Puerto Rico: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)

by Jorge Duany

Book Overview

Acquired by the United States from Spain in 1898, Puerto Rico has a peculiar status among Latin American and Caribbean countries. As a Commonwealth, the island enjoys limited autonomy over local matters, but the U.S. has dominated it militarily, politically, and economically for much of its recent history. Though they are U.S. citizens, Puerto Ricans do not have their own voting representatives in Congress and cannot vote in presidential elections...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190648708
• ISBN13: 9780190648701
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"