what is the relationship between US and Puerto rico ?
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Puerto Rico is a Commonwealth. It is not a territory, or state, or independent.\n\nPuerto Rico has a representative in congress who can speak, but not vote. They have USA citizenship, currency and passport.\n\nAnd by the way, the Puerto Rican culture is far older than the American culture, being over 500 yrs old.\n\n.
668114
I don;t think so.  Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States and if you're not a US citizen you need a visa to travel here.
551001
The Philippines, Cuba & Puerto Rico
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Puerto Ricans are US citizens
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Dependent areas of the USA = American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Wake Island \nnote: from 18 July 1947 until 1 October 1994, the US administered the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; it entered into a political relationship with all four political units: the Northern Mariana Islands is a commonwealth in political union with the US (effective 3 November 1986); the Republic of the Marshall Islands signed a Compact of Free Association with the US (effective 21 October 1986); the Federated States of Micronesia signed a Compact of Free Association with the US (effective 3 November 1986); Palau concluded a Compact of Free Association with the US (effective 1 October 1994)
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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 .
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HUH?\n\nPuerto Rico honors custodial decisions issued elsewhere, just like any state in the US.
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Puerto Ricans are under the US law since it is our Commonwealth. They are considered US citizens.  They may come live in the US without a passport or visa. They do not pay taxes either. They do not cast ballots for president, but they do get to elect a resident commissioner to sent to washington to serve in the US House of Representatives. But he does not get a vote in congress. And by Puerto Rico being a Comonwealth they are bound by the Laws of the United States, so therefore are not "supposed" to travel to certain countries.
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A US Territory.\n\nThe Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico) is a self-governing unincorporated organized territory of the United States located east of the Dominican Republic in the northeastern Caribbean. Puerto Rico, the smallest of the Greater Antilles, includes the main island of Puerto Rico and a number of smaller islands and keys, including Mona, Vieques, and Culebra.
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I don't know any. I live in mid-Ohio. Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the US. But I like all peoples of all nations. As long as you respect and like me I'll give it back. I always wanted to see Puerto Rico, is it nice there?
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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.
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President Bush is full of...well, you know....  Bush should NOT force Puerto Rico into becoming a State!!!!  It is up to the people of the Associated Free State of Puerto Rico to decide whether they want to become a State or not!!!
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I'm sure Americans don't want Puerto Rico to become a state. With a population larger than that of many other states, PR would be more powerful in Congress than those less populated states.\n\nAs to FL Boy's answer, I'd say that although it would never become a major player, as an independent nation, PR definitely wouldn't be worthless in the world's economy. it happens that PR is the world's largest producer of prescription medicines and pacemakers.\n\nMy comment on One's answer is that thousands of Puerto Ricans serve and have served in all of the military branches of the U.S. They have also fought and died in the wars fought by the US, including Iraq and Desert Storm. During the Korean War (1950-1953), the 65th Infantry Division, made up entirely of Puerto Ricans, kicked some seroius North Korean behinds. So as you can see, the Island's protection from the US Military HAS had a very high cost to Puerto Ricans.\n\nAnd please, don't get me wrong. I am totally against freeloaders on welfare, be them white Americans, African Americans or even  Puerto Ricans.
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Since Puerto Rico is part of the US technically they are Americans as well.............Products manufactured in Puerto Rico are "Made in the USA". The people of Puerto Rico do not vote in national elections. They are represented in Congress by a Resident Commissioner who has a voice in the House of Representatives but no vote. Most federal taxes are not levied in Puerto Rico. No federal income tax is collected from island residents on ordinary income, except in cases of Federal employees.
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Yep. They are technically American citizens.. though most people like to be called Puerto Rican over American beacuse of the pride in there culture.
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The US had not entered the war with the intention of gaining a colonial empire. However, at the end of the war the colonial ruler Spain was militarily crushed and the three remaining colonies (Cuba, Puerto Rico and Philippines) were in rebellion. The US felt if they did not take posession that they would be seized by European powers (a German flotilla did show up off of Manila Bay).
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Because Puerto Rico is not part of the US. It is its own nation, a latin american nation.Its political status now is that of a self governing commonwealth associated with the US since 1952 with a recognized self determination status . This political status is not a permanent one and Puerto Rico can become an independent republic anytime if the people vote for that option.\n\nfor more info check the United Nations link on PR below