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Sluggish recovery from Hurricane Maria reignites calls for Puerto Rico’s statehood, independence
Washington Post ^ | April 29, 2018 | Arelis Hernández

Posted on 04/29/2018 5:18:00 AM PDT by C19fan

Ernesto Davila Marin was in elementary school when rebellion interrupted class. As he left the schoolhouse that October day, black smoke rose from the town center where nationalists had set Jayuya ablaze, shooting police officers and declaring the independent republic of Puerto Rico from a rooftop. In the struggle for sovereignty from American colonial rule, Puerto Rican independence fighters staged uprisings in nearly a dozen cities that day in 1950 and later attempted to assassinate President Harry S. Truman. They held the central mountain city for three days until U.S. Air Force bombers buzzed over the emerald peaks packed with payloads.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 1950; 51ststate; assassination; assassinationplots; faln; harrystruman; independence; nationalism; puerto; puertorico; territory; truman
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To: C19fan

Puerto Rico should be a completely independent country.


41 posted on 04/29/2018 8:13:10 AM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: Architect of Avalon

Within a year, an independent Puerto Rico will look just like an independent Haiti.

And just like Haitians, they will come to the USA to live on the government tit.

Either way, statehood or independence, Puerto Ricans will STILL come to the USA looking for free stuff.


42 posted on 04/29/2018 8:44:41 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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To: Flavious_Maximus

The United States should help people who live in the United States.


43 posted on 04/29/2018 8:47:05 AM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: FreedomPoster

Give it Spain?

Why?

Sell it to Spain!

Make a profit!


44 posted on 04/29/2018 8:48:00 AM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: C19fan

Sluggish recovery from Hurricane Maria reignites calls for Puerto Rico’s statehood, independence

Independence...great. Statehood so the can suck on the fed money teat...NEVER.


45 posted on 04/29/2018 9:00:08 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: Architect of Avalon

It’s a liability, not an asset.


46 posted on 04/29/2018 9:07:14 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: C19fan

Absolutely NO to statehood. Let them go.


47 posted on 04/29/2018 9:16:37 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: Gay State Conservative

“The only reason why I might disagree with this is 1) if we truly need PR as a naval/military base or 2) if there’s a real chance that an enemy (China,Russia,Venezuela,Cuba,etc) might succeed in filling the vacuum created by our departure.”

That’s BS. There’s a slew of other Caribbean islands that our enemies could use as bases if they had the desire to. I doubt that an independent PR would want to get on our bad side. And PR kicked our base out of Vieques just a few years ago. We need them like a hole in the head. Give them their freedom.


48 posted on 04/29/2018 9:27:15 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: Thibodeaux

I was thinking more along the lines of additional Luis Gutierrezes, who in fact is Puerto Rican.


49 posted on 04/29/2018 9:31:47 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: ealgeone
Let them go.

Kick them out.

50 posted on 04/29/2018 9:31:49 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Iron Munro

You really need private security and a limo to get around the island


51 posted on 04/29/2018 10:05:17 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: C19fan

Meanwhile, each and every day, thousands of Puerto Ricans relocate to the mainland, primarily, Florida, New York and Texas.
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Adn the day after they arrive, they are registered to vote


52 posted on 04/29/2018 10:20:04 AM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: Blue House Sue

The productive class have all left Puerto Rico, what’s left behind are the losers.

That was the curse of Commonwealth status, it made it too easy for people to leave the island. It simply wasn’t sustainable in the long run.


53 posted on 04/29/2018 10:22:55 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: C19fan

Yes, I agree, with the exception that Puerto Ricans residing in the US who renounce Puerto Rico may retain US citizenship.

The downside: An independent Puerto Rico may ally itself with enemies of the US. We don’t need an Iranian, Red Chinese or NORK naval base that close, for example.


54 posted on 04/30/2018 10:20:38 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: HotHunt
"...Their problems are self-inflicted..."

The only thing wrong with Puerto Rico is that it's full of Puerto Ricans.

Apologies to Cll, who is a PR FReeper.

55 posted on 04/30/2018 10:26:32 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Idiocracy is here, and it votes democrat.)
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To: aquila48
Give them their freedom.

Last time they voted, the didn't want it, IIRC.

56 posted on 04/30/2018 10:26:43 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: T-Bone Texan
I don't know if I agree with that entirely.

I know several puertorriqueños here in Florida. They are all hard-working and conservative.

Their problem is the island is run by liberal democRATS.

Think Detroit, Chicago, Baltimore, Oakland, Los Angeles, New York City, etc. as islands in the Caribbean.

57 posted on 04/30/2018 3:30:46 PM PDT by HotHunt
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