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Should the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico become one of the United States Puerto Rico is an island in the West Indies acquired by the United States after the Spanish-America War in 1898. Puerto Rico is considered a commonwealth, a nation or state governed by the people, a republic. The capital of Puerto Rico is San Juan. Puerto Rico currently chooses its local officials and decides its own budget and taxes. On four occasions the option to continue a commonwealth, choose statehood, or independence has been put to a vote, and all times the voters upheld commonwealth. Puerto Rico is culturally distinct enough from the United States to justify separate treatment, and want to continue their long standing political and economic ties with the U.S. The greatest concern to Puerto Ricans is maintaining their language and culture. Puerto Rico is currently bilingual, but between 1990 and 1993 Spanish was the official language. The attitude toward English on the island can be described as......

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