Puerto Ricans cannot vote in general elections despite being U.S. citizens, but they can exert a powerful influence with ... States acquired Puerto Rico from Spain in 1898 after the Spanish ...

Puerto Ricans cannot vote in general elections despite being U.S. citizens, but they can exert a powerful influence with ... States acquired Puerto Rico from Spain in 1898 after the Spanish ...

However, any change in Puerto Rico's status requires U.S. Congressional approval, making this vote largely symbolic for now.

Residents say a speaker calling Puerto Rico garbage before a packed Donald Trump rally in New York was the latest humiliation for an island territory that has long suffered from mistreatment ...

Non-voters with big influence Milagros Serrano ... The United States acquired Puerto Rico from Spain in 1898 after the Spanish-American War. The U.S. government bestowed American citizenship ...