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( 5 pp) The mild tropical climate of Puerto Rico
cloaks some of the tensions that are building on
this island nation. Puerto Rico remained under
Spanish rule until 1898, when , as a result of the
Spanish-American War, the island was ceded to the
United States in 1917. Puerto Rico remains a U.S.
territory with an internal self-government and has
been under a commonwealth form of government since
1952. Its citizens have no voting rights, and it
and does not have any voting representative in the
Congress of the United States. Bibliography lists
6 sources.
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self-government and has been under a commonwealth form of government since 1952. Its citizens have no voting rights, and it and does not have any voting representative in
the Congress of the United States. Bibliography lists 6 sources. BBpuertR.doc PUERTO RICO: Climate clouds tensions. Written
by for the Paperstore, Inc., July 2000 Introduction The mild tropical climate of Puerto Rico cloaks some of the tensions that are building on
this island nation. Puerto Rico remained under Spanish rule until 1898, when , as a result of the Spanish-American War, the island was ceded to the United States in 1917.
Puerto Rico remains a U.S. territory with an internal self-government and has been under a commonwealth form of government since 1952. Its citizens have no voting rights, and
it and does not have any voting representative in the Congress of the United States Geography Roughly rectangular in shape, Puerto Rico is an island, is the farthest east
of the Grand Atilles, about 133 miles wide and 41 miles long. The mountain chain, Cordillera rises to almost 4400 feet and then gives way to foothills, and a
fertile coastal plain, twelve miles at its widest point. The mild tropical climate yields to occasional storms July through November. History The island was discovered by Columbus
in 1493. In 1508 Juan de Ponce DeLeon founded a colony. The native Arawak Indians dioed out under Spanish rule, and from about 1510 black slaves were imported
to work on sugar plantations. In Madrid the first complete history of Puerto Rico was published in 1788. Titled The Geographic, Civil, and Political History of the Island of Saint
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