Mucha gesticulación y pero es sin duda alguna un estatus colonial; válido , constitucional pero COLONIAL. No hubo invento alguno , ni creativodad alguna, sino otra colonia mas de otro imperio mas en la historia del mundo. No hay nada ilegítimo en ello, pero indigno por demás.
Uno de los peores años que vivimos en Puerto Rico, gracias a Dios que su dictadu... err, su tiempo de gobernador logro que mis padres decidieran irse de la isla, y salir de la peor economia que yo vivi en la isla.
El ppd y muños marin los primeros vende patrias y ahora el pnp con la mentira de la estadida y vendiendo la mentira que la ciudadania Americana en Puerto Rico es igual que de los anglo sajones. Puerto Rico tiene ciudadania de segunda clase aun viviendo en los estados unidos. La estadida como el ela es otra mentira.
The commonwealth of PR poorly translated into Spanish as “Estado Libre Asociado” it’s actually an Unincorporated Territory of the United States. An American jurisdiction with United States sovereignty. In other words, it’s a colony a property of the United States of America.The current political status of Puerto Rico has ramifications into many spheres of Puerto Rican life, and there are limits to the level of autonomy the Puerto Rican government has. For example, the Island's government is not fully autonomous, and the level of federal presence in the Island is common place, including a branch of the United States Federal District Court. There are also implications relative to the American citizenship carried by people born in Puerto Rico. Specifically, although people born in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are natural born U.S. citizens, their citizenship is not protected by the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. As such, the American citizenship of Puerto Ricans can be taken away by the U.S. Congress unilaterally. Puerto Ricans are also covered by a group of "fundamental civil rights" but, since Puerto Rico is not a state, Puerto Ricans are not covered by the full American Bill of Rights. As for taxation, Puerto Ricans pay U.S. federal taxes (import/export taxes, commodity taxes, social security taxes, and medicare taxes, etc.), but most residents of the island are not required to file federal income tax returns. Representation-wise, Puerto Ricans have no voting representative in the U.S. Congress, but do have a Resident Commissioner who has a voice in Congress (but no vote except for committee-level voting). Puerto Ricans must also serve in the United States military anytime conscription is ordered, with the same duties as a US citizen residing in the 50 states. Degree of autonomy Under the Constitution of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico designates itself with the term Commonwealth and Puerto Ricans have a degree of administrative autonomy similar to citizens of a U.S. state and like the States, it has a republican form of government, organized pursuant to a constitution adopted by its people, and a bill of rights. The constitution, approved by the U.S. congress, went into effect in 1952. In addition, like the States, Puerto Rico lacks "the full sovereignty of an independent nation," for example, the power to manage its "external relations with other nations," which was retained by the Federal Government. Constitutionally, Puerto Rico is subject to the Congress' plenary powers under the territorial clause of Article IV, sec. 3, of the U.S. Constitution. U.S. federal law applies to Puerto Rico, even though Puerto Rico is not a state of the American Union and their residents have no voting representation in the U.S. Congress. Because of the establishment of the Federal Relations Act of 1950, all federal laws that are "not locally inapplicable" are automatically the law of the land in Puerto Rico. Following the 1950 and 1952 legislation, only two district court decisions have held that a particular federal law, which does not specifically exclude or treat Puerto Rico differently, is inapplicable to Puerto Rico.The more recent decision was vacated on appeal. Efrén Rivera Ramos, Dean and Professor of Law at the University of Puerto Rico School of Law, clarified the meaning of plenary powers, explaining, "The government of a state derives its powers from the people of the state, whereas the government of a territory owes its existence wholly to the United States. The Court thus seems to equate plenary power to exclusive power. The U.S. government could exert over the territory power that it could not exercise over the states." Ramos quotes Justice Harlan, writing in Grafton v. United States, 206 U.S. 333 (1907), "The jurisdiction and authority of the United States over that territory [referring to the Philippines] and its inhabitants, for all legitimate purposes of government is paramount,". Ramos then goes on to argue "This power, however, is not absolute, for it is restrained by some then-undefined fundamental rights possessed by anyone subject to the authority of the U.S. government."
Uno de los grandes,mis respetos para este gran lider puertoriqueño que se preocupaba por el bienestar del Pueblo. Gracias por todo el trabajo y el progreso que le diste alos puertoriqueños descansa en paz.
Don Luis Marin fue un traidor de la patria vendio a Puerto Rico por dinero;y le puso en bandeja de plata a nuestro maestro Don Pedro Albizu campos;lo metieron en la cárcel y lo torturaron solo por hablar. La verdad. Por ése nismo estado libre asociado es que no hemos tenido la independencia de Puerto Rico;llevamos 120 años bajo el dominio del imperialismo yankee;mi deseo es ver a mi Puerto Rico libre con su bandera Dios bendiga a Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico es una colonia de estados unidos;estados unidos vinvadio a Puerto rico 1898 y mato miles de Puertorriqueños en esa invacion ;los estados unidos han llevado a Puerto Rico. A la quiebra;el estado libre asociado es un sistema de gobierno colonial
