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Start by marking Puerto Rico, Commonwealth Or Colony? as Want to Read .

Puerto Rico (Spanish for "Rich Port"; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit. "Free Associated State of Puerto Rico") and briefly called Porto Rico, is an u. . "Free Associated State of Puerto Rico") and briefly called Porto Rico, is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the northeast Caribbean Sea, approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 km) southeast of Miami, Florida.

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Puerto Rico: Commonwealth or Colony? (Hardback). R. A. Johnson (author). Hardback 200 Pages, Published: 01/01/1980. Please provide me with your latest book news, views and details of Waterstones’ special offers.

The History of Puerto Rico: From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation by R. Van Middeldyk . Trias Monge's new book is a welcome addition to the vast bibliography on Puerto Rico's status question.

Trias Monge's new book is a welcome addition to the vast bibliography on Puerto Rico's status question. ―Luis Martinez-Fernandez, Rutgers University, The Journal of American History. A well-written and detailed, yet concise, political and legal history that documents the century-long Puerto Rican struggle to transcend the humiliating colonialism the US has enforced on the country.

Puerto Rico is nothing more than a colony of the United States, and its working class is shackled . We are not talking about a commonwealth nor a free associated state but about the oldest colony in the world - Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is nothing more than a colony of the United States, and its working class is shackled by this relation since it cannot change its situation. We are not talking about a commonwealth nor a free associated state but about the oldest colony in the world - Puerto Rico. Unless progressives realize this, their analysis about the economic and social condition of the island will be flawed, to say the least, and they will be ignoring their duty to oppose the imperialist policies of their ruling class everywhere.

How did Puerto Rico become a US Commonwealth? In 1950, the US Congress . Officially, the Island was no longer considered a US colony. According to Commonwealth advocates, Puerto Rico entered into a solemn compact among equals with the United States in 1952.

How did Puerto Rico become a US Commonwealth? In 1950, the US Congress passed, and President Harry S. Truman signed, Public Law 600, authorizing a convention to draft a constitution and establish a republican form of government in Puerto Rico. In a referendum held on 3 March 1952, 8. percent of the Island’s electorate ratified the Commonwealth or Free Associated State (Estado Libre Asociado, in Spanish).

Puerto Rico: Commonwealth or Colony? By Roberta Ann Johnson. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1980. Evelyn P. Stevens (a1). University of California, Berkeley.

It may not dominate international headlines as Greece has, but Puerto Rico is facing a strikingly similar crisis, one which threatens to tear apart the very fabric of its society. With a crushing debt burden poised to collapse the US commonwealth, many alleged experts have warned that only through painful reforms (read austerity) can the island territory make any economic progress. But at what price is this progress to be attained? The question of ultimate responsibility is, just as with Greece, multifaceted

For this reason, the Puerto Rico crisis is a national financial crisis, one that neither President . The United States liberated Puerto Rico from Spain in 1898. The following year, Hurricane San Ciriaco destroyed millions of dollars in property and nearly the entire year’s coffee crop.

For this reason, the Puerto Rico crisis is a national financial crisis, one that neither President Obama nor Congress has taken steps to resolve. Even a simple debt restructuring - in the unlikely event bondholders agreed to it - would not solve the mess.