Puerto Rico has been a possession of the United States since 1898 — that’s more than a century and a quarter. Puerto Rico is not the only territory of the United States, but it is the only one with a large enough population to be a state and the only one that has voted for statehood. Yet Puerto Rico is not a state. England and other nations gave up their colonies at the end of World War II. So why is Puerto Rico still a U.S. possession? No U.S. …
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