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home puerto rico report skip to content search for top stories analysis polling history for educators archive war heroes navigation menu search for navigation menu top stories analysis polling history for educators archive war heroes rep darren soto confidently battles for win in redrawn district september 28 2026 most favored nation pharma deals apply to puerto rico medicaid september 25 2026 nebraska republican pushes back on trump puerto rico claim september 22 2026 rep pablo josé hernández seeks to address water crisis september 21 2026 honoring roberto clemente with a statue at the u s capitol september 18 2026 how hispanic heritage month could matter for puerto rico september 16 2026 puerto rico a u s territory puerto rico voted for statehood what s a freely associated state the meaning of commonwealth the status question puerto rico is a territory of the united states the u s acquired puerto rico from spain in 1898 and the island has belonged to the united states ever since in 1917 puerto ricans became u s citizens everyone born in puerto rico is a citizen of the united states but puerto rico is not a state it continues to be a territory under the u s constitution congress has plenary complete power over puerto rico as is clear by the authority of the unpopular and congressionally created federal oversight and management board fomb it is legal for congress to treat puerto rico differently from states and puerto ricans do not share in the same rights and responsibilities as their fellow u s citizens there are no senators or voting congressional representatives for puerto rico the island has just one non voting representative in the u s congress the people of puerto rico cannot vote in presidential elections they have no electors in the electoral college puerto ricans serve in the u s military at higher than average rates and yet they cannot vote for their commander in chief puerto ricans fight for democracy around the world and yet do not experience democracy at home puerto rico is also not a country while puerto rico fields successful sports teams in international sporting events and competes in international beauty pageants those teams and individuals could also be a part of u s delegations the government of puerto rico simply doesn t have the stature of a nation in the foreign arena whether at the united nations world bank or in bilateral discussions with sovereign nations and while the title of puerto rico includes the word commonwealth just like the titles of massachusetts pennsylvania virginia and kentucky that word has no legal meaning in the united states puerto rico is simply a territory belonging to the united states meanwhile puerto rico s young men and women continue to serve in the u s armed forces with distinction puerto ricans are voting for statehood with their feet moving to the 50 states in record numbers where they automatically receive the full panoply of democratic rights that are the hallmark of the united states except in puerto rico dive deeper congressional democrats highlight puerto rico in supreme court brief from the archives can a puerto rican become president of the united states sign up for our free newsletter and keep up with all the news on puerto rico s status join my email list submitting form by clicking submit you agree to share your email address with the site owner and mailchimp to receive marketing updates and other emails from the site owner use the unsubscribe link in those emails to opt out at any time processing success you re on the list whoops there was an error and we couldn t process your subscription please reload the page and try again about us privacy policy copyright 2026 puerto rico report website by haden interactive about us privacy policy copyright 2026 puerto rico report website by haden interactive