Puerto+Rico

= Click on the [|Puerto Rican government] link and read the article. What do you think about Puerto Rico being a commonwealth of the United States? =

I am glad that Puerto Rico has it's own rights and obligations and they basically get treated the same as a U.S citizens except they don't have to pay taxes.(319)
=== Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory that is not included in the voting for U.S. presidents when living on the Puerto Rican island but may move to the mainland U.S. without immigration restrictions. So, obviously Puerto Rico is not one of the 50 United States. (C2) ===

The island has many unique animals such as the coquí (a tiny frog). (C23)
=Did you know that there are 51 seats in there House of Reps?(708)= The United States has a majority of control over Puerto Rico, although it is not a member of are 50 states. I think that congress should make Puerto Rico a state so they can have all the U.S. rights that we have. (D19) I learned that Puerto Rico has 7 judges in the Supreme Court. (C5) Even though Puerto Rico isn't part of the US, the US still has a lot of control of Puerto Rico. I think that Puerto Rico should remain an individual country and not become a part of the US. But, it should still have the rights we have. (D4) Was originally named " San Juan Bautista"(709) The U.S. controls interstate trade, forgin relations, and commerce (707) 2.5 billion acres (713) =The puerto rican islands have different numbers of public officials.(D21)= =I did not know that it stayed 70-80 degrees all year round! (E6)= 80 percent of the population is hispanic, 8 percent is black, and 1/3 of the populaton lives near the captial San Juan. (E 14) In Puerto Rico only ages 15 and older can read or write.(E13) Only have a total of 29 airports in Puerto Rico(E13) I learned that Puerto Rico waws first settled in 2000 bc.(305)

I see contradictions. Can they vote for president or not? Is it fair for them to have the same rights as citizens in the states but not pay taxes when taxes are used to pay for services such as schools, police, firemen? Sra. D =What information can you tell us about Puerto Rico? Information we are looking for:= =*interesting facts - first settled in 2000 BC (324) the tulip is the state flower (304)= =*places to see= =*things to do-113- They have different fighting called cockfighting= =*celebrations/festivals= =*traditions Cuban, Mexican, and spanish food(318)= =*historic events- Ancient people settled in 2000 BC to 3000 BC= =*famous people from here and why they are famous= =*why they speak Spanish= =*any other information you think we should know about Puerto Rico 323, meat is roasted or fried= Population: 3,944,259 (722) Mixed herbs are very popular in food (307) their are a ton of beaches in Puerto Rico. (301) forest is 2.5 million square acres(703)