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Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States. The word “Commonwealth” is used in the official name of the island, just as it is… Read More »Puerto Rico in the News: Commonwealth or Territory?

Florida is now the state with the largest number of residents from Puerto Rico. An estimated 1,171,637 people of Puerto Rican heritage currently live in… Read More »Puerto Rico and Florida

A COFA, or Compact of Free Association, is a special treaty between two independent nations. The United States has COFAs with three countries: the Republic… Read More »What’s a COFA?

On a recent visit to Puerto Rico, Vice President Harris was spotted clapping along to a Spanish language protest song. “The vice president is here… Read More »What Does the Vice President Think about Puerto Rico?

In testimony before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on March 21, United States Indo-Pacific Commander John Aquilino continued to build on the theme of… Read More »U.S. Commander Emphasizes Military Value of COFA Nations

Every territory that became a state had anti-statehood factions and arguments against statehood before it was admitted. Idaho faced some of the same problems on… Read More »Arguments against Statehood for Idaho: A Page from History

Under the U.S. Constitution, Congress can make new states at any time, and the only requirement is that they can’t make a new state from… Read More »Requirements for Statehood

On Tuesday, March 14, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations held a hearing on U.S. strategy in the Pacific Islands.  The hearing focused heavily on… Read More »Senate Committee Reinforces Compacts’ Importance to U.S. Military