Puerto Rico is an island east of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. It is considered a U.S. territory.
In the U.S., territories are not equal to nor do they have the same privileges as U.S. states. Notably, they do not have anybody in Congress or the House of Representatives actually representing them.
Due to the electoral college, that also means Puerto Rico cannot contribute to the national U.S. elections in any significant way.
It’s an explicit colony of the US that has numerous laws and policies explicitly designed to drain money labor and resources from it while giving them fewer rights than other citizens. In fact they only have citizenship since the world wars so they could be subjected to the draft.
What is Puerto Rico, I’m not American.
It’s America but also not
Got it, cheers.
Puerto Rico is an island east of the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. It is considered a U.S. territory.
In the U.S., territories are not equal to nor do they have the same privileges as U.S. states. Notably, they do not have anybody in Congress or the House of Representatives actually representing them.
Due to the electoral college, that also means Puerto Rico cannot contribute to the national U.S. elections in any significant way.
It’s an explicit colony of the US that has numerous laws and policies explicitly designed to drain money labor and resources from it while giving them fewer rights than other citizens. In fact they only have citizenship since the world wars so they could be subjected to the draft.