Has anybody heard about the current situation in Puerto Rico?
545002
i really cant say im surprised i saw it coming with the spending...I guess the great Dominican Republic is going to have to bail out Puerto Rico again
915210
According to our government it hasn't reached that point yet.  According to those on the ground over there it's almost in full swing.  Who to believe?  I think I'll believe those who are in the middle of it, rather than the Administration that has been dancing around it.
775123
there are a couple of CNN reports on this including one\nwhich mentions Britain giving money & British ships taking evacuees. I think there's something about the prisoners from the jail being taken to another prison...\n\nhop it helps & is not too late for you
640237
Hell no. That would be a huge mistake. We have enough of them in our country as it is. Shame on our ancestors. Though it is a good thing that they landed on Puerto Rico first. Our government will never adopt that place as a state. They know what it will mean. It will be another DC.
14733
Yes http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/051224/483/cds10712242143
501371
Yes i do. Personally, i was travelling the week before sept 11. I had just returned the 9th from a cruise to the Eastern Carribean on the Carnival Paradise. I being born in the US and all passengers had to pass through immigration to get off the ship in Puerto Rico and in St. Thomas USVI too. That was very awkward because i had been to puerto rico many times b4 and had never had to pass through immigration. the port also had alot of soldiers. We would ask the crew why we had to do such and they would just tell us that it was for security reasons. Back at Miami, we had to pass through immigration again, the longest time i have ever spent at the port after disembarkement. i believe that the us had some idea that they were going to have an attack but they were afraid to tell the public. i remember hearing opinions of passengers saying that something was wrong and that it seemed like something was happening. i also remember that when i heard of the attacks on Tuesday morning i was able to join the clues to conclude that the us had some sort of inforamtion of some way.
769029
No, already projected during puerto rico's influx. The US Society would be overwhelmed .
631619
Huh....\n\nIts been 10+ years since I did some consulting in San Juan, and I see no reason why they should not be allowed citizenship, nor why you would call PR a disaster. Different perhaps, but as far as a propensity for violence and crime, the seedy areas there were actually much safer than say East Philadelphia, or other seedy area's in New England. At the time, I could go just about anywhere during the daylight hours, something I wouldn't try here. Prudence was necessary at night to avoid the bad sections.\n\nUnfortunately changes in public policy and the tax breaks for working with PR got changed, and I think thats most unfortunate. Their is a great, albeit different work ethic, and the value they could provide to the US had a huge potential.
545137
They didn't spend it. They just haven't come to an agreement on the budget for this year. There's strong disagreement between the pro-commonwealth governor and the pro-statehood legislature. They were also trying to introduce a sales tax (there's no sales tax in PR) and couldn't agree to a percentage amount. Both sides seem to have forgotten who they are working for, the people, and because of their stubbornness we find ourselves in the current situation.
1086511
Puerto Rico has been debating state hood for a long time now.\nI don't know if I am for or against it. Right now they have the advantages of our government programs, but I don't believe they\nhave to contribute with taxes. It doesn't seem right. Either become a state or let them be on their own
932034
I have a friend who is Puerto Rican and He was talked into going over seas to marry a Cambodian girl so she could come here to America!  He does not speak English well. and She speaks no English at all!\n\nAs yet she has not appeared on the scene, but in truth, how would they live, they have no common language, and no common back ground.\nMaybe her family thought the better of it and made her stay in Cambodia, and wait to get to America honestly.
445566
many things are possible and yes puerto Rico can be a state . but i don't think they want to be anymore . last elections have show that puertoricans want to be independent from USA .\ni personally think that it sucks to have no voice . USA has not give them the power to vote . so i guess they don't think they deserve it . one country one voice  but theirs doesn't count for some .
1172297
I o abiti  Puerto Rico.\n\nscuse.
344189
I am guessing yes, the Texas coast is long over due for a "bad" one.  I hope I am wrong!!!
337782
This is an actual human translation, so it will probably be more accurate than those from online translators.\n\n\nYo escogí escribir sobre Puerto Rico porque lo me facina y quiero aprender más sobre esto país.  Escibiré sobre la gente y la religion de Puerto Rico.  Puerto Rico es un de las islas del mundo con la población mas larga, con más o menos 3.95 millones personas.  En esta isla, casi 33 por ciento de la gente viven cerca de las ciudades de San Juan, Carolina, y Bayamon.  La gente de esta isla representan una mezcla cultural y racial, y cuando los Estados Unidos lo obtenieron la isla en 1898, la influencia estadounidence adaptaba como parte de la cultura.\n\nPuertorriqueños están conocido para su hospitalidad y amabilidad a extranjeros.  Ellos están conocido la major para sus manos animados cuando están hablando.  Saludan a sus amigos y familia con un beso en la mejilla o con una combinación de un beso y un abrazo.  Puertorriqueños piensan que están americanos, pero ya están orgullosos de su isla y su cultura.  Usualmente se llaman “puertorriqueños” y no “americanos” y la familia tiene mucha importancia para ellos.\n\nEn Puerto Rico, 85 por ciento de la gente son católicos, y 8 por ciento son protestantes.  La mayoría de la gente son hispanicos.  Hay iglesias de muchos religiones en la isla.  La constitución promete libertad por todas las religiones.  La influencia de los colonos españoles ya es evidente en la predominio de la iglesia católica.  Menos de un siglo pasado, más de 90 por ciento de la población eran católicos.  En tiempos más recienta, causado por la inmigración de personas de las Estados Unidos, hay más personas que son protestantes.  Ahora casi 33 por ciento de la población son protestantes.
495137
The US is not cutting funding to Puerto Rico.  It is just saying that the free ride the Puerto Ricans have been getting due to their commonwealth status will end and they will have to pay their taxes soon if they do not vote for statehood.  Puerto Rico is a very heavily subsidized part of the United States and will never be cut off from funding.  It is strategically critical for defense reasons.
235774
We're trying to assemble one in Puerto Rico....