Thursday, April 28, 2011

Puerto Rico; the trials of the oldest colony in the world pages 120-160

Once upon a time in Puerto Rico during the times of industrialization, Puerto Rico was among the developing countries with the highest long-term rates of growth. But then the early 1990’s came, between 1991-1996 Puerto Rico rate of growth. But then the early 1990s came. Between 1991-1996 Puerto Rico note of growth was below many other developing areas poverty level, unemployment was high and drug smuggling was moving about. In Puerto Rico there are group of people (more or less). Those who are “poor, drug-ridden, in poor health, insufficiently education, and unemployed, then there are those who are prosperous, well-schooled, hard-working, and enterprising”. The latter group had a much smaller population. In most population difference such as these create gap and alienation and thus particular gap as moving and increasing. Through almost a country of American rule political advancement has been lacking, While other colonies have become independent Puerto Rico has been living with out liberty, The only power they have received after years of please was an elected legislature with limited powers, an elected governer and the ability to adopt a local construction. In a hundred years that is all that they have achieved. The U.S. is no prepared for what to let P.R. be but in and in the mean time they ignore P.R. It is as if they do not even live in a colony, and some Puerto Rico show think this is indeed what they think, years and years past and Puerto Rico is still a colony.
Quotation:  “The president  of the United States and executive appointees negotiate treaties and take other actions which affect Puerto Rico without consulting it.”
Reaction: From what I have read so far this does not surprise me but it is still a bit shocking. The United States has had all this power of Puerto Rico for about a century and they do not want to share. If the U.S would give Puerto Rico some power over itself then the island could start getting ready to become independent but because it has not given it any power Puerto Rico can not prepare for independence.

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