Is Puerto Rico a colony of the U.S.?
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Yes, it's USA common-wealth
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Nope.  Because Puerto Rico is a territory, they are US citizens and can come and go as they please.
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Puerto Rico is a Commonwealth. It is not a territory, or state, or independent.\n\nPuerto Rico has a representative in congress who can speak, but not vote. They have USA citizenship, currency and passport.\n\nAnd by the way, the Puerto Rican culture is far older than the American culture, being over 500 yrs old.\n\n.
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Yes, Puerto Rico has all the rights of a US state, but without the responsibility.\n\nPart of the reason Puerto Rico is so poor is that Commonwealth staus puts them in a position where they have to rely on the federal government. Either make them contribute as equals or go their own way.\n\nCommonwealth was never meant to be a permanent status- it was meant as a transition to statehood or independence.
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The official language of Puerto Rico is Spanish always has been always will be but they are adopting English as a second language since Puerto Rico is US territory and is highly benifited by tourists and from first grade on it is a regular class in all schools.
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Puerto Rico is in fact a US Colony.  The term Commonwealth is not mutually exclusive from the term Colony.  The statehood and pro-commonwealth movements account for around 95% of the population (1 to 1 ratio) and the independence movement is around 5%.  Puerto Ricans do not have the power to obtain either independence or statehood.  Any final decision will be in the hands of the US Congress.  I hope Puerto Rico becomes a state at one point in the future.  Although Puerto Ricans have the right to become independent, most of them do not want it.  In that respect, and if democracy prevails, Puerto Rico will not be independent.  Until we decide to change our status quo, the US legislators will go to the island to campaign and seem interested in our situation, and nothing important will happen.
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A US Territory.\n\nThe Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico) is a self-governing unincorporated organized territory of the United States located east of the Dominican Republic in the northeastern Caribbean. Puerto Rico, the smallest of the Greater Antilles, includes the main island of Puerto Rico and a number of smaller islands and keys, including Mona, Vieques, and Culebra.
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Puerto Rico is a country, a latin american nation. It is not a full sovereign state. It is currently a self governing commonwealth associated with the US(official name : Estado Libre Asociado [english translation ;associate free state] )\n\nIsrael is a modern nation-state.\nPalestine is a nation without sovereignty currently occupied by Israel.\nKurds are a nation without a state\nTaiwan is a historic province of China that created a state (this state is not recognized by China and other countries). I do not know if they were a historic nation, the native habitants of that island, within China, need to read more about this.\n\nAboout Puerto Rico you can find more info in the United Nations page on PR below
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territories, colonies
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No, already projected during puerto rico's influx. The US Society would be overwhelmed .
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Puerto Rico is split into two sides\nThey have been given the option of becoming their own country, as the younger generation wishes, or becoming a US State, as the older wishes.\nPuerto Rico enjoys the protection, currency, and governing of the United States, although they do have an independent ruling established.\nIt is most likely that, in the future, Puerto Rico will decide to be established as its own country, as the older generation dies off.
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speaking as someone who is from the Virgin islands and family in puerto Rico as of rite now no.  However there is legislation in place that will require it soon.  Even though both places are US territories.  It is suggested that you have one now but it is not necessary
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. \n\nyet some more trivial knowledge ;-)
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How did you enter the U.S.--in a box?  Puerto Rico is an American territory although it is self-governing.  If you did not need a visa to come in you are not illegally here.  If you have any questions regarding this matter call the Department of Homeland Security and ask.\nMr. M.
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Since Puerto Rico is part of the US technically they are Americans as well.............Products manufactured in Puerto Rico are "Made in the USA". The people of Puerto Rico do not vote in national elections. They are represented in Congress by a Resident Commissioner who has a voice in the House of Representatives but no vote. Most federal taxes are not levied in Puerto Rico. No federal income tax is collected from island residents on ordinary income, except in cases of Federal employees.
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President Bush is full of...well, you know....  Bush should NOT force Puerto Rico into becoming a State!!!!  It is up to the people of the Associated Free State of Puerto Rico to decide whether they want to become a State or not!!!
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On July 25, 1898 at the outbreak of the Spanish–American War, Puerto Rico, being a colony of Spain, was invaded by the United States of America with a landing at Guánica. Spain was forced to cede Puerto Rico, along with Cuba and the Philippines, to the United States under the Treaty of Paris (1898) [4]. The twentieth century began under the military regime of the United States with officials, including the governor, appointed by the President of the United States. In 1917, the Jones-Shafroth Act approved by the United States Congress granted Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship so that they could be recruited as soldiers for WWI. Natural disasters and the Great Depression impoverished the island. Some political leaders demanded change; some, like Pedro Albizu Campos, would lead a nationalist (The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party) movement in favor of independence. He would eventually die by what he claimed was a conspiracy set in place by the U.S. Federal Government. Muñoz Marín initially favored independence, but saw a severe decline of the Puerto Rican economy, as well as growing violence and uprisings, at the hands of the U.S. government and opted to create the "commonwealth" option as an eventual stepping stone to full independence.\n\nAlthough Puerto Rico is, politically speaking, an unincorporated territory of the United States classified as a Commonwealth, Puerto Ricans and people from other nations refer to Puerto Rico as a país, the Spanish word for country. This is a very common and accepted international status given to all dependent territories, also called dependent "states" by the United Nations. The United Nations has intervened in the past to evaluate the legitimacy of Puerto Rico's political status, to ensure that the island's government structure complies with the standards of self-government that constitute the basic tenets of the United Nations Charter, its covenants, and its principles of international law.