Puerto Rico: A notion up in the air

Authors

  • Ivette Pérez Vega

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15359/ra.1-26.3

Keywords:

Puerto Rico, dependence on USA, associated republic, colonialism

Abstract

In this article, the author puts the question about the future of Puerto Rico under the questions of free associated state of USA, as well as the debate in Puerto Rico on this topic from 1917.

 

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Published

2018-06-01

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Puerto Rico: A notion up in the air. (2018). Repertorio Americano, 26, 57-64. https://doi.org/10.15359/ra.1-26.3

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Puerto Rico: A notion up in the air. (2018). Repertorio Americano, 26, 57-64. https://doi.org/10.15359/ra.1-26.3

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