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"We the people", applies to Puerto Rico?

Created by J.A. on December 10, 2014

We the people? We are Puerto Ricans considered as "we the people"? The answer is NO. Puerto Ricans are US citizens since 1917, but do not have the majority of political rights granted in the Constitution of the United States. Puerto Rico elects a representative in Congress, with voice but without vote. In 1952, it formed the Constitution of Puerto Rico call "Commonwealth of Puerto Rico". On November 6, 2012 in Puerto Rico a referendum was held on the political status of the island, where the Puerto Rican people clearly rejected the current territorial status known as "Commonwealth of Puerto Rico". There are more Puerto Ricans in the United States than in Puerto Rico. All the governors have been the worst administrators that exist in the American nation. We are not the people...Thanks.

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