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During the Hispanic Leadership Conference meeting Friday in Miami, Newt Gingrich refused to express an opinion on Puerto Rican statehood and said that he would prevent human-rights abuses in Cuba by flooding the country with camera-phones.

Gingrich was speaking about how he believed Puerto Rico should be allowed to vote on whether it would seek statehood, independence or a continuation of its current status as an incorporated territory when he was interrupted by a Puerto Rican woman who had asked a question on the issue during Thursday's GOP debate.

She accused Gingrich of equivocating, saying he should say in no uncertain terms whether he would support and advocate for Puerto Rican statehood.

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