United States–Puerto Rico relations

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United States–Puerto Rico relations encompass the political, legal, economic, and social ties between the U.S. federal government and the unincorporated territory of Puerto Rico, including debates over its status and degree of self-governance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral relations ⓘ
political relationship ⓘ
territorial relationship ⓘ
basedOn territorial status of Puerto Rico ⓘ
characterizedBy asymmetric power relationship ⓘ
debate over degree of self-governance of Puerto Rico ⓘ
debate over political status of Puerto Rico ⓘ
country1 United States ⓘ
country2 Puerto Rico ⓘ
economicDimension federal tax incentives for U.S. corporations operating in Puerto Rico ⓘ
migration flows between Puerto Rico and the U.S. mainland ⓘ
governedBy Puerto Rico Constitution approved by U.S. Congress ⓘ
U.S. Constitution as interpreted in the Insular Cases ⓘ
hasActor Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico ⓘ
President of the United States ⓘ
Puerto Rico Governor ⓘ
Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
U.S. Congress ⓘ
hasComponent economic relations between the United States and Puerto Rico ⓘ
legal relations between the United States and Puerto Rico ⓘ
political relations between the United States and Puerto Rico ⓘ
social relations between the United States and Puerto Rico ⓘ
includesEvent establishment of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in 1952 ⓘ
federal response to Hurricane Maria in 2017 ⓘ
granting of U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans in 1917 ⓘ
multiple Puerto Rico political status plebiscites ⓘ
includesIssue U.S. citizenship of Puerto Ricans ⓘ
application of U.S. federal law in Puerto Rico ⓘ
application of U.S. social welfare programs in Puerto Rico ⓘ
economic development policy for Puerto Rico ⓘ
federal disaster response in Puerto Rico ⓘ
federal taxation of Puerto Rico ⓘ
federal transfer payments to Puerto Rico ⓘ
fiscal oversight by U.S. federal board ⓘ
independence for Puerto Rico ⓘ
language and cultural policy in relation to the United States ⓘ
maintenance of current commonwealth status ⓘ
military recruitment and service of Puerto Ricans ⓘ
representation of Puerto Rico in the U.S. Congress ⓘ
statehood for Puerto Rico ⓘ
trade and customs treatment of Puerto Rico ⓘ
voting rights of Puerto Ricans in federal elections ⓘ
legalBasis Foraker Act of 1900 ⓘ
linked to: Foraker Act

Jones–Shafroth Act of 1917 ⓘ
Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act ⓘ
Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act ⓘ
Treaty of Paris of 1898 ⓘ
legalStatusOfPuertoRico unincorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
startTime 1898 ⓘ

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Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act → partOf → United States–Puerto Rico relations ⓘ
Public Law 600 → category → United States–Puerto Rico relations ⓘ
U.S. Bureau of Insular Affairs → historyOfTopic → United States–Puerto Rico relations ⓘ
1954 United States Capitol shooting → category → History of Puerto Rico–United States relations ⓘ
linked to: United States–Puerto Rico relations
Joseph B. Foraker → influenced → United States policy toward Puerto Rico ⓘ
linked to: United States–Puerto Rico relations
Operation Get to Work → influencedBy → United States economic policy toward Puerto Rico ⓘ
linked to: United States–Puerto Rico relations
Puerto Rican commonwealth movement → relatedConcept → Puerto Rico–United States relations ⓘ
linked to: United States–Puerto Rico relations
Nationalist attack on Blair House → hasContext → Puerto Rico–United States political relations ⓘ
linked to: United States–Puerto Rico relations
Public Law 64-368 → hasEffectOn → U.S.–Puerto Rico relations ⓘ
linked to: United States–Puerto Rico relations