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Can a Puerto Rican run for President of the US?


On March 2nd, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones Act,  and Puerto Ricans were recognized as legal citizens of the United States of America, although with a peculiar form of citizenship circumscribed in a number of ways. They enjoy the … Continue reading

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