Essay about Puerto Rico

For most of its history, Puerto Rico has been controlled by an outside power, and its people oppressed. While Puerto Rico is currently a U.S. territory, Spanish colonialism has had a significant impact on the island’s development and identity. The history of the island itself is proof of this fact, demonstrating each step Puerto Rico took to reach its current state. By examining the stages of Spanish control that Puerto Rico experienced, we can determine how each stage affected the structure and identity of Puerto Rico.

When i go to puerto Rico. The things I would like to do is to go to the beach and rainforest. I would like to try the delicious foods.

Purpose: To encourage the US and Puerto Rican government to for more interest for Puerto Rico statehood.

Many politicians have different views on what Puerto Rico should do. Should the island become a State, stay a Commonwealth, or become independent. Either way, it would benefit the island.

Thus, if Puerto Rico does clearly agree upon the process of statehood, it is Congress’ obligation to deliberately consider and potentially aid Puerto Rico into statehood, even if it occupies a copious amount of time and effort.

Contemporary genres of music can also be found in Puerto Rico, such as pop and reggaeton. Puerto Rico is perhaps the single biggest center for production of reggaeton.

Movement in Puerto Rico in an everyday standard is about the same as in Belle Chasse, LA. Mopeds, cars and trains are often used. To migrate from and to this island one must travel by air or water. (AKA plane and boat). This Commonwealth is a Functional region because it produces most of the sugar, coffee and rum for not only the U.S., but also

Puerto Rico should become a state because the United States has made it dependent on its aid. Puerto Rico started off as a colony of Spain and became a territory of the United States after the United States won it from Spain. Through statehood, Puerto Rico could see its economy getting better, the right to vote in major elections, and other benefits that come from being a state.

Puerto Rico is a territory (Commonwealth) of the United States of America and Puerto Ricans have normal citizenship, money and guard. Despite the

Personally, I don't believe Puerto Rico will ever attain Statehood. With that said, I cannot rationalize anyone in their right mind wanting a bankrupt, corrupt, crime ridden Third World hell hole as a State. Not only is Puerto Rico a dangerous place to visit, it's an enormous drain on U.S. taxpayers, and Statehood would only make it worse. :/ Nevertheless, has anyone ever wondered why they never vote for independence? That is one of their options and always has been, yet it not considered ever! Why? They would have to deal with their own debt rather than sucking the teat of the United States to keep them

There is a lot of considerations to make when coming with an opinion on making Puerto Rico a state for the United State, but only one key element that people should keep in mind is that the majority of Puerto Ricans support statehood at all. Some people think that it is a bad idea for PR to become a state for the US because it might increase poverty and crime state in the US, culture loss, and it might cause some kind of resentment. Puerto has already been under the United State for so long, so why not just make it an official

Every time I visit the island, I learn something new. Puerto Rico is unique all around from the cuisine, music, history, rum, beaches, nature, sports, and of course the people. I found that the island of Puerto

Puerto Rico is a northeastern Caribbean island formally known as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Being only 100 miles long and 35 miles wide, it's a very small island. It is the smallest in its area and doesn’t have as much access to the rest of the world as we do. Despite that, it has been able to sustain itself and prosper for a long time, until September 20th that is…

In order to lay the court foundation for the newly state of Puerto Rico, it is important to understand a brief, recent history and basic principles which make up the state. Puerto Rico is a commonwealth island located in the Caribbean about 1,000 miles southeast of Florida, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. In 1952, the people of Puerto Rico established a constitution, recognizing a republican form of government. (Berenshteyn, 2014) The island is under the jurisdiction of U.S. customs and allows free movement of people and commodities within the territory and the United States, which is significant because its climate, history, and the atmosphere makes the island a very popular tourist destination. However, the economic crisis has prompted a migration of Puerto Rican citizens to seek other horizons in the United States, leaving its population at just over 3.5 million people; one-third of the population is located in the capital, which is San Juan. (U.S. Census Bureau, 2015) The other two thirds are disbursed throughout the other divisions.

Puerto Rico has already developed a system of courts that is very similar to that of most states in the U.S., including municipal courts that have been merged with the court of first instance, an intermediate appellate court and a supreme court. Almost every state now has these four levels of courts, and the recent trend has included merging the municipal or limited jurisdiction courts with the general jurisdiction courts, and requiring their judges to be trained lawyers. Unlike most states, however, judges in Puerto Rico are appointed rather than elected and serve with lifetime tenure, as do those in the federal courts. There are no partisan or nonpartisan elections, retention elections or recall votes of the type that are so common in the fifty states. In addition, for four centuries the Puerto Rican legal system was based on the European or civil law model rather than the English common law, although over the decades it has become increasingly 'Americanized'. Initially, the U.S. legal system was widely regarded as a tool of imperial or colonial domination, especially since Puerto Rico never had any chance for independent development but went directly from being a Spanish colony to a U.S. one in 1898. Over time, however, Puerto Ricans of all classes gradually adopted this system and made it their own, particularly as the island began to urbanize and industrialize in the 1950s and 1960s and the demands on the court system increased greatly. Puerto Rico's