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    "ocrText": "Luis Muñoz Marín of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico; former\nGovernor of Puerto Rico (Co-Chairman)\nVíctor M. Pons, Jr., of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico; Secretary\nof State of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico\nJaime Benítez of Santurce, Puerto Rico; Resident Com-\nmissioner from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to\nthe United States\nCOMPACT OF PERMANENT UNION BETWEEN\nJuan Cancel Ríos of Barceloneta, Puerto Rico; President of\nPUERTO RICO AND THE UNITED STATES\nthe Senate of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico\nLuis Ernesto Ramos Yordán of Santurce, Puerto Rico;\n1. The Free Associated State of Puerto Rico\nSpeaker of the House of Representatives of the Com-\nThe people of Puerto Rico constitute an autonomous body\nmonwealth of Puerto Rico\npolitic organized by their own, free and sovereign will and in\nJusto Méndez of San Juan, Puerto Rico; member of the\ncommon agreement with the United States under the juridical\nSenate of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico\nstructure and official name of the Free Associated State of Puerto\nRico.\nAngel Rivera of San Juan, Puerto Rico; former Secretary\nThe people of Puerto Rico, a cultural community of Hispanic\nof the Treasury of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico\nlanguage and tradition, citizens of the United States as well as\nand currently President of Banco Crédito y Ahorro\ncitizens of Puerto Rico, have repeatedly decided and have expres-\nPonceño\nsed-in their Constitutional Convention, in referendums and in a\nThe Advisory Group will be headed by two Co-Chairmen. The\nplebiscite specifically held to that effect-their purpose to live in\nPresident has designated Senator Marlow W. Cook to serve as\npermanent union with the United States upon mutually satis-\nUnited States Co-Chairman, and Governor Hernández Colón has\nfactory and just bases.\ndesignated former Governor Luis Muñoz Marín to be Co-Chairman\nIn fulfillment of the terms of that plebiscite and subject to the\nfrom among Puerto Rico's members.\napproval of the Congress of the United States and the ratification\nin referendum by the people of Puerto Rico, it is hereby agreed\nto reaffirm, to consolidate and to improve the relationship already\nestablished, by means of this Compact of Permanent Union\nbetween Puerto Rico and the United States.\n2. Jurisdiction and Authority of the Free Associated State of\nPuerto Rico\na. The Free Associated State of Puerto Rico has jurisdiction\nover the population and Island of Puerto Rico, its territorial seas,\nand the population, islands and territorial seas adjacent to Puerto\nRico.\nb. The right of the Free Associated State of Puerto Rico to\ngovern itself is hereby recognized, as well as the right to exercise\nall the necessary powers and authority to govern the people of\n86\n87"
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