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This collection uses primary sources to explore Puerto Rican migration to the United States.
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The financially troubled island now says it is unable to pay an estimated $72 billion debt, casting a pall on bond markets and pension funds. On the surface, Puerto Rico’s debt crisis is one of run-away spending on public welfare, with a diminishing small tax and economic base to support it. However, the island’s troubles are also tied to its commonwealth status: Puerto Rico is part of the United States but it lacks the local autonomy afforded to other U.S. states and electoral representation in Congress.
Dee Dee Deeken's curator insight,
August 2, 2015 1:26 PM
Nothing like an op-ed to get people thinking...this touches on economic, political and population geography. Tags: Puerto Rico, political, migration, autonomy, economic. 
Jose Soto's curator insight,
August 5, 2015 9:37 PM
Nothing like an op-ed to get people thinking...this touches on economic, political and population geography.
Tags: Puerto Rico, political, migration, autonomy, economic. 
Mark Hathaway's curator insight,
September 24, 2015 6:28 AM
There is no question that Puerto Rico is suffering from its current status as a commonwealth of the United States. However, the answer to their issues is not independence, its statehood. An independent Puerto Rico would continue to face the same economic issues. It would be just one of many depressed small Caribbean nations. It is well past the time, that Puerto Rico be admitted as a state into our union. The most recent vote on the issue, favored the statehood political status. However, the vast amounts of controversy surrounding the election process have made those results rather worthless. Puerto Rico has been floundering in political no mans land since the United States acquired the island from Spain at the end of the Spanish American War. The current political status is untenable. Hopefully a fair election can be held and the status of Puerto Rico will finally be settled. |
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The territory's residents have held citizenship for nearly a century. Via Mr. David Burton, Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks
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