Puerto Rico Accomplishments

According to the website welcome to Puerto Rico, Blanco, Tomás was born on December 9, 1900. lived until 1975. Blanco was a writer and historian some of the famous writings included El Prejuicio Racial en Puerto Rico" (Racial Prejudice in Puerto Rico), "Los Aguinaldos del Infante" (Christmas Stories for Children), "Cuentos sin Ton ni Son" and "Los Vates.” He received his primary and secondary education in in catholic schools. He would also study Medicine at the University of Georgetown. I’m sure that he impacted others with the knowledge that he shared as well as his ambition to do all of the things that he was able to do. It appears based on those things that he achieved that he loved and sought out knowledge and anyone studying him may be inspired to do the same thing. According to the website welcome to Puerto Rico, Bracetti, Mariana was born in 1825 and died in 1903. One of her great accomplishments was being the leader of the Puerto Rican independence movement in the 1960’s. It is also believed that she crafted one of the first Puerto Rican flags. Many years later this would lead to being established …show more content…
How can a place have all of the luxuries of the United States and remain separate? Not paying taxes that is a place that I would like to be a part of. I do not see how this benefits us. If they follow through and become the 51st State, it would seem that they would have even more advantages financially. I believe that if you are a State of the United states that all laws pertaining to that state should be the same as they are for the other 50 states. The only thing they would be assisting in at this point in becoming a 51st State would be the ability to vote. They may work for one party according to the article so what is this arrangement really worth. They have the benefits now without the