Politics overshadow the floats and batons at New York`s Puerto Rican Day Parade
(LA Times Dodgers)

Politics took the front seat at this year´s Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York on Sunday, as the traditional batons, floats and marching bands were overshadowed by the inclusion of a militant pro-independence figure and a vote in favor of statehood taking place on the island. Controversy swirled...