Hernán Padilla, MD President of Igualdad
Introduction Words related to Latino Partnership Introduction Igualdad : An advocacy group for citizen equality through Statehood Igualdad (Equality), a non-partisan grass-roots citizen advocacy organization, has a simple and compelling objective: achieving full equality in citizenship under the Constitution for the American citizens of Puerto Rico through the admission of the Island as a State of the Union . We believe that our Nation has one Constitution and one citizenship for all Americans and, therefore, that the American citizens of Puerto Rico should have the same rights, responsibilities and opportunities as the American citizens who reside in the 50 States. The Island’s current status as an unincorporated territory of the United States deprives American citizens residing in Puerto Rico of fundamental rights such as the equal protection of the laws, participation in the election of the President, and proportional representation in Congress. I