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Puerto Rico
This category covers questions about the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, commonly known as simply Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. Originally a Spanish colony, the United States acquired Puerto Rico as a territory from the Kingdom of Spain on December 10, 1898. Since then, both the United States and Puerto Rico have maintained close, friendly ties, even once considering the admission of Puerto Rico as the 51st state, although this was eventually decided against.
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What is a name of a famous Puerto Rican artist?
Ricky Martin(singer),Roberto Clemente(former baseball player), Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony are from puerto rican parents, J.J. Barrea(basketball player), Tito Trinidad(boxer), Miguel Cotto(boxer), Benicio del Toro(actor), Roseline Sanchez(actress), Chayanne(singer), Ednita Nazario(singer), Naya River is half puerto rican (actress"Glee") Sonia Sotomayor (Associate Justice of the Supreme Court)
Is Puerto Rico considered to be in north America or south America?
However, for the purpose of "where does it fall in the list of continents?" Coasta Rica would be considered North American, as with all the Central American countries such as Mexico, Belize, etc.
What is the motto of Academia del Sagrado Corazón - Puerto Rico -?
Academia San Jorge's motto is 'Pro Aris Et Focis'.
What does Puerto Rico have in common with the US?
Puerto Rico is a US Commonwealth. All Puerto Ricans are American Citizens. Puerto Rico currency is the US Dollar. Puerto Rico official languages are Spanish and English.
www.gotopuertorico.com for more information.
Puerto Rico is a protectorate of the USA. Its citizens have voting rights.
When was Puerto Rico's independence day?
puerto rican independence day is an September 23.
puerto rican independence day is an September 23.
Puerto Rico doesn't officially have an independence day since it's not independent, but it does have the discovery holiday which is November 19, 1493.
How many representatives does Puerto Rico have in the US House of Representatives?
Yes, a single nonvoting Resident Commissioner.
What did making Puerto Rico an unincorporated territory mean for Puerto Ricans?
Making Puerto Rico an unincorporated territory meant that Puerto Rico was a free country and would therefore run its affairs without external interferences.
When did Puerto Rico become independent?
Puerto Rico is not independent. It is a United States territory because it was ceded by Spain to the US in 1898.
When was Puerto Rico established as US territory?
Puerto Rico became a US Territory following the Spanish-American War in 1898, and its residents became US citizens in 1917. It has been a US Commonwealth since 1952.
What US state is close to the population of Puerto Rico?
It would rest comfortably between Kentucky and Oregon.
What is the average income needed to live comfortably in Puerto Rico?
$36,629 in 2006 according to a report by University of New Mexico http://www.unm.edu/~bber/econ/us-pci.htm
Who did Puerto Rico win its independence from?
== == Puerto Rico has never been an independent country. Puerto Rico was colonized by Spain and ceded to the US at the end of the Spanish American War. Puerto Rico is still a possession of the US.
What did the taino Indians call Puerto Rico?
The tainos called the island of Puerto Rico, Borikén. Thats why in some puertorrican aspects of culture, the word Borinquen can be found, making a reference to the name that the tainos gave the island.
What is the name of the people living in Puerto Rico at Columbus arrival in 1493?
The Taino lived in Puerto Rico before Christopher Columbus came.
Some famous events that happened in Puerto Rico?
Resistance to Sir Francis Drake, El Grito de Lares, the invasion by General Nelson Miles and the Spanish American War.
Was Puerto Rico the scene of a battle in the Spanish-American War?
On July 25, 1898, during the Spanish-American War, Puerto Rico was invaded by the United States with a landing at Guánica. As an outcome of the war, Spain ceded Puerto Rico, along with Cuba, the Philippines, and Guam to the U.S. under the Treaty of Paris
How many soldiers from Puerto Rico have been killed in Iraq?
I am from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and know a bit of our history.
As far as I know, all drafted soldiers from Puerto Rico in World War One were sent to Panama to protect the recently opened Canal. I do not know if any died there, but that was a non-combat zone. Malaria was a common type of sickness back in those days, so maybe some of them died of this illness, common in tropical climates. They were sent there because it is a Spanish speaking country, as is Puerto Rico.
Many other soldiers were sent to different spots on the island, to serve as home guard. In particular, coastal areas.
Some puertorricans may have eventually been sent to France, but they were probably living alrready in the US, and enlisted in the regular army, and not drafted residents of the island.
The first shot of the United States in World War One was fired in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on March 21, 1915, when the German vessel Odenwald tried to enter the port without permission. It was a U-boat re-supply ship.
The second shot of the war (the first shot after war was declared), was in 1917 on the island of Guam, where the German ship Cormoran was forced out of the harbor by US Marines dettached on the island.
One of the last veterans of World War One, a puertorrican named Emiliano Mercado del Toro, died last year at 116 years of age (by Guiness, the oldest veteran of ANY war in recorded history). He received basic training at the Las Casas training facility (today, a housing complex), and was sent to Panama. Other accounts say he was on his way to France when the Armistice was signed.
Some military facilities and batteries from the era can still be seen in San Juan today...
Jose A. Martinez Ortiz
San Juan, P.R.
email: pronet@caribe.net
The "Monumento de la Recordacion", which is a monument in San Juan, Puerto Rico dedicated to Puerto Rico's fallen military heroes, has the name of Luis Munoz, inscribed on Panel 5, Line 1 as the only Puerto Rican casualty of the war, however there were more. The "American Battle Monuments Commission, World War I Honor Roll" has listed the following Puerto Ricans as casualties: Santiago Cintron Sergeant, U.S. Army; 6th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division; Died: October 29, 1918; Buried at: Plot B Row 34 Grave 9; Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Alberto J. FernandesCivilian, U.S. Army; 127th Quartermaster Labor Company; Died: September 2, 1918; Buried at: Plot B Row 19 Grave 10; Suresnes American Cemetery; Suresnes, France and Alfredo A. LimaCivilian; Died: January 4, 1919; Buried at: Plot B Row 20 Grave 3; Suresnes American Cemetery; Suresnes, France. Mario Cesar Miranda Cruz, from Arecibo died during combat in France and is buried in San Juan. For more information on Puerto Ricans in World War I, please read my article in Wikpedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Ricans_in_World_War_I
Tony (The Marine) Santiago
What are the human rights of Puerto Rico?
Puerto Ricans have the same rights as US Citizens. Puerto Ricans do not have all the rights of a citizen of the 50 states. They do share many rights, but they don't share all of them. For example, they cannot vote, or have members in the senate. They also do not have to pay federal taxes
Has Puerto Rico ever been invaded by the US?
Yes, when it was a Spanish Colony in 1898 and was occupied by the Spanish Army.
Puerto Rico's main source of economy is?
Puerto Ricos main source of economy is Agriculture But the (GDP) Gross Domestic Product that brings in an average of $13.2 billion dollars a year which is about 39% of the (GDP)
How did the US gain power over Puerto Rico?
Some examples of the gross stupidity shown by the early appointed Governors of the new Territory of Puerto Rico included banning all education in the Spanish language. Here was a people that had used Spanish in their daily lives for 400 years and were only now hearing English for the first time. Where were the teachers to come from when the best educated on the Island had rarely if ever used English. It created a 20 year time frame when almost no student advanced as far as the third grade. Even today such action is seen as a root cause of much of the Anti Yankee sentiment on the Island. Bans against peaceful assembly where Spanish was spoken drove many behind closed doors to protest. Clerics rebelled. Stores rebelled. Political talk was not allowed. Politics was driven into the hills. Flags were banned and a new cult was born that cherished hidden banners as holy icons.
Americanization by Imperialists was not the correct way to Win Hearts and Minds. The few who had supported the American intervention in Puerto Rico were cast aside and many of them rebelled. Until President Franklin Roosevelt entered office they never had a friend in the White House and the plight of the working man and woman had been ignored. Even that Administration failed by appointing as their first Native Born Governor a person who was viewed as a lacky to big business. In the years between the Cuban Missile Crisis (when a minority favored a Caribbean Communist State) and the election of the first Black American President the general cultural attitude has been altered.
The reserved belief is that American attitudes have changed and now may be the time to seek a new accomodation in their political status is at hand.
How Puerto Rico become part of US?
Puerto Rico came under the control of the United States in 1898 as a result of the Spanish-American War.
Why is Puerto Rico a commonwealth?
Puerto Rico became a territory of the United States when Spain ceded the island to the United States in 1898. The Jones Act of 1917 granted all residents born in Puerto Rico citizenship to the US. Spanish Citizens (those born on Puerto Rico before 1898) were given the choice to accept US citizenship or retain their Spanish Citizenship.
The reason for the Jones act had to do with the US acquisition of the Dutch Virgin Islands (now the US Virgin Islands) during World War I. One of the conditions of the sale of the islands to the US was that all residents of the islands, including Puerto Rico be granted full US citizenship.
In 1898 the US received Puerto Rico and Guam from?
Spain ceded them to the US after the Spanish-American War.
