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A group of activists on the island, organized as Adelante Reunificationistas (Forward Reunificationists), have said the best way forward for Puerto Rico is to rejoin Spain. They say they have the support of 13% of the population.
It’s not exactly clear how the group plans to move forward, but any move would require majority support and cooperation with Spain’s government. Spain’s government is relatively devolved, meaning that its 17 autonomous communities have significant rights to self-government—some even financially independent from the country’s national government. More
Yes, go join spain.
OK…..see ya.
PR would be Haiti or Cuba without the USA. Their only gross annual income is WELFARE !
Let Spain hand them billions of dollars to waste on a slum.
Spain is socialist, or Marxist light.
Cuba is communist. The Carib doesn’t need another commie nation. That’s part of why the Marines went to Grenada. Afterwards, other island nations thanked the U.S.
But PR should not be under the U.S. in the manner it is now. PR is very nearly socialist as it is.
Let them go.
Make a deal with the EU. We give them Puerto Rico, they give us Greenland.
https://youtu.be/i0BTdo6qGwo?si=c_fwzVb3kX0UJ4u6
That would be a good thing for the USA. PR is a huge cash drain on the USA and the state government operates at a Biden level of corruption. The biggest problem I see is that there are more Porto Ricans in the centennial USA than there are in PR.
https://youtu.be/8XdZ1T1StY0?si=4K97Dur54dJ4mdCv
I’m all for self-determination, and if the Puerto Rican majority wants to sever ties with the U.S. and join some other political regime, that’s fine with me…so long as that other regime doesn’t threaten the U.S. Right now, Spain has a troubling tendency towards socialism and it has some dangerously radical groups feeling right at home there.
But whatever the long run holds, any change has to start with P.R.’s independence. I’m fine with that as long as the breakup treaty includes long-term leases for U.S. military bases, and continued U.S. management of Arrecibo.
We’ve occupied that benighted island since the Spanish-American War of 1898.
For pity’s sake let it be an anchor on Spain’s ass instead of ours.
Like a dream come true as far as I’m concerned.
@Uncle Al: The observatory at Arrecibo has been destroyed since 2020. It’s just ruins now.
My worry is that even if they do go under Spain’s control, they will still expect (and get) the same money from the US as they do now.
Why weren’t there any Puerto Ricans on Star Trek?
Because they’re not going to work in the future either!
@Lowell — I’d forgotten that. What a shame.
Have at it bitches.
https://youtu.be/2a3nG57nFjg?si=WYRiwNOG1Kyzd7oM
Coloreds chase white people. Whites can do things coloreds cannot. This shine proves that. The local darkies want to show their contempt for America so rather than saying ‘we’ll look after ourselves’ they ask Spain to do it for them instead of stinky ol’ Uncle Sam who’s been looking after their useless asses.
The lame list, or, what’s weak this week.
If they had any cojones, they’d want to be an independent nation.
Good. Take your critizens back ASAP. Add tk nations with which trade and immigration is prohibited. It’s not like we need the rum.
Any serious threat of independence or reuniting with Spain would result in a stampede to the U.S. mainland. Puerto Rico would be deserted.
Any oil or rare earth? No? Sign the divorce papers.
All that floating island of garbage has to do is turn east, always keeping the North Star to the left, hire 100,000 oarsmen, trim the sails, flag the Spanish fly….I mean fly the Spanish flag, and keep sailing in a more or less straight line east till it hits Cadiz.
Columbus did it 3 times.
The PR’s are free to void their US Citizenship and hie to Spain. Our last taxpayer gesture should be to help them do so! Then we can turn the island into a full-fledged luxury vacation spot for we ‘real’ citizens!
Rick, the Rangers, 82nd Airborne, and Delta went to Grenada.
If PR joins Spain, will Bob Menendez still be able to go there and have sex with under-aged prostitutes? After he is paroled.
git yo $$$ from spain, assholes