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An 8 page review of the controversy surrounding attempts to make Puerto Rico a state. This paper summarizes the history as well as the arguments of those that oppose statehood. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Discussions about Puerto Rico becoming a state have persisted for decades. Puerto Rico has been a possession of the United States since the Spanish-American war over one-hundred years ago
(Economist, 1998). The island has never achieved full statehood, however (Economist, 1998). In 1952 it became a Commonwealth (Economist, 1998). Ultimate congressional authority continues to lie in
Washington and Congress (Economist, 1998). Puerto Rico is represented in this process but their only representative has no vote (Economist, 1998). Puerto Ricans can elect their own governor
and legislature but they have no real influence in Washington (Economist, 1998). Many have argued that allowing Puerto Rico to become the fifty-first state would have many advantages for
Puerto Ricans. Others, however, contend that statehood would come with certain losses. One of the more notable would be a loss in identity, a loss of the sense
of individualism which now persists in the county, and a loss of Puerto Rican culture. Dissenters of statehood suggest that it would result in Puerto Ricans being nothing more
than marionettes controlled by the long strings of the U.S. The arguments for and against statehood all have one thing in common.
They rely on the lengthy history that exists between the U.S. and Puerto Rico to serve as a backdrop for the various points that are presented. Romero-Barcelo (1997), for
example, notes that Puerto Rico is the last political jurisdiction of more than one million inhabitants in the Western Hemisphere that is still a colony (Romero-Barcelo, 1997). Approximately 4
million people currently live in Puerto Rico (Knight Ridder/Tribune, 2006). Another 2.7 million Puerto Ricans live on the mainland of the U.S. (Buckley, 1998). These arguments typically emphasize
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