NEW: San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz announces she’s running for governor of Puerto Rico in 2020.
, which raises the cost of imported goods by limiting foreign ships from going there, and eliminating tPuerto Rico’s territorial status is directly linked to the island’s political party system.
Those who support statehood tend to side with the governing party, the New Progressive Party, known by the Spanish acronym PNP. People who want Puerto Rico to remain a U.S. territory tend to side with the Popular Democratic Party, or PPD, and those who advocate for the island's independence normally support the Puerto Rican Independence Party, or PIP.
“I celebrate that she’s continuing her role in Puerto Rican politics because I think she’s an important piece in the island’s political future,” Josian Santiago, mayor of the town of Comerío,
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