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PR isn’t a country. It’s part of the US.

yardie 9y ago
It's a territory. It has an independent government, constitution, country code, Olympic team, and elections. Functionally, it is a country.
- booleandilemma 9y ago
  According to Wikipedia, Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States. Also, it does not appear on Wikipedia's list of sovereign states. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states
  - bobbyi_settv 9y ago
    It's not a sovereign state. If you're an American, you don't need a passport to fly there.
    - kasey_junk 9y ago
      You didn't need a passport to go to Canada until relatively recently. That's fairly orthogonal to sovereignty.
- pryelluw 9y ago
  Its a colony.
- bobbyi_settv 9y ago
  Each of the 50 states also has a government, constitution and elections.
denom 9y ago
For that to be completely true Puerto Rico would have representation in the federal legislature. Puerto Rico has it's own Olympic team. Which is sort of a basis for considering PR as a country.
- EduardoBautista 9y ago
  Does Puerto Rico have its own passport? Also, the UK plays as Scotland, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland in the World Cup but they aren't sovereign. So that Olympic argument doesn't mean anything.
- Spooky23 9y ago
  Only US States are recognized in Congress. Puerto Rico, among other places is a territory which gives it a delegate to congress, but no direct participation. It's also not considered sovereign, which US States nominally are. This has advantages and disadvantages... there's no tax, but also no Senators or congresspeople who give a hoot. Sometimes congressional delegations from places with big Puerto Rican populations will push for policy to secure votes on the mainland. Also remember that it's a colony, and it's standing is colored by the baggage of colonialism, and there is a split between people who favor that status quo, statehood and independence. Statehood will never happen unless there is a Democratic supermajority in the Senate.

It's a territory. It has an independent government, constitution, country code, Olympic team, and elections. Functionally, it is a country.

booleandilemma 9y ago
According to Wikipedia, Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States. Also, it does not appear on Wikipedia's list of sovereign states. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states
- bobbyi_settv 9y ago
  It's not a sovereign state. If you're an American, you don't need a passport to fly there.
  - kasey_junk 9y ago
    You didn't need a passport to go to Canada until relatively recently. That's fairly orthogonal to sovereignty.
pryelluw 9y ago
Its a colony.
bobbyi_settv 9y ago
Each of the 50 states also has a government, constitution and elections.

denom 9y ago

For that to be completely true Puerto Rico would have representation in the federal legislature. Puerto Rico has it's own Olympic team. Which is sort of a basis for considering PR as a country.

EduardoBautista 9y ago
Does Puerto Rico have its own passport? Also, the UK plays as Scotland, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland in the World Cup but they aren't sovereign. So that Olympic argument doesn't mean anything.
Spooky23 9y ago
Only US States are recognized in Congress. Puerto Rico, among other places is a territory which gives it a delegate to congress, but no direct participation. It's also not considered sovereign, which US States nominally are. This has advantages and disadvantages... there's no tax, but also no Senators or congresspeople who give a hoot. Sometimes congressional delegations from places with big Puerto Rican populations will push for policy to secure votes on the mainland. Also remember that it's a colony, and it's standing is colored by the baggage of colonialism, and there is a split between people who favor that status quo, statehood and independence. Statehood will never happen unless there is a Democratic supermajority in the Senate.