This chapter locates the so-called Puerto Rican status question within the context of the crisis of the nation-state. From this critique, I will propose that the political status question in Puerto Rico is a debate that is much a do about nothing, a nonsense dilemma based on an obsolete ...
Puerto Rico has been a territory of the United States for well over a century. In all that time, the U.S. Senate has never addressed the status of Puerto Rico. “The House introduced and passed H.R. 8393,Puerto Rico Status Act. H.R. 8393 was successful in that it received the supp...
Puerto Ricans have voted again for statehood, and the process of fighting for admission has moved another step forward. As the 51st state, Puerto Rico will bring a lot of richness to the United States. Puerto Rico has been a territory of the Unites States for more than a century, and5.6...
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/874280092725391360 One congressman, who is Puerto Rican himself, is even questioning the legitimacy of the vote. “Not even Putin gets 97 percent of the vote,” Luis V. Gutiérrezsaid. “We’re going to take that seriously?” ...
it was colonized by the Spanish in the 1500s and ceded to the United States in 1898 after the Spanish-American War. Puerto Ricans were granted US citizenship in 1917, although residents of the island do not vote in US presidential elections. Commonwealth status was proclaimed in 1952 and has...
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Reports on developments in Puerto Rico where the commonwealth's three political parties have united in calling for a vote on the island's future relationship with the United States. Islanders are closely divided over whether to continue the current commonwealth status or to opt for statehood. The...
Washington, D.C.– Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 8393,Puerto Rico Status Act, on a strong bipartisan basis with a vote of 233-191. The House passage of this historic legislation has demonstrated that leaders of opposing ideologies in Puerto Rico and Congress can...
The economy of Puerto Rico.The economy of Puerto Rico.Focuses on the economic condition of Puerto Rico. Economic development gap between the island and the U.S.; Increase in industrialization and trade; Standard of living achieved by the island.EBSCO...
To put this in perspective, the money Puerto Rico owes represents nearly 70% of the territory'sgross domestic product(GDP). For comparison, the average debt-to-GDP ratio for states in the United States was 17%.2The territory's escalating debt, combined with its weakening economy, caused thr...