Puerto Rico statehood movement
Movement to grant Puerto Rico U.S. statehood
Puerto Rico statehood movement
The Puerto Rico statehood movement (Spanish: movimiento estadista de Puerto Rico) is a political movement which aims to make Puerto Rico a state of the United States. Currently, Puerto Rico is an unincorporated organized territory. Puerto Rico was acquired by the United States in 1898 following the US victory at the Spanish–American War. As of 2023, the population of Puerto Rico is 3.2 million, around half the average state population and higher than that of 19 U.S. states. Statehood is one of several competing options for the future political status of Puerto Rico, including: maintaining its current status, becoming fully independent, or becoming a freely associated state. Puerto Rico has held seven referendums on the political status of the island: 1967 and 1993, which resulted in a Commonwealth victory, 1998, where "None of the above" was the winner, 2012, 2017, 2020 and 2024, the latter four resulting in a statehood win. Opponents of statehood disputed the legitimacy of those latter...
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