How much do you know about Puerto Rico and its political status?

Question

I have read several questions in which Puerto Rico has been mentioned, and some answers show that on the most part the rest of the United States show very little knowledge and a lot of misconceptions about the Island. So, how much do you know about Puerto Rico? Do you want to know more?

Answer 1

Puerto Rico is a latin american spanish speaking nation.

Puerto Rico along with Cuba were the last colonies of Spain in the americas and both had independence revolts during the mid 18 hundreds before the spanish american war.

It's political status is still not a fully sovereign one and it's people have a recognized self determination by the UN. Today PR's status is that of a Commonwealth associated to the US,the official name is Estado Libre Asociado (translation:Puerto Rican associated Free State).

Puerto Rico has international representation. Puerto Rico's national olympic team has won 6 medals, puerto rican writers and poets are reknown around the world and their work has been published in dozens of languages, PR has 5 Ms Universe being the 5th crowned just 2 days ago.

Answer 2

Not true that there are 3 political status options for Puerto Rico

The United States (US) government has made Puerto Ricans believe that there are 3 political status options for Puerto Rico. That is a lie. The purpose for that is to have Puerto Ricans fight amongst themselves. The plan has been a huge success! Puerto Rico has been a colony of the United States for 116 years, and judging by the 80% voter turnout in the colonial elections, the majority of us has not realized that we have been lied to.

In reality, there is only one option. The United Nations (UN) in 1960 determined that colonialism is a crime against humanity. Therefore, the only thing that Puerto Rico can do is to become her own nation. That means that the US must give Puerto Rico the sovereignty that the US illegally took away from her by virtue of the July 25, 1898 military invasion.

Thus far, the US government has ignored the 33 UN resolutions asking it to immediately decolonize Puerto Rico. Instead, it has tried to hide these petitions, and at the same time appear to believe in democracy by pushing for plebiscites so that Puerto Ricans could decide between colonialism, being a US state, or independence (decolonization as required by the UN).

The problem with the US pushed plebiscites are that they:

1. don’t comply with international law that prohibits a nation to have a colony.
2. don’t comply with international law that requires the empire to give the sovereignty it illegally took away to its colony.
3. don’t comply with international law that requires that to have free elections, that country must be free first.
4. have 2 options that are not permitted by international law- continuing being a colony and becoming a state of the country that has the colony. For the option of becoming a state of the country that has the colony to be considered, the colony must first become her own nation (decolonized).

This is why we have to peacefully protest 3 times a year until the US government complies with the UN resolutions for Puerto Rico decolonization.

José M López Sierra
www.TodosUnidosDescolonizarPR.blogspot.com

Answer 3

To proper you, the House of Representatives accepted a work of laws that might permit Puerto Rico to designate its sovereign political repute. It nonetheless demands to be voted on within the Senate. The laws might name for a steady referendum to be held each eight years to vote on political repute. It might have the alternative to continue its territorial/commonwealth repute, an alternative for independence, and an alternative for statehood. The invoice has plenty of bipartisan aid -- so it's not only a Democrat piece of laws -- and it has additionally been championed by way of the present governor of Puerto Rico, Luis G. Fortuño (R-PR). Puerto Rico IS NOT a colony. They relatively have little incentive to vote for statehood or independence, when you consider that they don't presently pay federal taxes however obtain advantages assured by way of the government, however it might furnish them with an possibility to readdress the challenge, which has now not occurred in eleven years. I in my view haven't any quandary admitting a 51st state to the Union.

Answer 4

puerto rico has problems just like the united states many of them are bigots towards their blacks in loiza and and carolina and dominicans are increasing in puerto rico and the white puerto ricans discriminate against the dominicans.

puerto rico is 50/50 on becoming independent and for state hood i say just be independant...

Answer 5

nothing