Puerto Rico: Climate Cloaks Tensions.

Abstract: ( 5 pp) The mild tropical climate of Puerto Rico cloaks some of the tensions that are building on this island nation. Puerto Rico remained under Spanish rule until 1898, when , as a result of the Spanish-American War, the island was ceded to the United States in 1917. Puerto Rico remains a U.S. territory with an internal self-government and has been under a commonwealth form of government since 1952. Its citizens have no voting rights, and it and does not have any voting representative in the Congress of the United States. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

Filename: BBpuertR.doc

Pages: 5

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Catagory: Latin-America / Mixed

Subcatagory: Latin-American & Carribean Studies

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