Puerto Rico holds the status of a free associated state with the U.S., and although its residents lack the right to vote in presidential elections, they have been U.S. citizens since the enactment of the Jones-Shafroth Act in 1917. This law eliminated the direct guardianship that Washington exercised over the island, authorized the creation of […]
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