Puerto Rico, future 51st American state?

Published on : 06/04/2021 – 15:50

To this day, Puerto Ricans have had American citizenship since 1917 but cannot vote to elect the President of the United States. They have no representatives or senators on Capitol Hill. And the status of “Associated Free State” does not allow the archipelago of 3.3 million inhabitants to have trade relations with countries other than the United States.

For many of them, Joe Biden’s arrival at the White House is a sign of hope. A parliamentary delegation has just been elected to go and plead in Washington the cause of full integration of the territory into the United States.