A legal analysis regarding the CHamoru and Hawai’ian right to self-determination was written for the University of Hawai’i Law Review Summer/Fall 1996.
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The Naval Governors of Guam from 1899 – 1941.
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The Naval Executive Orders of Guam are a series of mandates produced by the Naval government of Guam during the island’s US Naval Era (1898-1941) and Post World War II Era (1945-1950) before the signing of the Organic Act in 1950, which would grant the people of Guam limited self government.
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Governor Carlos G. Camacho (1924–1979) served as not only Guam’s last appointed governor, but also its first elected governor after the Guam Elected Governor Act was passed in 1968.
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The strategic significance of Guam is due to the enduring importance of its location and its topography to major maritime nations in the Pacific Ocean. Guam, some 30 miles long and 10 miles wide, is the largest of the Mariana Islands, an archipelago of high volcanic islands in Micronesia, a huge expanse of small islands scattered across the western Pacific.
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Ricardo Jerome Bordallo (1927-1990) was the first popularly elected governor to serve two terms (1975-1978 and 1983-1986). Governor Carlos Camacho had also served two terms though one was an appointed and the other elected.
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Paul MacDonald Calvo (1934 – 2024) was Guam’s third elected governor and one of the founders of the Republican Party of Guam. He is still one of Guam’s leading businessmen as the head of Guam’s most prominent business family, and remains influential in Guam’s political realm. His son, Eddie Baza Calvo, is currently the governor of Guam.
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From the Spanish American War to the Organic Act. The arrival of the USS Charleston at Apra Harbor 20 June 1898 and the capture of Guam by the Americans during the Spanish American War heralded the beginning of significant change, once again, for the CHamoru people. US Naval Captain Henry Glass claimed Guam for the US, seized the Spanish officials on Guam, and set sail for the Philippines.
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Ben Blaz (1928 – 2014) was a distinguished public elected official and military officer. He lived his life in service to his country and carrying the banner of his home island wherever his service took him.
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The formation of the Territorial Party of Guam was the beginning of the two-party political system on Guam, which previously only had one political party; the Popular Party.
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