That may happen some day, but for now it is a US Territory.
Cuba which was granted almost instant recognition of its Independence, Guam and Puerto Rico which continue to be US Territories and the Philippines which was unhappy with anything less than full indepence, but had no stable government to put in place. and insisted on fighting their liberators for another 25 years. After WW2 they were granted Independence.
Before the war Hawaii was annexed. After the war Guam and Puerto Rico were annexed which remain Territories and the Philippines which was granted independence after WW2.
Puerto Rico.
A person who lives in Puerto Rico already lives in the US because Puerto Rico is an unincorporated organized territory of the US. People born in Puerto Rico as US citizens. So, if you are a legal resident of Puerto Rico you can move to any other part of the US if you want to and can pay for the transportation to get there.
Puerto Rico.
It was because of the Spanish-American war. When the treaty of Paris (1898) was signed Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Philipines was ceded to US.
The largest island in the West Indies is Cuba.
It is the Commonwealth pf Puerto Rico and an unicorporated Territory of the US.
Puerto Rico.
Yes, it is a Caribbean island US Territory.
It is a small island and a US Territory.
St. Thomas is the closest of the Virgin Islands to Puerto Rico. It is only about 15 miles east of the Puerto Rican outlying island of Culebra and about 35 miles east of the Island of Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico.
The large island to the east of Santo Domingo is Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is a US territory in the Caribbean Sea.
It is not in the US, it is an island beside the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean.