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November 20 , 2020
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- For the third time in ten years, the United States territory of Puerto Rico has voted in favour of statehood.
- It demands to be treated at par with the other 50 states of USA.
- Puerto Ricans also cannot vote in US Presidential Elections.
- It is a Spanish-speaking island located in the Caribbean Sea.
- It was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493.
- In 1917, Puerto Ricans were granted US citizenship, but the island itself was never made a full state.
- It continues to remain a “US territory”, along with Guam, North Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the US Virgin Islands.
- Similarly, Washington, D.C. has also been insisting to become the 51st state of USA.
- Washington D.C. was created in 1776 on the idea that the national capital should not be a part of any state.
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