History

The Bahamas is a nation comprised of 700 islands. It is a near neighbor to Puerto Rico, and was visited by Christopher Columbus just as… Read More »Comparing Puerto Rico and the Bahamas

Every U.S. territory that has become a state faced anti-statehood movements before admission. Arkansas, home of Rep. Bruce Westerman, the current chairman of the House… Read More »Anti-statehood Arguments against Arkansas

Cuba and Puerto Rico were described by Puerto Rican poet Lola Rodriguez de Tio as “two wings of the same bird.” They have a strong… Read More »Comparing Puerto Rico and Cuba

Puerto Rico was a colony of Spain for four centuries before being ceded to the United States in 1898. The neighboring nation, the Dominican Republic,… Read More »Comparing Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic

We compared Puerto Rico with Haiti, a former colony of France which is now an independent nation. We can also compare it with Guadeloupe, another… Read More »Comparing Puerto Rico and Guadeloupe

Every territory that became a state faced a struggle. Each one had anti-statehood factions arguing against its admission to the U.S. One of the greatest… Read More »Anti-statehood Arguments against Utah

Every territory that later became a state has had anti-statehood factions, and Florida was no exception. Some of the arguments against statehood for Florida are… Read More »Florida and Anti-statehood Movements

In an article in the Daily Princetonian, student Ignacio Arias takes issue with recent remarks made by Eduardo Bhatia, the former president of the Puerto… Read More »The Compact Theory