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Puerto Rico (832 words) |
 | Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States in the Caribbean Sea. |
| Puerto Rico was invaded by the United States in the Spanish-American War, after Spain was forced to cede Puerto Rico to the victorious Americans under the Treaty of Paris (1898). |
| Puerto Ricans have been American citizens since 1917, and as such are free to live anywhere in the United States; similarly, all Americans have the right to migrate to Puerto Rico. |
| Puerto Rican Culture and History (457 words) |
| Puerto Rico today is caught between two diverse cultures and is constantly under scrutiny and judgement of visitors with only a scant understanding of the island and its people. |
| The TaÃno culture was the first infuence in Puerto Rican culture but it was Spanish culture which most greatly infuenced the island's history until the beggining of this century. |
| Puerto Rico also has a rich African culture dating from the importation of Africans as slaves by the Spaniards in past centuries. |
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