Did you know that Puerto Rico?

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Did you know that Puerto Rico is not a country?

It has been part of the United States, since 1898.

The correct term to use is not country, associated free state, or ELA. It is US Territory or US Commonwealth.

I know many say that in fact its a country, but the United States or in fact any nation on earth can govern or impose on another country. That is why Puerto Rico is not a country but part of the United States.

In fact all of the Puerto Ricans are US citizens (naturally born) like if they where born on any of the 50 states. If you travel to Puerto Rico you will not need a passport unless youre a US citizen, just an ID or driver's lic.

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I see you are so correct. We area Territory of the United States of America with a Constitution written based on the Constitution of the United States and it is the U.S. Congress who has the say over Puerto Rico.

We are American citizen, we us the American  money here, we do have American buisness from Best Buy, Borders, Sears, Penneys, Home Depot, Office Max, McDonalds, BugerKing, and so on and so forth.

Also, as for me I was born on the Mainland and so was my husband.

   My husband and I do have a passport because we decided to get it just in case the United Nations decides to throw us Independence (which I pray they won't do).

But to travel from here to the Main land all you need is a valid ID such as the driver's license or a work ID.

Answer 2

thanks kiddo i know that .. my great grand pa was a US citizen and puerto rican.

Answer 3

Thats a nice cool fact

Answer 4

Yes, I do but actually we the puertoricans feel that our island is our country not US , so even though that we know our status we prefer to think in our island as our country!!!

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puerto rico its not an associated free state. its not a sovern state, its not associated because the americans never associated with puerto rico(they just won a war with puerto rico as a prize) and it its not free by any means. Do you call freedom and democracy, to live in a place where you can sign in to go to the army but you can't vote for the president??? Puerto rico its a colony of the United states, with no vote in congress, only a commisioner that goes to DC to bargain for laws to be approved, wow! what do you think about that?

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for ur info. let me tell u that even thought we dont vote in PR for a President, we do have the right as American Citizens to come in and out of PR to vote as one, just in case u didnt know. And PR is associated with the US, because we didnt fight a war, PR was not obligated or forced to unite to the US, just in case u didn't know. We have the freedom to join military federal forces, go in and out from PR to US as many times as we like and we have the freedom of privileges immigrants dont have (and i wish they had), so how bad can been associated with the US can be-NOT bad at all, we have the juice baby, and much more, like it or not. so this makes us not only free but smart. we could automatically become residents, we can study in any institution we desire and apply for federal grants, we can get hired easily without the visa fuss, we can do so many things, and thats freedom to me!

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Yes, I do.

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I'm Puertorrican myself & they teach us this since we're little kids in school...but thnx for telling the rest of the people. Specially the rasist ones who think we are less because we are "owned" by the U.S

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puerto rico its not an associated free state. its not a sovern state, its not associated because the americans never associated with puerto rico(they just won a war with puerto rico as a prize) and it its not free by any means. Do you call freedom and democracy, to live in a place where you can sign in to go to the army but you can't vote for the president??? Puerto rico its a colony of the United states, with no vote in congress, only a commisioner that goes to DC to bargain for laws to be approved, wow! what do you think about that?

Answer 9

Thanks for putting this fact out there, there is thousands of americans who do no have a remote clue that the US has more territories out there than the 50 states. Or the just dont care...sad but true.

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Points earned this week: 56 Puerto Rico isn't a state, and I don't think it ever will be. The fact of the matter is that the Puerto Ricans themselves have already decided this on three different occassions, via special elections. All three times, they rejected statehood. It is no longer likely that the US Congress will extend a formal invitation to Puerto Rico to join the Union.

Recently the US government released a report that has been a decade in the making. Citing the US Constitution, it rejects the notion that Commonwealth Status is an option or even legal. The only legal choices are statehood or complete independence, and Puerto Rican voters have already rejected statehood so many times. This subject is getting a lot of press coverage in the spanish speaking media, and it's only a matter of time before the Jones Act is overturned and Puerto Ricans lose their US Citizenship.  See below.

Answer 11

intereasting

Answer 12

Yes, I did know that. Did you know they're lobbying to become a U.S. state?

Answer 13

Of  Course  Every Puerto Rican  and  Educated People who Piad attention in School Knew that...

At least  I did...

Answer 14

Yes, I know.  The complete legal term is a non incorporated and organized territory of the USA (there are more than one type of USA territories).

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Puerto Rico is a colony,  plain and simple.  Call it an unincorporated territory, commonwealth, etc, it is just an euphemism for the reality of Puerto Rico today, a colony of the United States in which its citizens are not given a choice to decide once and for all their destiny, which is either statehood or independence.  No in between, one or the other, not the current status that is colonial.