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One of the biggest problems that affecting today our people of Puerto Rico is Autism. The department of health shows that PR has one of the highest rates in the world and will continue rise. One of each 62 babies in the island ell suffer this disorder the professor Demography program of Public Health (UPR), “Hernandez Mattei”, confirmed this statement in recent studies According to “Joyce Davila”, president of the Alliance for Autism of PR. The survey revealed that in the country there are 11,743

Puerto Rico has been in a state of crisis since the start of its ambiguous, inferior, and dependent relationship with the United States. The phrase “Puerto Rico in crisis”, in its political context, refers the fact that Puerto Rico has never had political sovereignty since 1898. Instead the U.S. established and maintained unchecked control over the island since the U.S. acquired it. There are two aspects of Puerto Rican politics that make up the political crisis. The first aspect is the fact that

current unincorporated territory known as, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is a spanish speaking, caribbean island that is currently a territory of the United States. And is actually a lot closer to statehood than you would assume. Baring statehood granted, both sides would see huge benefits. Puerto Rican citizens are required to do many of the same things United States citizens are required to do, and are actually for the idea of statehood. Are they Puerto Rico citizens or simply just United States citizens

of America and to the republic for which it stands. This must be the words of thousands of Puerto Ricans living in the island today wishing that their small island would once and for all become free from the colonization of the United States. Puerto Rico has been living under U.S. domination for the past 92 years and it’s considered the last nation in Latin America that is still living in colonization. Puerto Ricans want to be free and should be allowed to be free; to have the opportunity to vote for

The island of Puerto Rico is located in the Greater Antilles in the waters of the Caribbean Sea. The northern and eastern shore of the island faces the Atlantic Ocean, while the southern and western coast faces the Caribbean Sea. The closest islands to Puerto Rico are, the Dominican Republic, and the Virgin Islands. Reason for Choosing Puerto Rico I picked the island of Puerto Rico, because I spent all my childhood in this island. I lived in Guanica; however, I still do not fully know all the

U.S mainland since the end of World War II. Puerto Rico today, is less of a tropical paradise and more of a financial nightmare. with the repeal of section 963, to the bond boom of the 1970’s, and congress scrambling to help, many wonder if the poorest territory in the U.S. jurisdiction will become a debt ridden no-man's land. As population levels decrease and poverty levels increase, many are

Puerto Rico has always had a history of poverty. Throughout the years, there have been theories about how various societies around the world share a common culture of poverty.(Dike, 2014, p. 173). As of 2005, the Puerto Rican economy has had hardships and struggles and has not shown any type of improvement since then. This has affected Puerto Rico by having almost half the population living in extreme poverty. The rate of poverty today is at 46 percent and is not expected to improve any time soon

Puerto Rico has been regarded as the next state to the United States. These reasons will be discussed in this paper but I also want to get into the history of the Island and what makes it unique to the rest of the mainland United States. Puerto Rico has culture who wants to embrace this uniqueness and there individuality in there island. I admire them for that. Puerto Rico's Lands came to United States in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War in 1898 along with Cuba and the Philippines,

Americanization is the concept for the influence the United States has on other countries such as Puerto Rico. Moreover, this includes from their language, culture and even politics. Changing the people’s customs from that country and making them their own. The customs are not necessarily imposed but by having the concept integrated, the people of the country modify some aspects themselves. In like manner, Americanization can be referred to as racial relations that deal with the adaptation of different

read is called Mortality in Puerto Rico By Nishant Kishore, M.P.H., Domingo Marqués, Ph.D. It’s from the New England Journal of Medicine. The journal was about how natural disasters affect society and how hard recovery of public health services and infrastructure is. Apparently the death tolls of natural disasters can be difficult to assess in the aftermath of a major disaster. In September 2017, Hurricane Maria caused massive infrastructural damage to Puerto Rico, but its death toll is still unknown