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The U.S.
Council for Puerto Rico Statehood (USCPRS) is a non-profit
organization comprised of individuals who support Statehood
for Puerto Rico. Our Board of Directors and membership
hail from all parts of the United States and represent
many different political points of view. But we are united
in our strong belief that Puerto Rico should become the
51st State of the Union.
We
believe that Puerto Rico should become a state for
three reasons:
- The
United States would benefit from Puerto Rico becoming a state
- The lives of the
U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico would be improved under statehood.
- Puerto
Rico has earned the right to be a state
Our
Chairman, Antonio Monroig Malatrasi
 A practicing attorney in Washington, DC,
Antonio has compiled a long and distinguished career
in public service, both stateside and in Puerto Rico.
This
has included service as an Assistant Secretary for the
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. Mr. Monroig also served
as Administrator of Municipal Services and Chairman of
the Board of the Solid Waste Management Authority for the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and Special Assistant to the
Mayor of San Juan. He was General Counsel of the Puerto
Rico Cooperative Development Administration, and Deputy
Director of the San Juan Legal Services. He was appointed
Chairman of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly,
as well as Chairman of the White House Task Force on Hispanic
Heritage during President Reagan’s Administration.
Mr. Monroig also has a distinguished
career as a political analyst and advisor. He served
as Special Consultant on Latin American issues to the
Advisory Committee
on Foreign Affairs during Senator Bob Dole’s presidential campaign. He is a
frequent commentator for national and international radio and television networks
on campaigns
and political events. He has served as political analyst for radio and television
in the U.S.A., Latin America and Europe, appearing on regular news and talk
shows on Univision, Telemundo, Voice of America, Radio Mitre (Argentina) and
many others.
Mr. Monroig has represented U.S. and foreign companies before international
organizations and governments.
Mr. Monroig graduated from the Catholic
University of Puerto Rico School
of Law (J.D., 1968). He received his undergraduate
degree from the University of Puerto
Rico in 1965. Mr. Monroig is admitted to the Bars of the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, and Virginia. He is a partner in the Washington, DC office
of Lasa,
Monroig & Veve. |
