Does the United States still own colonies? 

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Bianca as a Puerto Rican Dr Luis Muñoz Marín knew was he was doing

@@highlander9936 yep, betraying its people and stealing left and right. My abuelo lost his little land and wealth because of Muñoz he hated him until his very last breath. Thanks to Muñoz the con man my family ended up living in a project/ caserio.

This lady is socialist leaning, she doesn’t speak for the population of the island. She represents 8% of the population.

Thank you so much!

@@BiancaGraulau can you talk about how statehood is corrupted and if Puerto Rico becomes a state it will hurt the US and PR financially culturally and politically

Yea that was so crazy! Reminds me of how people used to react to socialist in the U.S or being anti war during the Iraq years. P.R seems to have that they conflating sovereignty with socialism too.

Exactly!

Sadly that means that you're still colonized. Same thing happens to Costa Rica and they were never a US territory. A lot of independent nations in Latin America that gain independence but clearly are still a colony from the wealthy foreigners from the US, Canada and the NATO countries.

You’re independent, how in any way is that similar to Puerto Rico?

That's partially correct. There was colonial repression indeed. But there was also violence from the other side. Albizu Campo and his pro-independence Nationalist Party decided to carry out " armed struggle" against US colonialism and rejected electoral methods to achieve independence only after his party got less than 6,000 votes in the 1932 elections in Puerto Rico. At the time most Puertorricans preferred US colonialism to Albizu's model of independence based on a nostalgic view of the exploitative late 19 century Puerto Rico where the word of the Hacendado or " landlord " was law. Then came the Cold War and the pro-independence puertorrican far left promoted communist Cuba as a potential model of a future Puertorrican republic, and supported armed groups like the FALN and the "Macheteros". During such period popular support for independence rarely went over 5%. In fairness during such period the socialdemocratic Puertorrican Independence Party ( PIP) was sympathetic but not very close to the Cuban government, But recently when Fidel Castro died the PIP president since 1970 Ruben Berrios ( who has expelled from his party any member that has questioned him) eulogized Fidel as a great believer in freedom and party member and senator Maria Lourdes Santiago praised Maduro's Venezuela publicly and even signed a letter supporting the recent incarceration by the Cuban government of thousands of peaceful protesters. With such preferences by pro-independence advocates it should not boggle one's mind that most Puertorricans view as a more rational option to be a US state than an independent republic.

They like the money the US gives them. Puerto Rico can’t survive on its own. Nice try though Ivan. Go back to Moscow!

Exactly

The U.S. can control their econmy, products, ports and domestic routes. If you want their credits and products and economy you play by their rules. The U.S. like any country wants to control their domestic economy by keeping it within so the money moves around their economy. This is economics 101. You are not using American credit, American products, American ports and use their credit on foreign economies. You can do it but not with American credit.

And before the US it was Spain . Who is indigenous and who are non indigenous? Many countries share similarities . Maybe the conversation should be about positive ideas and change starting on a local level .

@@ortofoncape one doesn't exclude the other. That's a false dichotomy.

I agree with you I can't wait for USA to give us our independence.

@@norbertosuarez5722 Say Goodbye to Citizenship and Federal Funds. Also loose all industry and business that depends on the current ELA status. What fools.

@@lulo08 jajaja dude Puerto Rico was Rich before was part of the united state why you think they try to buy it from Spain for 160 millions??? But they only pay 7.2 millions for Alaska ? Puerto Rico has potential. All we need to do is remove all the corrupted government

This is what happens when an island is colonized for centuries, resources are extracted for the profits of the colonizers, and regular Puerto Ricans are forced to work more and more for less and have to leave their children to work or let them starve. What you're doing is victim blaming at its finest.

@@lancevoltron3585 how do you colonize a country that colonizer don’t live in. I would think there has to be some kind of gentrification.

@@lancevoltron3585 America is blamed for Puerto Ricos problems but it was Spain that colonized, and neglected for centuries Puerto Rico. I worked in Puerto Rico and deeply love the people. I recognize there are no easy answers for them. I am glad they do have the benefit of US citizenship. I wish them well.

Yooooou are spot on.....you expressed the concerns I had about this whole situation pros and cons.....I wish the Puerto Rican people well in what ever they do.

#drogas

Your statement is so interesting. It also feels like Hawaii was a strategic place for the U.S. gobernment.

@@melbuilt this is true. Hawai'i WAS strategic to the US Expansionist (a euphemism for "imperialist") foreign policy following the Spanish-American war. However, the current thinking of modern military strategists is that Hawai'i is no longer critical to US global military strategy. Today the use of rapid deployment forces can place special forces with air support at forward outposts in a matter of hours with a follow on forward placement of main infantry forces, with armor, artillery, supplies and field medical operations followed up by prepositioned naval fleet support makes rapid deployment strategy a wiser choice for US Pentagon military strategists and a much easier strategy to deploy and to defend than the archaic and obsolete legacy military strategy of concentrating military, personnel and material at foreign posts rather than within the better defensive and training position within the easier to defend borders of the homeland. Additionally the advent of hypersonic ICBM strategy means that an adversary with nuclear and hypersonic ICBM capability can make multiple laser accurate guided hypersonic ICBM strikes deep within the heartland literally at will. The best defense against hypersonic ICBM strike capability is a deep underground integrated and physically interconnected military base network - a strategy that cannot be deployed in the small island archipelago of The Hawaiian Kingdom - with mobile surface naval fleets including deep submarine tactics that enable submarine squadrons to operate in the deepest parts of the ocean without surfacing for indefinite periods. The legacy of large, fixed, above ground military hard target facilities is an archaic, antiquated and obsolete military tactic because these facilities could be easily and completely vaporized in a couple of hours by a single laser targeted hypersonic ICBM strike My government, The Royal Hawaiian Monarchy government of The Hawaiian Kingdom expects to easily convince the Americans to leave our kingdom because it is in their own best interests and would save the US government hundreds of billions of dollars in annual military spending. Ponokeali'i Kuhina Nui (Prime Minister) The Royal Hawaiian Monarchy government of The Hawaiian Kingdom

Damm that’s so strong keep it up man

@@ponokealii I disagree. Hawaii is still a critical part of the United States being located in the Pacific Ocean. That Ocean is vast and I couldn’t see America just releasing Hawaii or Guam anytime soon especially since Tensions with Beijing are high. I don’t think there is any going back once annexed as a U.S state. But in time I could very well be wrong.

@@fdr8343 The foreign policy interests of the United States have nothing whatsoever to do with and do not in any way supercede the separate and arguably more important, inherent right of The Hawaiian Kingdom to it's sovereign independence. The US also has no right to subvert and subsume the interests of any other nation in order to promote what it imagines is it's right to it's self defense. We are a sovereign, independent and neutral nation-state. That means that The Hawaiian Kingdom, like every other sovereign and independent nation-state, has an inviolable, inherent right to maintain it's sovereignty - it's right to its self-governance and self-determination - and it's independence - it's right to be governed by it's own system of government and it's own body of laws. To demonstrate to you why it's so important that EVERY sovereign and independent nation-state, no matter it's geographical size, economic status or the power of it's military forces, be allowed to maintain it's sovereignty and independence let's use the example of the Russian threat to Ukraine. Here we have a situation where Russia claims to have annexed a part of Western Ukraine (the Crimea) based solely on the fact that ethnic Russians have established themselves as residents of Crimea at various points in history. The US is the leading proponent of the defense of Ukraine, of which Crimea is a part, in this matter based on a policy which former US President Obama proposed in his famous speech to the UN General Assembly, in regards to the Russian government's claim of it's right to annex Crimea, when he pointed out that the world no longer believes that big, powerful nations can simply take over smaller nations when it is in their own national or foreign policy interests. The obvious irony here is that Obama conveniently failed to note that this was exactly what the US did when it invaded and occupied The Hawaiian Kingdom to support a coup d'etat by a small group of 13 self-avowed white supremacist racist insurgents as part of a secret conspiratorial agreement with the white supremacist insurgents that they would annex The Hawaiian Kingdom to the US in exchange for it's role in support of the illegal coup d'etat. As history would have it, the attempted annexation of The Hawaiian Kingdom failed when the US Congress declined to ratify the Treaty for the Annexation of Hawai'i because the subjects of The Hawaiian Kingdom signed a series of petitions to the US Congress resoundingly objecting to the annexation of their Kingdom to the US - in effect asserting the sovereignty of The Hawaiian Kingdom since the sovereignty of every nation belongs solely and exclusively to the people who constitute the nation NOT to the government of the nation which is elected by the people to serve their interests. Even though the US later passed a domestic congressional resolution to unilaterally "proclaim" it's "legal" annexation of The Hawaiian Kingdom legal scholars conversant in the international laws of annexation agree that a unilateral domestic resolution does not possess the legal authority or jurisdiction to supplant the legal authority and jurisdiction of a mutual international treaty in a matter such as annexation which requires the level of mutual agreement between nations which only a mutually agreed upon international treaty can provide. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) would, years later, concur with the conclusion that the US never legally annexed The Hawaiian Kingdom after the US State Department (STATE) asked the DOJ, in an interagency memo in 1989 preliminary to a SCOTUS case in which the prosecution claimed that the US government had no legal authority or jurisdiction in the matter being adjudicated because it never legally annexed The Hawaiian Kingdom. STATE knowingly withheld the DOJ legal opinion as evidence from both the Supreme Court and the prosecution, because it was contained to within an interagency memo, even though it was legally obliged and compelled to share any and all evidence it's possession relevant to the case being adjudicated. My government, The Royal Hawaiian Monarchy government of The Hawaiian Kingdom, has obtained the interagency memo legal opinion of the DOJ - from the US National Archives through a FOIA request. In the interagency memo document the DOJ concluded that, after a thorough and rigorous examination of all historical, documented evidence pertinent to STATE's request for a legal opinion on the matter of the alleged legal US annexation of The Hawaiian Kingdom, DOJ concluded that the US NEVER legally annexed The Hawaiian Kingdom. This means that The Hawaiian Kingdom has NEVER legally been a part of the US - and so subsequently could not legally be made a US state since Congress does not have the constitutional authority to make a US state of a sovereign and independent nation-state - and that further, the US federal and military presence in The Hawaiian Kingdom constitutes an illegal, belligerent, foreign occupation of a sovereign and independent, neutral nation-state AND, further still, a serious international war crime since The Hawaiian Kingdom has been a declared neutral nation since 1854 and the invasion and occupation of a declared neutral nation constitutes a de facto international war crime. My government is preparing criminal charges in the International Criminal Court of the World Court in The Hague against the US government for the international war crime of violating the declared neutrality of The Hawaiian Kingdom and for genocide by denationalization for denying The Hawaiian Kingdom it's inherent sovereign independence after the US committed the unprovoked, undeclared act of war of invading and occupying the sovereign and independent nation-state of The Hawaiian Kingdom in support of an illegal coup d'etat by a group of self-avowed, white supremacist racist insurgents. This is only one of a litany of criminal charges against the US government that my government is preparing to submit to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at the World Court in The Hague beginning in the Spring of 2022 for the many illegal, unlawful, unethical and immoral acts that the US government has committed against The Royal Hawaiian Monarchy government, The Hawaiian Kingdom and the people of Hawai'i over the past nearly 130 years. "The Arc of History is Long But It Bends Toward Justice" Ponokeali'i Kuhina Nui The Royal Hawaiian Monarchy government of The Hawaiian Kingdom

Exacto videos hablando de Puerto Rico pero ha landó inglés no tiene sentido

Puerto Rican aren't Spanish and Hispanic and Latino until given back to Spain and getting independence only from Spain

It's happening in the states too.

The problem is some of these investors only rent apts for the tax benefits & they don’t even live in them. They also do not create jobs. The US & the PR governments need to monitor the investors to make sure they are following the laws and they do not do it. Also, a lot of stateside crooks are among those investors. Before they are accepted, they should be investigated as law abiding citizens. But the corrupt politicians and law makers both stateside and in the island look the other way. That is the big problem.

They are supposed to create jobs and they are supposed to live in the Island, yet some do not.

How would that benefit the USA or its citizens? Or is this just a leftist morality thing for you.

@@floriderllc6862 Its the right thing to do.

@@angelvelez2360 why?

@@floriderllc6862 you disagree and that's fine. But at this point you want someone to explain morality and goodness to you and that's ridiculous. In any case, the U.S is still responsible for P.R. And even if they were to become independent, it would still be in the transition. That's the responsibility of governance that it took.

@@DSan-kl2yc Even if P.R. became "independent." It still wouldn't really be independent. The US will just install someone they can control in. That's the US way all over the world.

PR majority voted for state hood.... Let s see what happens after the next election...?

@@wealthintruth6227 Puerto Ricans aren't Spanish and Hispanic and Latino until given back to Spain and getting independence only from Spain your Americans

@@familyandfriends3519 Yep, Borricua are distinct

@Admin 🤟🏿😎🇵🇷

Puerto Ricans are Americans who speak Spanish

by no means is the PR government good they are absolutely terrible

This happens to be very informative and well put together for a lot more people than you're obviously aware of not knowing or having this information in one place to digest. What have been your resources of knowledge? I've read of these things but did not find it easy to find the information. Are you part of an organization of the people that you know to have this common knowledge actively doing work to change things? I'm willing to help in anyway I can.

About the crime? Priority, children, innocent people, including women in specific. Corruption comes high on this list because we need to depend on what we cant depend on now Justice. My question is exactly what is a Justice Dept for?

Don`t assume it is common knowledge.

Too much corruption

Their Spanish 'blood' makes most Puerto Rican colonial settlers. The US is obviously cannot justify its annexation, but neither can Puerto Ricans

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Jajajajaja y que con España 😭😭

Spain is broke, good luck with that.

Puerto Rican aren't Spanish and Hispanic and Latino until given back to Spain and getting independence only from Spain your Americans

Careful, she is a marxists. You don't want to open the door to the indoctrination of your kids. You're home schooling your kids for a reason, aren't you? You need to be very picky with the history of our island. These communists are going to tell you only lies and half-truths in order to manipulate you. Believe me, I know very well her kind I studied in the university of Puerto Rico. 🇵🇷 I had to deal with them daily and it is disgusting.

@@prboxing1634 so telling the truth makes you a Marxist? All she does is bring things to light that are facts. Would you rather live a lie? Do you believe Christopher Columbus discovered America too? 🤔

@@prboxing1634 umm being a Marxist is not a bad thing and second, she haven't said any propaganda in the video.

@@gabrielmora5092 Marxism is misery, dead, and hunger. Mao Zedong (marxist) China genocide murdered 65 million, Joseph Stalin(marxist) Russia genocide murdered 34 millions, Khmer Rouge (marxist) Cambodia genocide 3 million and many others. Marxism as utopia has been tried way more than 15 times and it has failed every single time. It has brought only misery, hunger, dead, and many other abuses against humanity. What make you think that Marxism is goin to work this time when it has failed every single time? What are they going to do different this time? Please, don't celebrate Karl Marx. His Communism has a death count in the millions. His dream of utopia led to millions of deaths at the hands of tyrants like the ones already mentioned. It's sad that the only happy marxists are the ones that live in democracies until is too late. If after this you still thinking that Marxism is not bad God help us. Marxism sadly is still the most effective weight loss method to this very day. I hope this words/facts can help you for the memory of all victims and for avoiding more in the future.

@@prboxing1634 Could you elaborate? I'm not familiar with that term. I don't want to teach inaccurate information. I was born on the island but left at a young age. I don't remember much of what was taught in school.

Aseat in the United Nations dont bring food to the table..Ask CUBA. Haiti etc.

@@Boricua-ni4nb Ask Singapore,Holland,Sweden,Denmark.Your responding with your colonial conditioned mind.

@@kennethcolon1353 oh Singapure...el caballito d batalla dlos socialistas. .para empezar alli nohay las 2lacras q hay aqui VAGOS Y CORRUPTOS.YAQUI AñadaleCriminalidad?

@@Boricua-ni4nb Singapore era una colonia de Inglaterra.Doble de gente que Puerto Rico y mas pequenno.a son una super economía y una democracia..Quiere jugar con palabritas semánticas como socialista y que?Todo Europa ses socialista y los EEUU es el pais mas grande en socialismo.Tu tiene una tajeta Seguro Social verdad.Pues usted es un socialista hipócrita.

It should be a Federal District but by the Constitution only One Federal District can be in a Republic and in the USA it is The District of Columbia. A true Commonwealth would be a VOTING territory and some kind of voting representation in Congress and the Constitution should be amended to that effect. This current status is unconstitutional.

Puerto Rican aren't Latinos and Hispanic until given back to Spain and getting independence only from Spain

Japan was a colonizer lol. Learn some history.

@John D A Japan wanted a united Asia. They fought the British in SEA and India.

Philippines independence day is July 4th

No way,no no no no way.no independencia.

Tell your Congress Representative to support HR1522, currently being debated. It will not make PR a State automatically but it will let Puerto Ricans decide through a Democratic process. What a Nobel idea… 123 years later…

Don’t listen to the socialist views of the minority, Puerto Rican’s don’t want independence. The proof is in the pudding. In fact the majority want to be a state, I prefer the status quo. The USA has to acept the results of the last two referendums. It will benefit Puerto Rico tremendously.

@@adiaz9201 while I don’t accept the 2017 referendum as legitimate, 2020 and 2016 definitely was. There needs to be a binding referendum from congress on the status option. States can still be commonwealths in the Union

@@dylanshaffer2184 yes states can be commonwealth, like Pennsylvania and others, but the definitions are different for Puerto Rico. It has been for years. Example Pennsylvania is still a state in which it’s citizens vote in every presidential elections and have 2 senators and several congressmen. Puerto Rico doesn’t have those benefits and possibly many more. I’m prostate, or the status quo like many in the island.

@@adiaz9201 Even though I’m a mainlander, I support the statehood movement, and I personally believe that the residents of the territories are my fellow Americans, who deserve the same representation as if they were to live in any state. My fellow Americans can no longer be second class or third class citizens, and I personally believe that each of the 5 territories should be states of the union

No gracias💚🇵🇷

@@kingdmind Exactly

And also some people have discussed the possibility that Elvis Presley is alive.But people are entitled to make a fool of themselves if they wish.

@@kingdmind Puerto Ricans aren't Spanish and Hispanic and Latino until given back to Spain and getting independence only from Spain your Americans now

Don’t believe the hype by this socialist lady. The problems with Puerto Rico is not the USA is the local government.

@@adiaz9201 the US is responsible for it inmediately when it became its "territory". With sovereignty that would be a fair statement, but it is a fallacy

The French, Brits, and Dutch just changed their political status (ex: French Overseas Departments) and then promptly gave the US the middle finger.

Pure hypocrisy on their part, although what to expect

Pure hypocrisy on their part, although what to expect

Buena síntesis. Felicidades Sería bueno hacer únanse como Las luchas y movimiento sociales . Puedo colaborar. Es mi área de investigación como socióloga orgánica en PR

I think the problem is not with the US the problem is with the Puerto Rican government is very corrupt I live in Puerto Rico since 1998 and the government here is very corrupt the US sends lots of Federal Aid and help

That is correct, the local government is so corrupt and have been for years. Our Allliance with the USA is great, a few ignorant say the contrary.

@@josephbeltran2261 US government 'aid' approval upon this evident corruption, should say much more about the main land... Hi! I was born and raised in Puerto Rico since 1987 until 2017.

@@K.Monster the problem in Puerto Rico is the politics and the second one is two jobs all the jobs paid minimum wage that is crazy I went to high school in Puerto Rico got in high school degree in electrician work in construction for the projects of the Caribbean games and I was getting paid minimum wage I go to the states and with my same license from Puerto Rico I get paid 1650 I think if we fix those two problems Puerto Rico will be better and prosperous

You said a lot, but then you really said nothing. I say think about it further.

Well the U.S does that a lot by giving it to companies ECT. But honestly I think the U.S got P.R purely for bragging rights..they picked a fight with Spain to look good. And got territory to be a big boy in empire building. The U.S learned it didn't need to take territory to do that though. It didn't need colonies for imperialism.

Would you say Puertorrican-Americans?

Did you know that there is no “Welfare” in PR? Only has the EBT card for food/SNAP/Food Stamp. These funds are much lower than in the US Mainland States yet food is even more expensive than in the States. Go figure! It’s hard to survive.

All of them! Lol

No you dirty Americans and Puerto Rico is not Spanish and Hispanic and Latino until given back to Spain and getting independence only from Spain

@@boricuadepuracepa7628 Humacao Puerto Rico . Si tanto quieres saberlo . De pura cepa . Quédate tú aya fuera

@@boricuadepuracepa7628 and even if I did live in the USA wanting independence for Puerto Rico doesn’t mean you hate the USA , it means you want the same thing the USA has . INDEPENDENCE ! I don’t see the logic when you guys tell people that . Pero yo vivo aquí y yo tengo derecho a tener una opinión sobre eso . Todos tenemos differentes valores cuando se habla de PATRIA , no todo el mundo está dispuesto a pelear y trabajar por su PATRIA , hoy día quieren que todo se lo pongan en la boquita , nadie quiere trabajar por estar cojiendo ayudas y esa cultura de no trabajar se refleja en los Estados Unidos también . No tiene es ayudas , se trata de tener honor y valor . No todo el mundo tiene eso .

@@boricuadepuracepa7628 si , lo crearon los Estados Unidos , es una realidad . También lo hacen en los Estados Unidos , yo personalmente no odio a los Estados Unidos , pero si quiero que Puerto Rico sea independiente . En Puerto Rico Antes se trabajaba mucho , así como tú dijiste se sembraba todo eso y más y Puerto Rico puede volver a eso algún día , pero tenemos que soltar esa mentalidad de mantenido y en vez de esperar por un cheque o pedir la estadidad solo por ayudas deberíamos todos ponernos a a trabajar pero pues , primero hay que educar y tratar de animar la gente …

Puerto Rico Lamentablemente. No. Puede ser. Republica. Porque. Puerto Rico esta. Acostumbrado. Al. Sistema. Del dollar. La. Los. Pagos. Por. Hora . Y. Mejor. Pagado. De. Toda. La tinoamerica. Es. Dificil. Como. Independiebte. Jamas tendran. Los. Mismos. Pago . Los. Pago. Como. Independiente. Seria. De. 1 dollar. La. Hora o quizas menos o mas pero. Jamas. Igual. Si los. Paises. Mas. Ricos. De. Latinoamerica. No le paga. A. Los. Maestro como. Le paga Aqui en. Puerto Rico . Mexico, panama,Brazil, Argentina, chile,Venezuela no paga. Aun policia o. Maestro . O sector. Privado . Mi gente. Es. Dificil y. En. Sima. De eso. Los. Que. Cojen cupones esos. Menos se le acaba. La ayuda que an. Cojido. Por años. Como pension . Eso. No se verá en. Puerto Rico

What currency would an independent Puerto Rico use, little Bianca's Bitcoin, the same currency that disappeared into thin air in Venezuela, and was just banned in China? Who's going to sign up for a Puerto Rican military, are you?

Read the United States CONSTITUTION and you'll see Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the American V.I, and the Mariana Islands ARE COLONIES, go read what the UN did and thinks about Puerto Rico's status also and the why the United States came up with this bogus ""Commonwealth"" compare STATES like Massachusetts and Virginia who are also called Commonwealth states READ READ READ

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The US people are paying your huge debt. That’s the reparation.

Majority of Puerto Ricans immediately get hooked on welfare and section 8 when they settle in the US, that’s your reparations there

I totally agree but needs to be fresh and even unrelated to the island people with better education that can understand clearly what the island needs and aren't biased by being raised there and their family's status and what not. We really need fresh blood

I'm thinking myself to maybe go back and run for something. You know make a difference

@@deadlywayzlodice8393 what PR needed, needs and will need is people who wake up early in the morning, work and pay taxes, and enjoy their life at the end of their business day plus weekends. People who seek education, people who raise their hands to point out what’s wrong, people who are willing to listen to their fellow countrymen/women even when they don’t agree with them, people who raise their children in the most responsible of ways. Running for office is a very small part of a better version of Puerto Rico.

Ostia tio,Dilo en español almenos que hoy en dia españa es más colonia que PR.

Felicetanka- .. it wouldn't be a bad Idea..30% of Puerto Ricans are decentance of " Ponce de Leon ".... and the majority of people name " Colon" .. are also decentance of " Columbus."..

Honestly PR should become it's own country and then establish a "marriage" with Spain to become rich again

Is not going to be easy return back to spain because in puerto rico still have group of people for puerto rico independence only small groups for now end of day soon and later puerto rico making their own choices.

@@TheRomanTribune Puerto Ricans aren't Spanish and Hispanic and Latino until given back to Spain and getting independence only from Spain your Americans now

PR has been going downhill since 1996. As a ELA.

Poverty is already here 🤡

Puerto Rico is getting poorer because our own Corrupt government In cahoots with the democrat party of United States .

@@richierich252 Nope. Such thing does not exist in PR. The labels are used for technicalities, but have zero say on what the Island does. PNP and PPD rule and equally corrupt. Both of these parties include members who identify with both US main parties. So PNP is not democrat or republican. PPD is not democrat or republican.

that’s what the clowns we have for politicians have tried to sell, but in reality we’ve been getting poverty as a possession of another country for decades. Pero hey, quien es uno para esperar que los de rodillas flojas no se arrodillen frente al dueño que los humilla.

Confused

@@garethpaine3222 officially it is the state of Hawaii... But the people who are in the independence movement do call it the Kingdom of Hawaii. But officially, no.

Puerto Rico should stay Independent. Hawai'i has been trashed by PROGRESS.

Only the greedy wants PROGRESS.

@@flaykeydig7946 Mass, Penn, Virginia and Kentucky all have their official name as the Commonwealth of... This does not diminish their status any less as states. That's my point, like these states, the name "Commonwealth of Puerto Rico" isn't saying that is their status, it is just a name for the islands. Their status is an overseas territory.... But Commonwealth was used so many times, including in the thumbnail conflating the two terms, that I had to point it out.