kyle ] nope, i've got... [ dennis ] ...the allstate value plan. it's their most affordable car insurance -- and you still get an allstate agent. i too have... [ dennis ] ...allstate. [ roger ] same agent and everything. [ kyle ] it's like we're connect

puerto rico participÓ en la contienda electoral republicana. romney arrasÓ en la votación.iÓn fue modesta. el nÚmero de votantes. los que lo eligieron a romney no podrÁn votar por Él como presidente en noviembre. tenemos algunos detalles de esto. >> el precandidato republicano agradeciÓ a la buena gente de puerto rico por su apoyo, pero sobre todo al gobernador fortuÑo es una figura a nivel popular que le garantizÓ gran parte del Éxito. >> nuestro respeto a la comunidad hispana, que quiere crear empleos aquÍ, quiere protegernos del trÁfico de droga, pero respeta la bondad del pueblo con respecto al estatus. >> precisamente el tema del estatus que domina la polÍtica local, se extendiÓ al concurso republicano. el comentario del conservador santoro de que si puerto rico quiere la estabilidad, el inglÉs debe ser el idioma primordial. perdiÓ sus posibilidades en la primaria. >> sencillamente gingrich no compitiÓ. >> los portorriqueÑas que ejercieron el derecho a voto no pueden votar en la elecciÓn presidencial. no obstante la campaÑa de romney busca influenciar a los mÁs de 4 mi

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mitt romney rules in puerto rico.ping for more of the same tomorrow in illinois. >> and while he has to fend off attacks from his gop rivals, he's still a popular target in late-night, too. >> mitt romney is trying to change his image as an out of touch guy. he took the silver spoon out of his mouth and added bronze. tone it down. >> romney tweeted a link to a playlist, which is a list of his favorite songs. the playlist includes toby keith, the beach boys, two songs from the killer. and the song, "born free" by kid rock. can you imagine any scenario in which mitt romney puts earbuds in and fires up the kid rock? i can't imagine him putting earbuds in. we know what mitt romney's favorite song is. >> who let the dogs out? who? who? >> i will never get tired of that. >> who let the dogs out? all right. >> can't catch a break. >>> still to come, illinois primary up for grabs here. 54 delegates are at stake. santorum claims the nomination would be his after tomorrow. what will it take for him to achieve that? >>> and you

there is a referendum for statehood in puerto rico.ou have seen interviews ask him about immigration. that does not apply to puerto rico since it is a commonwealth and they're american citizens. but you do have a campaign, santorum's campaign still a rag-tag campaign. they don't have a lot of publicists. they don't have a lot of strategists there so sometimes you can see this sort of ragged edges of that campaign peeping through and this was an example that have. >> i don't want to show for the media, but if you were running for office you might have a better grasp of how to answer people's questions rather than those who have run for office in the last 35 years. >> in some ways, yes. in that clip you saw santorum relying on these talking points around english and english proficiency, and it didn't work for him. i think they're waiting for this to get get over with. >> sometimes you just want to lie out by the pool. great, thanks, have a great weekend. >> thank you. take care. >> more on the gingrich supporters, a supported even split

puerto rico votes sunday.ns are fighting over the island's official language. >>> obama's team rolls out an ad worthy of hollywood. the truth over whether it will win over voters or remind them they're still waiting on the promise of hope. >>> we're going inside the senate's zone of civility. senate women who cross party lines to support one another. >>> we'll talk politics in a moment. first we're going to get back to breaking news. we now know the name of the u.s. soldier accused of last sunday's massacre in afghanistan. you're going to see first photos of him right here. military sources tell cnn that staff sergeant robert bales is the one accused of killing afghan civilians including nine children. we'll bring you more on this story as soon as we get i-. more news by the second here. >>> tonight shifting back to politics, mitt romney is in puerto rico this evening campaigning in advance of sunday's presidential primary there. no surprise as soon as he stepped off the plane this afternoon romney was asked w

upcoming primary this week in puerto rico. today the romney campaign picked a fight with senator santorum by coming out against the former senator's contention that puerto ricos will have to make english their official language in orlando to be standed statehood. senator santorum defended that position. >> english has to be learned as a language. this has to be a country where english is widely spoken and use zbld should it be a requirement for puerto rico to become a state? >> obviously spanish is going to be spoken here on the island. but this needs to be a bilingual country. >> in a national political correspondent jim acosta has more from san juan. >> reporter: john, rick santorum created this controversy all on his own when he told a puerto rico newspaper that he this it should be a requirement for puerto rico to adopt english as a main language as a condition for statehood. this is a big issue on the island because puerto ricos may be going to the polls this fall to decide whether or not they would like to become a u.s.

puerto rico is going to weigh in on the race on sunday.cause they can't vote. >> in general election. >> but they do vote in the primary. 20 of the territories, 23 delegates at stake. a contest where mitt romney has 498 delegates. santorum, 239. gingrich, 139. paul, 69. 1,144 are needed to secure the nomination. >> rick santorum making a last-minute trip to puerto rico on wednesday and asked whether he would support statehood on the island where the primary language is spanish. here's what he had to say. >> speak english, that would be a requirement. it's a requirement in other states. it's a condition for entering the union. >> yesterday cnn's jim acosta caught up with the senator and he stood by his comments. have a listen. >> what i said english has to be learned as a language and it has to be a country, this is why it's spoken and used, yes. >> should it be a requirement for this territory to become a state? >> i think english -- english and spanish -- obviously spanish is going to be spoken here on the island. this needs to be a buy l

did you marry a serviceman from the -- military person who came to puerto rico. no, the family has been here since the 18th century. and i said, really? so we began tracing -- we still haven't found the actual person, but evidently it was an irish conscript in the irish navy that came to puerto rico. puerto rico was owned by britain, as they liked to do with their colonies, and efficient evidently the sailor came there and said palm trees, warm weather, and look at the girls. and he remained. that's the end of the second part. the third part is in response to the op ed piece that margaret mcpeek wrote in the chronicle and the letters, i don't know if you've read them -- you should pick up -- the letters that a couple of, you know, irish americans wrote in response accusing cousin mcpeek of not having a sense of humor. it has to do with these tee shirts that target has produced for the st. patrick's day parade in which mrs. mcpeek derided the fact that they were making fun of the irish in the united states, you know, things like i survived the kelly murphy family

san germán, uno de los pueblos más antiguos de puerto rico.iar. san germán llegó a ser un importante centro agrícola con grandes fincas de caña de azúcar, tabaco y café. aquí en san germán está la universidad interamericana. en el centro de san germán se encuentra una de las iglesias más antiguas del hemisferio, porta coeli construida en mil seiscientos seis. bueno, ya hemos llegado. la casa es muy bonita. ahora podremos hablar con tu abuela acerca de ese viaje a méxico. ¿y yo las puedo acompañar a méxico? cuando estés más grande, laurita. por ahora, lo más lejos que puedas viajar conmigo es aquí a san germán. ¿abuela? iabuela, ya llegamos! hola. idolores! ¿cómo estás? bien. quiero presentarte a raquel rodríguez. dolores acevedo. mucho gusto. el gusto es mío. ¿y la abuela? fue a la iglesia. debe estar por llegar. vamos a buscarla entonces. en el nombre del padre, del hijo y del espíritu santo. amén. señor, ayúdanos en este momento. ayuda a mi nieta para que pueda comprender a su padre. padre nuestro que estás en los cielos santificado sea tu n

he is here jobs in puerto rico are american jobs.ly he came to respect the will of the people on november 6th and actually he went further and said should the voters decide we want to use state wood he provide it had to the work on the terms and conditions that would have to be ironed out. >> didn't he erase you on the supreme court justice regardless of how she may have voted on this or that issue or ruled on this or that issue. >> he had to address that. he did during a couple of days they spent in puerto rico. what he said was this had nothing to do about justice. he was not questioning them. it had to do about her doing a philosophy. certainly in every campaign there are issues you would rather not see around. >> predict tonight's outcome? who wins and by how much? >> let me tell you i am biassed as you i know, i believe governor romney is going to do well. >> governor louise have fun. i will see you on the (speaking spanish) >> you are welcome any time i can karn de you excellent >> thank you very much governor. >> obviously tha

annenberg media ♪ ¿y es muy difícil ser actor en puerto rico?difícil en cualquier parte del mundo. y dime algo de ti. ¿estás casada? no. narrador: bienvenidos al episodio 24 de destinos: an introduction to spanish. en este episodio raquel empieza a dudar de las relaciones entre jorge y angela. ¿mamá? durante una llamada por teléfono raquel le cuenta a su mamá del problema con jorge. en este episodio no hay nuevo vocabulario que aprender. presten atención a la historia y a los personajes. ¿pasa algo? vámonos, jorge. hay muchas cosas que hacer. hasta luego, raquel. te llamo más tarde. angela... hablaremos más tarde, raquel. captioning of this program is made possible by the annenberg/cpb project and the geraldine r. dodge foundation. al final de su estancia en san germán la abuela, doña carmen, le da a angela un objeto muy especial un regalo de su padre. desde el hotel, raquel hace una llamada a buenos aires. le cuenta a arturo que angel ya murió y que angel tenía dos hijos. angela y raquel hablan con la supervisora del banco donde angela trabaja.

these pancakes are as large as my win in puerto rico last night. >> romney wins big in puerto rico andeads to illinois. it's time for gingrich and santorum to step aside. >> we have believe the the convention will nominate a conservative. >> we all know who he means. what a fraud. the jobs act heads to the senate but don't be fooled by the catchy acronym. it's just another ploy to deregulate wall street again because it worked out so well the first time. >> the latest front on the war in women. a bill that could force women who under go an abortion. >>> new york city councilmember congressman rodriguez on occupy and nypd's brutal response. >> good evening this, is monday march 19th. 233 days until the 2012 presidential election. i'm eliot spitzer sitting in for keith olbermann. mitt romney winning in puerto rico and looking for more in illinois' primary. our fifth story in the "countdown." mitt romney pulling ahead in the g.o.p. presidential race hoping for more delegates and campaigning in springfield illinois. this is what he said. >> i need only one thing from you, no, two. number o