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Puerto Rico Wants To Become A State; Here's What That Means
Monday, June 19, 2017 - 8:35am | 769Earlier this month, 97 percent of Puerto Ricans who participated in a non-binding referendum voted in favor of Puerto Rico becoming the 51st U.S. state. Puerto Rico has been officially classified as a U.S. commonwealth since it was annexed during the Spanish-American War of 1898. The territory has...