r/InternationalNews • u/speakhyroglyphically • Nov 04 '24

Opinion/Analysis Americans excluded from the ballot: Puerto Ricans

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u/MrCalPoly Nov 04 '24

Make Puerto Rico the 51st state or give them independence. E d taxation without representation, end 2nd class citizenship.

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u/YeOleDirty Nov 04 '24

That’s not up to the US it’s up to Puerto Rico. They have to vote themselves in

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u/Trick-Teach6867 Nov 05 '24

Again, no, they voted for statehood in 2020. That power absolutely is up to the federal government of the US. It is a colony. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Puerto_Rican_status_referendum

Are you often wrong and confident or only in public?

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u/Gildardo1583 Nov 05 '24

The is a episode of lady week tonight showing that the reason that the current US terrorist are not states is just pure racism. "Cant have brown people contaminate white America"..