Posted on 12/28/2017 2:36:17 AM PST by cll
119 years after the Treaty of Paris, which enabled the transfer of ownership over Puerto Rico from Spain to the United States, Madrid and Washington have virtually finalized an agreement to return the jurisdiction of the Caribbean island to the European country, confirmed endi.com sources at the three countries.
The deal, which has been negotiated in secret for at least two years, is not official yet, but it has the approval of President Donald Trump of the United States and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain, and all that remains is to finalize certain technical details to make the announcement.
An announcement was expected before the end of the year, but it is possible that the emergence of last-minute complications delays approval of the transfer until the first days of 2018. The agreement has to be approved by the US Congress, which was occupied until the last hours of this last session in the federal tax reform and did not have time to address this issue.
(Excerpt) Read more at elnuevodia.com ...
I want no part of the Catalonians. Historically they were the home of the Communists in Spain (Spanish Civil War era) and that mentality still permeates their politics.
Just because you’re fighting globalism doesn’t necessisarily make you a good guy.
No catalans ever. It’s the most left wing part of left wing Spain and still has the anarchist mentality that distinguished it during and before the Spanish Civil War. The anarchist assassinations and voter fraud, in fact, destabilized Spain and probably laid the conditions for it.
Too bad this is fake news. The US would be better off without this supplier of electoral poison. Voters who have moved from PR are poised to inject their left wing influence into Florida politics.
It’s all your’s Spain. Take it back please!
“What icehole planted this?”
Too funny! A great idea though. Except Puerto Rico residents would never go for it as they’re Anerican citizens. Besides, most everyone is feeding off the U.S. government tit, packs a EBT card, etc.
give them California also...
Did they just had a vote to go indy?
May encourage them to go home and rebuild.
An April fool in December. Way too good to be true.
Independence would be good too
Even though it is the end of December, it had to be an “April Fools” type of story. Spain is suffering from the Catalonia Crisis and to take on Puerto Rico (ironically ‘Rich Port’) on top of that would be the absolute height of madness!
2 good 2 b tru
In an even more stunning development, DJT, under pressure from his Russian buddies, is negotiating for the return of Alaska and Northern California, while Spain has made overtures for Southern California and Mexico. These deals remain secret behind closed doors - so move along.
Yes but that’s because they have a parliamentary system and all the many little leftisy parties have adopted the “independence” stuff and have now formed a coalition. (One says its dream is a pure socialist state - like the old Albania!). The single party that got the most votes is C, Ciutadans (Citizens), sort of the equivalent of a serious conservative non-independence party (the PP, the theoretically Conservative party, is like the GOP, a joke that nobody trusts).
But the way things work in a parliamentary system is through coalitions, which gives tiny lefty parties a lot of power.
That was big news this summer.
Day of the Holy Innocents
In Spain and Latin America is usual to make jokes of all kinds on this date. The media makes jokes or misrepresents their content in such a way that the information seems real. It is a freedom given by media agents to give free rein to their sense of humor, an opportunity they only have once a year. It is tradition that the newspapers publish entire pages of comic news, with the warning that it is the day of the innocent, ranging from those that are an obvious mockery to any recent event, to those that seem serious and deceive the unsuspecting reader. The day of the innocents is lived throughout the Spanish-speaking world.
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Way to good to be true.
“The media...misrepresents their content in such a way that the information seems real”.
It seems like the U.S. media runs with this Holiday the other 364 days of the year!
Good place for a penal colony.
Even if true, why would Spain want it?
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