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2. Puerto Rican citizenship and nationality - Wikipedia

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   Puerto Rican citizenship and nationality. Puerto Rico is an island in the Caribbean region in which inhabitants were Spanish nationals from 1508 until the Spanish–American War in 1898, from which point they derived their nationality from United States law. Nationality is the legal means by which inhabitants acquire formal membership in a ...

3. Political status of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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   Background. The United States acquired the islands of Puerto Rico in 1898 after the Spanish–American War, and the archipelago has been under U.S. sovereignty since.In 1950, Congress enacted the Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950 or legislation (P.L. 81-600), authorizing Puerto Rico to hold a constitutional convention and, in 1952, the people of Puerto Rico ratified a constitution ...

4. Federal voting rights in Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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   Puerto Rico is an insular area —a United States territory that is neither a part of one of the fifty states nor a part of the District of Columbia, the nation's federal district. Insular areas, including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam, are not allowed to choose electors in U.S. presidential elections or elect voting members of ...

5. Why did Puerto Rico become part of the US? And why is ... - AOL

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   Puerto Rico has not become a state because of a combination of decisions taken — or not taken — by the mainland and the island. On the mainland, the U.S. government in 1898 did not feel much ...

6. Foreign and intergovernmental relations of Puerto Rico

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   The foreign and intergovernmental relations of Puerto Rico are governed by the Commerce and Territorial Clause of the Constitution of the United States. Because of this, they are subject to the plenary powers of Congress. Nonetheless, Puerto Rico has established relations with foreign nations, particularly with Hispanic American countries such ...

7. Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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   Puerto Rico is larger than Delaware and Rhode Island but smaller than Connecticut. The maximum length of the main island from east to west is 110 mi (180 km), and the maximum width from north to south is 40 mi (64 km). [132] Puerto Rico is the smallest of the Greater Antilles.