+5 Yes, Puerto Rico is widely considered a colony—or often described as the world’s oldest colony—due to its status as an unincorporated U.S. territory. While residents are U.S. citizens, they lack voting representation in Congress, cannot vote for president,

  • hector@lemmy.today
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    23 hours ago

    “Should” is neither here nor there.

    1. they will not let puerto rico be independent.
    2. PR would get treated better as a State
    3. The republicans will not admit PR as a State right now, unless they could be sure their people would be elected there.

    I don’t know what you mean by military support. Are you saying if they are allowed to go independent? They won’t, there is zero chance they will be independent.