Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico (US Commonwealth) You can call it The Eternal Colony

Puerto Rico is an island, so, is surrounded by water. It is the last of the Mayor Antilles in a strategic position, because is the last piece of land that you would see, if you are on a ship going to Europe, or if you are a Pirate... however... Is not any more, just because of the wide range airplanes and missiles.

Puerto Rico was discovered by the Spanish Conquistadors in November 19, 1493 apparentedly Christopher Columbus, but, he didn't even steped on the island. Then, they were cordially recived by the locals, and the contact between the Taino tribes and the Conquistadors began. Less than 30 years later, there were no more native tribes in the island but there were a lot of pregnant women and lots of dead men.

Spain only wanted the island because of the stategic position that represented, so, all the money they sent to the island was for the construction of the fortifications around the island, not for food, not for economy.

Some boring years after...

...after bombing the capitol city of San Juan, in the morning of June 25, 1898, 16,000 troops of the United States of America Army invaded the island. In the morning of the next day, they were confronted sporadically by spanish soldiers. By the end of the campaign, the Spanish casualties numbered 450 dead, wounded, and captured while the American forces lost 4 dead and 39 more wounded.

There were not so many changes between the first years of Martial Law regime in the island until 1917, when the Jones Law was approved giving to the Puerto Ricans the NOT Garanteed U.S. citizenship, just in time for World War I, in wich 18,000 Puerto Ricans served. what a coincidence!

Then, the Puerto Ricans Served in World War II