Seem the US just admitted they have a colony

[Rhodesia]

The US certainly treats PR like a colony. I think the country ought to become either the 51st state or independent. The current status "associated free state" is just technical legal jargon for "colony".

[Benomia 3]

The US certainly treats PR like a colony. I think the country ought to become either the 51st state or independent. The current status "associated free state" is just technical legal jargon for "colony".

Why do you hate the population of Puerto Rico so much that you'd nullify their self-chosen status and replace it with one they don't want?

[Mike the Progressive]

The US certainly treats PR like a colony. I think the country ought to become either the 51st state or independent. The current status "associated free state" is just technical legal jargon for "colony".

I'd prefer if we just stop letting them freely move to the US and give them independence. See how well they do.

[Uxupox]

The US certainly treats PR like a colony. I think the country ought to become either the 51st state or independent. The current status "associated free state" is just technical legal jargon for "colony".

Nicely done ignoring the self-determination that the puertoricans have elected upon themselves numerous times.

[Nelson R Mandela]

The US certainly treats PR like a colony. I think the country ought to become either the 51st state or independent. The current status "associated free state" is just technical legal jargon for "colony".

How about no?

[Rhodesia]

The US certainly treats PR like a colony. I think the country ought to become either the 51st state or independent. The current status "associated free state" is just technical legal jargon for "colony".

Why do you hate the population of Puerto Rico so much that you'd nullify their self-chosen status and replace it with one they don't want?

The last referendum chose statehood. It was ignored by Washington and the incoming government on PR. So much for those self-determination polls, eh.

[Benomia 3]

Why do you hate the population of Puerto Rico so much that you'd nullify their self-chosen status and replace it with one they don't want?

The last referendum chose statehood. It was ignored by Washington and the incoming government on PR. So much for those self-determination polls, eh.

A minority of voters chose statehood. A minority of voters chose to remain a territory. A minority of voters chose independence. Of the three, the minority that chose to remain a territory was far larger than the other two minorities. So the status quo remained.
Anything else is revisionist and false. The referendum did not chose statehood.

[Senkaku]

Even if Puerto Rico voted to self-determine or whatever, we'd probably still be like "no fuck u we're keeping u".

[Benomia 3]

Even if Puerto Rico voted to self-determine or whatever, we'd probably still be like "no fuck u we're keeping u".

Do you have any evidence to back up this claim?

[Senkaku]

Even if Puerto Rico voted to self-determine or whatever, we'd probably still be like "no fuck u we're keeping u".

Do you have any evidence to back up this claim?

I'm saying what I feel like the United States' attitude towards Puerto Rico is?

[Benomia 3]

Do you have any evidence to back up this claim?

I'm saying what I feel like the United States' attitude towards Puerto Rico is?

Well if we're sharing our feelings now, I feel that royal purple is a fine color, but sadly underused in modern fashion.

[Cymrea]

I'm saying what I feel like the United States' attitude towards Puerto Rico is?

Well if we're sharing our feelings now, I feel that royal purple is a fine color, but sadly underused in modern fashion.

Opinions are not permitted. Have the temerity to express one and be prepared to be mocked by the debate snobs.

[Ifreann]

Well if we're sharing our feelings now, I feel that royal purple is a fine color, but sadly underused in modern fashion.

Opinions are not permitted. Have the temerity to express one and be prepared to be mocked by the debate snobs.

Opinions based on nothing are like empty cardboard boxes. Great fun for kids, disappointing for adults.

[Cymrea]

Opinions are not permitted. Have the temerity to express one and be prepared to be mocked by the debate snobs.

Opinions based on nothing are like empty cardboard boxes. Great fun for kids, disappointing for adults.

A shared trait with NationStates debates.

[Rio Cana]

The US certainly treats PR like a colony. I think the country ought to become either the 51st state or independent. The current status "associated free state" is just technical legal jargon for "colony".

I'd prefer if we just stop letting them freely move to the US and give them independence. See how well they do.

PR. would do very well since South Korea, the EU. and China would jump to invest in PR. PR. could negotiate directly with those nations. Has it is now, the US has to give approval. And you know they will prefer any new foreign investment to go to a State on the mainland and not PR.

[Ifreann]

I'd prefer if we just stop letting them freely move to the US and give them independence. See how well they do.

PR. would do very well since South Korea, the EU. and China would jump to invest in PR. PR. could negotiate directly with those nations. Has it is now, the US has to give approval. And you know they will prefer any new foreign investment to go to a State on the mainland and not PR.

Wow, that is a thorough and comprehensive explanation of how Solicitor General Verrelli admitted that Puerto Rico is a colony of the United States.

[Rio Cana]

I'm saying what I feel like the United States' attitude towards Puerto Rico is?

Well if we're sharing our feelings now, I feel that royal purple is a fine color, but sadly underused in modern fashion.

Speaking about colors, that is the color of the "Working People's Party" which is a new political party in PR.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_P ... uerto_Rico

[Vassenor]

I'd prefer if we just stop letting them freely move to the US and give them independence. See how well they do.

PR. would do very well since South Korea, the EU. and China would jump to invest in PR. PR. could negotiate directly with those nations. Has it is now, the US has to give approval. And you know they will prefer any new foreign investment to go to a State on the mainland and not PR.

And do you have any evidence that this is guaranteed to happen?

[Cymrea]

PR. would do very well since South Korea, the EU. and China would jump to invest in PR. PR. could negotiate directly with those nations. Has it is now, the US has to give approval. And you know they will prefer any new foreign investment to go to a State on the mainland and not PR.

And do you have any evidence that this is guaranteed to happen?

Puerto Rico would need to be independent first, and there's no evidence to even guarantee that will happen anytime soon.

[Rio Cana]

PR. would do very well since South Korea, the EU. and China would jump to invest in PR. PR. could negotiate directly with those nations. Has it is now, the US has to give approval. And you know they will prefer any new foreign investment to go to a State on the mainland and not PR.

Wow, that is a thorough and comprehensive explanation of how Solicitor General Verrelli admitted that Puerto Rico is a colony of the United States.

I think we have an unbeliever here.

The following is an article from Fox Latino (you know Fox news Latino service) -

El Ejecutivo puertorriqueño hizo pública hoy la carta enviada a Ban, una iniciativa que sigue a un pronunciamiento del procurador general de EE.UU., Donald Verrilli, en el que este señaló que Puerto Rico no tiene soberanía propia para juzgar a una persona que ya había sido juzgada en el ámbito federal de EE.UU.

Translated using Yahoo translator -

The Puerto Rican Executive made public today a letter sent to Ban, an initiative that follows a statement by the US attorney general, Donald Verrilli, which this indicated that Puerto Rico does not own sovereignty to judge a person already he had been tried at the federal level US

If you have no sovereignty then you are a colony. He was inferring that PR. was a colony .

The entire article from Fox Latino - http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/espano ... e-la-isla/

From the Daily The Americas newspaper which is an old and well respected newspaper located in Miami -
http://www.diariolasamericas.com/4851_e ... -eeuu.html

From Noticel but this time an island legislator is supporting the Governor who sent a letter to the UN and US leader on this controversy. -
http://www.noticel.com/noticia/184894/c ... tatus.html

[Uxupox]

Well if we're sharing our feelings now, I feel that royal purple is a fine color, but sadly underused in modern fashion.

Speaking about colors, that is the color of the "Working People's Party" which is a new political party in PR.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_P ... uerto_Rico

That is a non-existent party that nobody will vote for anyway.

[Rio Cana]

PR. would do very well since South Korea, the EU. and China would jump to invest in PR. PR. could negotiate directly with those nations. Has it is now, the US has to give approval. And you know they will prefer any new foreign investment to go to a State on the mainland and not PR.

And do you have any evidence that this is guaranteed to happen?

Portek International out of Singapore is going to run the Port of the Americas in Southern Puerto Rico. The Port can handle those new huge container ships. Portek while being a Singapore company was bought by Mitsui & Co. a major Japanese company with business all around the world.

Story on the Port of the Americas and Portek - http://newsismybusiness.com/internation ... e-operate/
This on Portek - https://www.portek.com/
This on Mitsu - https://www.mitsui.com/jp/en/index.html

Then we have Lufthansa which has already set up in PR.
The following is old news on what Lufthansa would be doing in PR.
http://www.onlineamd.com/article/luftha ... ico-112514

Edit - Puma a Swiss company bought out Texaco in PR. And Esso PR. sold out to TOTAL from France.

[Alien Space Bats]

PR. would do very well since South Korea, the EU. and China would jump to invest in PR. PR. could negotiate directly with those nations. Has it is now, the US has to give approval. And you know they will prefer any new foreign investment to go to a State on the mainland and not PR.

DOES such investment have to go through the State Department? Because that's not the case for the States; foreign interests buy shit here all the time.

To be sure, we can't negotiate our own trade deals, but the States are pretty much completely open to foreign investment.

[Rio Cana]

Speaking about colors, that is the color of the "Working People's Party" which is a new political party in PR.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_P ... uerto_Rico

That is a non-existent party that nobody will vote for anyway.

That party exists. And people do vote for it.

[The Silver Sentinel]

Have we seriously reached the level of historical ignorance in which people are wholly unaware that Puerto Rico is an American territory?

What next, are people are going to be surprised that China is a country and not an abstract concept that produces products?

Won't they really be surprised when they find out Taiwan is just a figment of their imagination? /nods