The Exploitation of Puerto Rico by the United States Puerto Rico has had a long history of dependency. Puerto Rico was first colonized by Spain until the Spanish American war, which resulted in the colonization by the United States in 1898. While Spain was in the process of devising an agreement with Puerto Rico that would grant the island autonomy, the invasion of the United States ended any plans that would grant this reprise (Figueroa, 11/19/98). The U.S. decided to partake in this colonial expansion
Reasons Behind Puerto Rican Migration to America As a Puerto Rican who was born and raised in Hartford, I did not think much about how or why my parents are here in the United States. It was after reading the articles in Hist 247 Reader: Latinos in the USA that I began to question the reasons and conditions of my grandparent's migration. Many think that Puerto Ricans began to migrate to the United States after 1898 when the United States took over Puerto Rico but Puerto Ricans have been migrating
Puerto Rico and Cuba are known to be the two wings of the same bird, mostly because of their great similarities in history, culture, and struggles; yet, because of their differences in achieving their goals of self-government. Cuba was able to have full independence from Spain and have its own form of government; nonetheless, Puerto Rico, after achieving its independence from Spain, was annexed by the United States of America toward the conclusion of the Spanish-American War. Both of these islands
Different Experience of Puerto Ricans' Migration to the United States Some people are inclined to view the Puerto Rican experience as a historical repetition of earlier migrations to the United States. However, the migration experience of Puerto Ricans to the United States is more complex, as well as one of a kind. Similarities do exist between the migration of Puerto Ricans and that of other groups, however, no other ethnic group has shared the tribulations of the Puerto Rican population. Their experience
Juan, Puerto Rico (PR). It was a terrorist attack. The result? Ten A-7D aircrafts and a single F-104 destroyed, with a total of $45,000,000 in damages. It was the largest attack on the US military since the Vietnam War. The culprits? All members of a separatist domestic terrorist group called Ejercito Popular Boricua (English: Boricua Popular Army or BPA, EPB) more commonly known as Los Macheteros (“The Machete Wielders”); a nickname that conjures images of the improvised group of Puerto Ricans that
Everyday Life in Puerto Rico The commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico), known to most Americans as simply Puerto Rico, exists as one of two territories owned by the United States1. Being a territory of the United States, Puerto Ricans possess common citizenship, currency, and defense. However, even though Puerto Ricans are United States citizens they do not pay any kind of federal income taxes. Therefore, they cannot vote in presidential elections. Puerto Rico is under
program. During the Feast of San Juan Bautista, the locals gather at the beach to cast off evil energies in Puerto Rico and in New York, the Puerto Ricans attend mass and have an award ceremony where a medallion is given to a community leader who has been outstanding overall. For National Puerto Rican Day, the parade thrown every year brings the community together to celebrate Puerto Rican culture.
seems to ring true in the case of Puerto Rico. In its current status, it is, at best, an afterthought to U.S. politicians. Reporting on current President Barrack Obama's 2011 visit to the commonwealth, Jacki Linden wrote for NPR, "On Tuesday, President Obama will visit the island of Puerto Rico. He first went there as a candidate for the Democratic nomination in 2008....Now the island is buzzing at the prospect of this first official presidential visit to Puerto Rico since John F. Kennedy went there
Puerto Rican Migration to the United States Unlike Mexicans, Puerto Ricans did not have a vast amount of land. However, the whites in America effected both people. Mexicans would lose their land in the southwest to the Anglos. The Treaty of Guadeloupe would create a harsh environment for the Mexicans where they were not equal citizens. Whites would come into the southwest and take the land that previously belonged to the Mexicans. For Puerto Rico, as in the Mexican struggle, a treaty began a
What is yellow journalism? Pg. 497 Yellow journalism is the type of sensational, biased, and often false reporting for the sake of attracting readers. Define autonomy. Pg. 498 Autonomy is the quality or state of being self-governing. What is jingoism? Pg. 499 Jingoism is the extreme nationalism marked by aggressive foreign policy. Who was Emilio Aguinaldo? Pg. 500 Emilio Aguinaldo was a revolutionary leader who had staged an unsuccessful uprising against the Spanish in 1896. What is the Foraker Act
Differences Between Island and Mainland Puerto Ricans As many immigrants arrive in the United States of America and begin to call it “home”, comparisons between such immigrants are certainly inevitable. In particular, the U.S. Hispanic population gives more room for such comparisons since their cultures and traditions are very similar. Most of their similarities stem from a common Spanish heritage. However, there is a lot more to being Hispanic than just speaking Spanish or eating rice and beans
Effect of American Colonialism on Puerto Rico's Identity The Pandora’s box of information that I have discovered about Puerto Rico under early U.S rule provide some fascinating details on the background of contradictions that characterize debates on the political, economic and social issues concerning the island. Since its invasion in 1898, the United States has shaped the policies of the island according to its own discretion in spite of the people of Puerto Rico. The country did not have time
Puerto Ricans Immigrating to America The migration of Puerto Ricans to the United States occurred in two major waves. The first wave was in the 1910s-1940s and the second wave was from the 1960s to the 1990s. Each wave of migrants brought new generations of Puerto Ricans to the United States. Both waves of migrants believed that they were going to live a better life in America and migrated to major cities such as New York City, Chicago, Hartford, etc. The early migrants looked for industrial jobs
Background Puerto Rico is an island located in the Caribbean West Indies which was acquired by the United States after the Spanish-American War in 1898. It is considered a commonwealth, which is a state governed by the people, republic. It is also one of the Caribbean countries that make up the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) which was formed back in 1973 as a regional integration between the countries of the Caribbean. Its purpose is to help promote economic growth and gains through
communicate with more diverse groups of people. These values concerning the importance of language are shared by the Puerto Rican historian José Luis González. In his essay "Puerto Rico: The four Storeyed [sic] Country," he discusses the effects of US colonial rule on Puerto Rican culture. In discussing the relationship between language and cultural hegemony he claims that: "We Puerto Ricans have to learn English, not as the route to cultural suicide whereby we become dissolved into the turbulent mainstream
Sociology 17 (1991):303-325. Cisneros, 44. David G Gutiérrez, “Social Polarization and Colonized Labor: Puerto Ricans In the United States, 1945-2000,” in The Columbia History Of Latinos in the United States Since 1960, ed. Kelvin A. Santiago-Valles and Gladys M. Jimenez Munoz (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004), 87-145. Gutiérrez, 106-107. John J Macisco Jr. “Assimilation of the Puerto Ricans on the Mainland: A Socio-Demographic Approach,” International Migration Review 2 (1968) 21-39. Macisco
emerging and breaking social barriers. The Chicano Movement changed Mexican Americans’ lives in the United States’ economy. It was a movement that secured these people in the economy with civil rights and economic opportunity. They used tactics such as civil disobedience as an influential way to make it known that “changes” were inevitable. Marches, hunger strikes, and litigation were methods that they used. On the other hand, the Chicano Movement also sparked a political consciousness in the community—something
writing providing a variety of knowledge. Focusing on Latin American poetry, Julia de Burgos is commonly known as one of the greatest poets in Puerto Rico and Latin American history. In 1938 at the age of twenty-four, Julia de Burgos self-published a series of poems, Poema en veinte sucos, which portrayed her exploration of differing writing styles of Puerto Rican writers of that time, consisting of Luis Palés Matos and Luis Lloréns Torres. Through a developed skill of lyricism and unique imagery, Julia
subsequent occupation of Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines as a bequest, an opportunity to enjoy previously unknown individual liberties, political self-determination and potential economic prosperity. Other historians have characterized the actions of the United States as nothing short of exploitative imperialism, designed to subjugate those who it considered inferior to a state of political and economic servitude. What is clear is that, in Cuba and Puerto Rico, many viewed the American involvement
gender inequality, which can be seen in the rhetoric, and themes of the piece. Rosario Ferré is a novelist, a short-story writer, a critic, a professor, and one of the leading women authors in contemporary Latin America. Ferré was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico in