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On Thursday of last week, and following a trying seven-week recount process marked by court battles on the federal and local levels, the Puerto Rico State Elections Commission (CEE) declared Popular Democratic Party (PPD) candidate Aníbal Acevedo Vilá the winner in that U.S. Commonwealth's November 2 gubernatorial election, albeit by a slim 0.2% margin, over New Progressive Party (PNP) candidate Pedro Rosselló. With 99.9% of the island's polling stations accounted for, Acevedo received 961,693 votes (48.4%) to Rosselló's 958,465 votes (48.2%). Coming a very distant third was Puerto Rican Independence Party candidate Rubén Berríos Martínez with 54,447 votes (2.7%), while...