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Puerto Rico and the United States illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Puerto Rico Justice Secretary Wanda Vazquez answers questions to reporters before giving a press conference, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2018. Federal and local authorities in Puerto Rico say they will implement "broken windows" policing to fight a surge in killings this month across the U.S. territory. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
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Vice President Mike Pence visits victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico | October 7, 2017 (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)
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Illustration on the Democrats' junket to Puerto Rico by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Illustration on judicial decree in Puerto Rico by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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No Takers for Puerto Rico's 4% Corporate Tax Rate Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Illustration on the extreme condition of Puerto Rico by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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President Donald J. Trump, Chief of Staff General John Kelly, and White House Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert speak with FEMA Administrator Brock Long regarding Hurricane Maria's impact on Puerto Rico | September 20, 2017 (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
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Illustration on military's relief work in Puerto Rico by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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In this July 7, 2017 photo, a monkey stares out from its enclosure at the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. The economic crisis afflicting Puerto Rico for the last decade has also taken a toll on the island’s only zoo, with critics saying it is sorely understaffed and struggling to care for its animals on a limited budget. (AP Photo/Danica Coto)
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Puerto Rico's New Progressive Party Gov. Ricardo Rossello addresses a Democratic Governors joint news conference during the National Governor's Association meeting to highlight the damaging impact they contend the pending Senate health care bill would have on their states at the second day of the NGA meeting Friday, July 14, 2017, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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In this June 22, 2017 photo, a no parking and one way sign stand next to the deteriorating wall of an abandoned building in the historic area of Puerto Rico's capital in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Nearly 40 key buildings in San Juan's metropolitan area are in danger of being lost, according to Andy Rivera, an architect who founded the Puerto Rico Historic Building Drawing Society. (AP Photo/Danica Coto)
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Illustration on the fiscal plight of Puerto Rico by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2016 file photo, Puerto Rico resident Michelle Flandez caresses her two-month-old son, Inti Perez, diagnosed with microcephaly linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. According to a report released Thursday, June 8, 2017, on the impact of Zika virus in Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories, about 1 in 20 Zika-infected pregnant women had babies with birth defects. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
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A supporter of Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera holds a painting of late nationalist leader Pedro Albizua Campos as Lopez arrives to give a press conference following his release from house arrest after decades in custody, on El Escambron Beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Lopez was considered a top leader of the Armed Forces of National Liberation, or FALN, an ultranationalist Puerto Rican group that claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings at government buildings, department stores, banks and restaurants in New York, Chicago, Washington and Puerto Rico during the 1970s and early 1980s. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti) PUERTO RICO OUT - NO PUBLICAR EN PUERTO RICO
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Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera gives an interview following his release from house, arrest after decades in custody, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Lopez was considered a top leader of the Armed Forces of National Liberation, or FALN, an ultranationalist Puerto Rican group that claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings at government buildings, department stores, banks and restaurants in New York, Chicago, Washington and Puerto Rico during the 1970s and early 1980s. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti) PUERTO RICO OUT - NO PUBLICAR EN PUERTO RICO
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Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera gives an interview following his release from house arrest after decades in custody, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Lopez was considered a top leader of the Armed Forces of National Liberation, or FALN, an ultranationalist Puerto Rican group that claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings at government buildings, department stores, banks and restaurants in New York, Chicago, Washington and Puerto Rico during the 1970s and early 1980s. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti) PUERTO RICO OUT - NO PUBLICAR EN PUERTO RICO
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CORRECTS ORDER OF NAMES - Former prisoners, from left, Luis Rosa, Carmen Valentin, Oscar Lopez Rivera, Adolfo Matos and Luis Alberto Torres, walk with Puerto Rican nationalist Lopez to a press conference following his release from house arrest after decades in custody, on El Escambron Beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Lopez was considered a top leader of the Armed Forces of National Liberation, or FALN, an ultranationalist Puerto Rican group that claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings at government buildings, department stores, banks and restaurants in New York, Chicago, Washington and Puerto Rico during the 1970s and early 1980s. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti) PUERTO RICO OUT - NO PUBLICAR EN PUERTO RICO
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Arrival of Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera arrives for a press conference, surrounded by supporters, on El Escambron Beach following his release from house arrest after decades in custody, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Lopez was considered a top leader of the Armed Forces of National Liberation, or FALN, an ultranationalist Puerto Rican group that claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings at government buildings, department stores, banks and restaurants in New York, Chicago, Washington and Puerto Rico during the 1970s and early 1980s. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti) PUERTO RICO OUT - NO PUBLICAR EN PUERTO RICO
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Supporters of Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera cheer as he arrives for a press conference following his release from house arrest after decades in custody, on El Escambron Beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Lopez was considered a top leader of the Armed Forces of National Liberation, or FALN, an ultranationalist Puerto Rican group that claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings at government buildings, department stores, banks and restaurants in New York, Chicago, Washington and Puerto Rico during the 1970s and early 1980s. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti) PUERTO RICO OUT - NO PUBLICAR EN PUERTO RICO
