How The U.S Leaves Behind Its Own American Territories | AJ+
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- Опубликовано: 14 май 2024
- Four million Americans live in the U.S. territories and are eligible to serve in the U.S Military, while having no rights to vote for president. Why is that?
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We break down what second-class citizen life is like in the five territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa and the U.S leaves them behind.
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The hypocrisy in proclaiming yourself the 'castodians of democracy and human rights' but still treat your own people like this??
A constitional republic b we can't do anything about it do you know how long it takes to get congress to do anything if I had my way many of these places would be independent or states
Sounds like everyone else through history....
And your from what nation
They are not a democracy. They are a two party system. One party more than China.
@@Robert89349 we use first past the post as a voting system this always results in a two party state its why I want to change it to single transferable vote in the u.s we don't vote for who we like we vote for the person we like the least
Thank you for putting his video together; very well done and appreciated.
Good video. Thanks for putting this together!
The sad part is that 90% of Americans have no idea this is going on and don't have any feeling of opposition against those folks having full citizenship rights. Most of us would assume they already have them to be honest.
William Franklin smh truth is always hidden underneath
Right... I just found out a couple years ago Puerto Rican are citizens of the United States,
Jaime Alonzo You do realize that the term “Americans” was first used for the country of the United States of America. Before they ever called the New World the Americas.
That’s why when you type America, it always tries to auto-correct. It’s because it has been a nationality for longer than it was used to call continent.
And also due to the fact that it is a nationality in the first place
Stephen Jenkins Exactly. Many places do want to become states rather than independence, but even then the people don’t want to be a state and just remain a territory. Places like Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands are the only exceptions to the territory problem as they are allowed to join the military and can vote.
And the only territory/state that even has a small chance of leaving the US is Texas and California, and they are heavily pro-USA themselves.
Edit: Multiple spelling fixes
Give 🇵🇷 Putero Rico statehood or give them independence.
Blacka Đøn not right now since we don’t even have our own government (we dethroned our last one because of his corruption) but I feel like after we get a stable government we could be independent
They're not US citizens, they're US nationals.
@@roymacleod682 I was born in Puerto Rico and I am a full US citizen. Puerto Ricans have been citizens for over 100 years.
@@roymacleod682 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ are u 1 of the 46% of Americans dont know we are us citizens??
erzan exactly they get no advantages but they get the fact that they have to pay taxes and listen to Trump be racist as hell to them
AJ ..the way you all put info together n how you all narrate helps with the info and is easy 2 learn... Appreciate you👍💪
Thank you for showing this side of America, I am CHamoru, my dad from Guåhan (Guam) and my mom Saipan (CNMI). Both the CNMI and Guam are apart of the Mariana islands and I represent both politically split territories. I want my islands to be reunited again and sovereign. The U.S. can keep their bases because of it’s strategically placed area of the world, but let us decolonize from their rule so that we may sustain ourselves once more. My culture, my people, the CHamoru (Chamorro) are the oldest civilization in Oceania, we were the ones to first navigate the sea, we have been on those islands way before Polynesia was inhabited, and 500 years before the ancient Egyptians created the Pyramids. For more that 4000+ years my people were able to sustain themselves within those 15 small islands of Micronesia, and I believe we can do it once more, without the “aid” of U.S sources. To share a mutual relationship with the U.S. they (like I stated before) can keep their bases that is already throughout the islands, and in return we can use their forces for protection.. strategically placed areas for protection doesn’t sound bad for me. I do however, plan to study this subject along with many other things before I truly make up my mind, but one thing is for sure, I want my people free, and our land to be in our control once more. Feel free to state your ideas or suggestions if you managed to read all this, I’d be interested in reading them! 🤙🏽 🇲🇵🇬🇺
Stephen Jenkins either way it isn’t right, America constantly takes more and more land and cares little of our historic artifacts and our way of life, within our own home. From Spain, to Germany, U.S., Japan, and the U.S. it would be nice to have control of our land that is, rightfully ours. For 4000+ years my people maintained and lived within these 15 small islands without the aid of these big foreign nations. We sure as hell can do it again.
@Zac Heston....I also would like Guam and The Northern Mariana Islands to re-unite,but Free Association Status or Independence would be disastrous for our islands down the road...All the former U.S Possessions that became Independent Nations are not reaping the benefits they thought they would achieve separating from The U.S.
And also Free Association Status is also not very beneficial,which is why many people from the Federated States of Micronesia have moved to Guam,The CNMI or The U.S Mainland for better economic opportunities.
We have freedom being U.S Citizens and remaining as U.S Territories,so much freedom that their are more Chamorro People living in the U.S Mainland than in Guam or The CNMI today.
@@chamorutaotaohaya427 ....4,000 years ago is much different than today....Today we need the protection of The U.S or else other world powers would try to conquer The Mariana Islands as in the past.
Sagittarius a true mutual alliance with the US is substantially more better than what we are to the US now, nothing more than people for their military and land for their testing. And with independence, we can make allies with other countries such as Japan, or the Philippines, there is a lot more freedom that comes with that, then what we have now.
If the US wants Tinian, Litekyan, and Pågan for fire ranges and bomb testing, there is nothing in our power to stop them, if we had independence we could say what can and what cannot happen to our land.
We don’t have kick out the US entirely, like I mentioned before, they can still be our allies, they can have bases within our land, but we can tell them how much land, and what to do within our land, which as of right now, we can’t.
In the end it would be a win win, we have our rights to govern ourselves and saftey by allies, they have their strategic location. And with our independence, if we make other allies, we could count on them to help in our time of need, and in return we can produce goods and such or anything really to keep the relationship between countries going.
Independence sounds crazy and scary, and for good reason, but with the right planning and connections anything can be done, for our islands, its people, and our safety.
Thank god the Philippines got its independent from the US........
So it can be poor as hell
@@trevonprice14 I think you watch too much TV.......The economy of the Philippines is the world's 36th largest economy by nominal GDP according to the 2019 estimate of the International Monetary Fund's statistics, it is the 13th largest economy in Asia, and the 3rd largest economy in the ASEAN after Indonesia and Thailand.
@@bengold121 its poor believe me.
1. More corruption
2. More enslaves OFW.(Oversees Filipino Worker.
3. They want to go US for american dream. buts its complicated.
4. Peso its weekend and weekend
I know of this stuff bcuz Im reside their.
Philippines is not poor because they don't have anything but they're poor because they're robbed
@@gashiyumi3124 lol, The Philippines now is getting better because of our good and great President, The Philippines is fixing itself, yeah there's a poor people, but there are also middle class and rich people, the money of the people is different from the money of the country. And by the way there's a lot of constructions, rehabilitations of places and cleaning operation that are happening here all over the Philippines, The Philippines progress is unstoppable.
I also have read that a lot of these products that say "made in the usa" are made in these us territories which seems disingenuous given the human rights violations and drastically below living wage that workers in places like the Marianna Islands have to deal with in order to survive.
Great analysis
Great video 🇻🇮
Thank you..
good job
They did the same in Vieques Puerto Rico, the inhabitants were dying of cancer from the practice bombing by the military.
Btw Puerto Rico has helped the islands affected by hurricane Irma more than Britain, Holland and France.
people's republic of liberland I am from and live in Puerto Rico and that's actually why after Maria we run out of food and water so quit, cause weeks before Maria we send a lot of supplies to the islands affected by Irma.
Miguel Aguilar *The Netherlands
Wepa
Wow!
The American🇺🇸 Way: treat territories like Puerto Rico🇵🇷, Virgin Islands🇻🇮, and Guam🇬🇺 as inanimate properties, not homes to, y'know, PEOPLE.✊🏿
BuddyL the Constitution says we the people. Not the federal government. Two different entities
@@LilyCypher You mean the Constitution written by PEOPLE who created their new GOVERNMENT? You DO know how that works, right?
You get on that whilst the rest of us live in the real world, which involves actually CARING about our fellow human beings. Ta, troll.🖕🏿
Many of these territories vote FOR their limbo status; they do not want the tax responsibility of a state yet want the military protection and trading rights of citizenship.
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You are absolutely correct BuddyL.
That’s why the matters of the management of these territories resides in the hands of the Committee on Natural Resources in Congress.
A sub-sub-sub committee
I'm sorry for the way you have been treated. I had no idea this was happening until our professor had us watch this video.
My opinion is that the US government don't want to give these territories independence is because they need a "easy base" in those regions (Caribbean, Pacific). Also, i think, it's a way for US government to exhibit their status as a super power by having many, unincorporated territories.
As a Puerto Rican, I believe that if the US would have treated us well from the beginning thing would've been completely diferrent for both side of the aisle. But because this is not the case, and frankly don't think it will ever will be, I favor complete Independence for PR from the US. Anyways, I people were to look in detail what actually went down during the Spanish-Cuban-US War, and after Act 600 of 1950, the point was that we would be independent in the near future. But, as we all know now, that was all a lie.
The us government has gave Puerto Rico way more money to build up it's state it's your representative they aren't speaking get a good one and you will get your statehood
what about uniting together and fighting in congress in a Coalition of American Territories C.A.T maybe together we can stand and beat the government back to choose our destiny.
If you look at history, Puerto Rico under the Commonwealth status is generally more poorer than when La Real Cédula de Gracia or when the Bonaparte's took of Spain that made Puerto Rico an overseas province. Why? Because in both cases, we had the freedom to negotiate with any Country, propose our own legislations, advance civil liberties, and enriched the country far more than in any other time in our history. We had out own currency, our own banks, fiscal and monetary policy and eventhough we were still a Spanish Colony, and there were a lot of struggles to gain full independence, we were better of then than now. I don't include La Carta Autonómica of 1897 because, thanks to the Spanish-Cuban-US war of 1898, its effect weren't well felt when the US decides to bomb 💣, raid and conquer PR 🇵🇷. So, to summarize, eventhough we have received way more federal funds then when the Spanish we here, we're a lot poorer now than then. Those funds are only used to make PR 🇵🇷 more dependent on them, make us need it so much that we don't produce our own gains.
@@johnfeliciano7560 seems like a good idea💡
You will never get independence becase 90% of your own people do not want it, and you will never get statehood because you are all democrats.
There is another path other than statehood, they can choose to become independent, but retain some ties to the US under the CFA (Compact of Free Association), places like Palau have done before. You are no longer US citizens, but still have access to some US federal services, and more importantly, may work and live in the US.
The People that born and live in the US. Territories are treated so bad....even more than immigrants in the US. main land........Trump talk more of Venezuela status then all US Territories.....
WTF...
Because of power and money, Venezuela got resources
@Chris Robert....I was born and raised in The U.S Territory of Guam and didn't see any ill treatment.
PUERTO RICO LIBRE INDEPENDENCIA 🇵🇷 ✅
Statehood for Puerto Rico, USVI, Guam, NMI, and AS.
No, independence then they should join CARRICOM
@qballer82....Most people in Guam want to just remain as a U.S Territory,but I believe the 2nd popular choice was to become a U.S Commonwealth.
this is what democracy looks like!
I’m puertorican and came to the U.S for a while and they just started being racist to me saying I was an immigrant and this it’s not my country and stuff i told them I was puertorican and they told me it’s the same thing that gets me so mad
Shame on us. We have really crappy schools in the US. Anyone with any education loves our Puerto Rican citizens with the same love we have for those in any state.
I am sorry about that, don't listen to them
If they are born American they should have the same rights as main land Americans.
They have dual citizenship so no. We dont get dual citizenship.
Brandon Sparkman Dual citizenship? Says who?
@@sparkman1314able We just have one citizentchip. Wtf.
Brandon Sparkman they’re not dual citizens they have only one passport
The only thing the people of P.R. Can't do is vote for president. They have everywhere right as U.S. citizens have.
Could you remove the background music when you're describing the issue? It's distracting.
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The last referendum was misleading...it was heavily boycotted and stating that 97% supported statehood is misleading. The majority of the population does not back Puerto Rico as the 51st state.
Really ?, how do you know ?
Oh yeah you could also include Jamaica to that list
My heart still hurts for Puerto Rico. They are American citizens being abandoned by their own country. They deserve statehood.
Nikki we’ve been a colony for more than a 100 years and thats illegal
Only Congress can decide that
But I though they wanted independence?
@@fallingrain881 no they not. The people of Puerto Rico voted for statehood
We can't make them a state all of the money would be going to Puerto because of hurricanes
And the white man thinks nothing is wrong with that
the white man .. ahahah ... right away we know , you are single , fat and from the left ... enjoy being sad and loosing pretty much everything.
@@truitons it seems that you are part of those ignorant, racist white people who seem that there is nothing wrong with that, anyone who does not think that is wrong is NOT CIVILIZED
Trump is the only one that doesn’t know Puerto Rico in the virgin islands are part of the US.
duane howard nah a lot of people don’t know about them either I’m from the Virgin Islands
Trump don't who's the president of Costa Rica
Island Boy Lot of people not responsible for those territories either. Especially after a hurricane hits them.
Puerto Rico is not part of the US. They belong to the US. We are a colony of the US.
@@Unruly6ixx He should have said Trump is the only major federal politician to not know this.
Luved it...thank you and so true..ask the people of Vieques PR...and the navy island bombing practice...
I totally agree with you and appreciate your videos, they are some of the most informative ones that I have seen. I was born in PR and grew up in NY..I recently went to PR for 5 months and got well acquainted with the struggles of everyday life and the lack of information given to the locals re the status issue that AOC, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Congress woman from NY, has brought to the forefront of the political conversation. It is my goal to start a Bernie-Like movement and get all PRs to wake up and smell the roses. We need to speak with one voice only and stop the divisive bickering that keeps us stuck in the same old thing; Estado Libre Asociado, which is neither libre or asociado. According to the UN (United Nations) PR is a commonwealth, however, PR does not fit the definition of commonwealth: the dictionary defines a commonwealth as an agreement made by two sovereign nations for the equal benefit of both countries. I submit the idea that PR must fight for sovereignty and then become a true commonwealth of the US by choice.
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Great video; this is why I'm Anti-Dreamer; or any pathway towards citizenship to any "undocumented individual"... There are many "American Nationals" that don't have certain rights. Therefore, we need to address those individuals first before giving rights to others "Non-Americans". Individuals in Guam, USVI, Puerto Rico and the Mariana's didn't come to the U.S..... The U.S. came to them... Please understand, I'm very sympathetic towards "Dreamers"... But there are many before; still waiting in line... get in the Queue; don't be selfish but support those before and wait your turn...
I concur from this statement: sooner or later Washington has to give them statehood or independence. PR is easy to transition as more progressives fight for their rights, Guam is a shoe in as are a Virgin Islands but American Samoa will be hard to convince Congress. I’d rather we let them vote for their choice: then grant them their wish
" the u.s.came to them...".the most accurate definition!!
@@jesusdavis2941 or as Malcolm X once said, "Plymouth Rock fell on us". But that's a related topic for another day.
Not millions. Maybe at most 500,000. It's still a tragedy because American Samoa they are only US nationals but are one of the most patriotic of all states and territories
Guam is very patriotic. On their license plates, it reads "Guam U.S.A." and also on their driver licence and territory ID. Their government and tourism websites use the term, "Where America's Day Begins."
#statehood 😩❤❤❤
As the Indians who rightly own American land say white man speak with folk tongue.
As Malcolm X once said 'You and I have never seen democracy; All we've ever seen is hypocrisy!'
Bro this is like the us and uk all over again
Contrary to popular belief most Puerto Ricans "Do Not Want Statehood." Just like the US rejected taxation without representation so do the Puerto Rican people.
Why not address the fact that state Citizens can't vote in the local or national elections?
Is there a link to see what jobs Guam residents cannot take stateside? Seems odd.
Muchas gracias por el reportaje. 🇵🇷
Is this a repost? :(
Statehood for Puerto Rico
No
@@tiffanyhill-anding8891 why?
Statehood for your stupid mother. Puerto Rico Independent!
Pa que??? So it can wash away our culture and identity? Pun*t@!!!! Why want Statehood ? They treated us like shit ans abused us ! They are slaving Puerto Rico ! Why not be free
With what our good looks please
I remember when all the aid was uncovered by the earthquakes
NIKE missle sites not the shoe brand.
Make them the 51st state!
Sorry we cant
@@tiffanyhill-anding8891 yes we can This is the U.S we can make it happen
The sun will settle on the American Empire. It has happend to the Romans the French, Spanish and British.
It's written to be and that is who it'll be...
people's republic of liberland correct every kingdom shall fall it want last forever
Iam spanish guamanian
it means you're in an abusive relationship. you should leave (independence), but part of you hopes he improves and maybe get married (become a state).
That's funny.
@@lobecosc it is
This is how I see all of this. Accurate!
And, as in many abusive relationships, trying to leave could get you killed.
I find it unconscionable that US citizens resident in a US territory don't get to vote for POTUS or an elected member of the federal House or Senate. That is even though residence in a US state or otherwise outside a US territory DOES give full voting rights to citizens of the most populous member state of what used to be NAFTA.
The recent vote for statehood was protested by the opposition party, thats why the turn out was low. Meaning Only the people who wanted it to become a state voted.
Yep, its the only thing this video misrepresents. Samoans can be US citizens after residing in any US State for 3 months. Meaning most Samoans who served in the US armed forces could be US citizens if they chose to be.
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This is great journalism - had no idea
EL MEJOR TAPABOCA NO ES EL QUE SE DA CON VIOLENCIA, ES EL QUE SE DA CON EDUCACIÓN
Nuestro Puerto Rico no es un país soberano, por tal razón NO contamos con toda una red de embajadas ni consulados. Esa realidad nos obliga a convertir a cada uno de los puertorriqueños en un verdadero Embajador Nacional, que pueda sustituir esa red y sacar cara por Borinquen Bella. Como cada uno bregue y se proyecte, así será la imagen que se harán de nuestro país ...... SOBRE TODO en el extranjero.
La ignorancia no te puede causar ira, te debe causar pena; pero con la alegría de saber que eso tiene cura: EDUCACIÓN ..... y como Embajador Nacional te toca a tí ese tostón, perdón, arrojar luz.
Te encuentras un extranjero y te dice:
“hola, ¿cual es tu nación?”
y tú (medio lucío):
“Puerto Rico”
y él te contesta:
“pero Puerto Rico NO es una nación”.
y tu reaccionas:
¿como qué no?
y te dice:
“con todo el respeto yo creo que a ustedes les hace falta soberanía”.
y tú, mirándolo en todo momento fijamente a los ojos le contestas: “con todo el respeto yo creo que a ustedes les hace falta un BUEN DICCIONARIO”.
¿PARA QUE EXISTEN LOS DICCIONARIOS? ... para muchas cosas, pero entre la mas importantes, para que no se le dé las definiciones a las palabras que cada quien suponga o desee.
Ya ahí le das la opción de que use el que le de la gana, aquí te compartimos la definición de NACIÓN que da el Diccionario Panhispanico Jurídico Español. Ofrece unas 4 definiciones:
#1. NACIÓN ES "PUEBLO SOBERANO”. (No, está no aplica porque Puerto Rico no es soberano) ... PERO NO ACABA, hay más .... (y usted tiene la capacidad de leer e interpretar por usted mismo).
#2. NACIÓN ES “CONJUNTO DE HABITANTES REGIDOS POR EL MISMO GOBIERNO”.
#3. NACIÓN ES “CONJUNTO NUMEROSO DE PERSONAS QUE RECONOCE UNA HISTORIA PROPIA Y SE IDENTIFICA POR SUS HÁBITOS CULTURALES Y SU PROYECTO COLECTIVO DE VIDA EN COMÚN”.
#4. NACIÓN ES “COLECTIVIDAD QUE HA ALCANZADO LA INTEGRACIÓN CULTURAL ENTRE SUS MIEMBROS, EN EL TRANSCURSO DE UN PROCESO HISTÓRICO COMÚN Y GRACIAS A LA CUAL GOZA DE UNA CAPACIDAD DE ACTUACIÓN Y RELACIÓN CON OTRAS COLECTIVIDADES INTERNACIONALES, ASÍ COMO DE UNA AUTONOMÍA FUNCIONAL INTERNA GARANTIZADA POR LA IDENTIFICACIÓN ENTRE LOS INDIVIDUOS Y LA NACIÓN”.
Resumiendo: Hay países sometidos al coloniaje, que aún no teniendo soberanía son considerados NACIONES.
Para muchos puertorriqueños, es un atrevimiento el sólo hecho de preguntarlo, porque atreverse a cuestionar si Puerto Rico es nuestra nación, es equivalente a que se nos cuestione si nuestra madre es nuestra madre. Ya lo dijo el famoso cantante mexicano: “lo que se ve, no se pregunta”.
MI NACIÓN ES UNA ... ¡Y NO LA CAMBIO POR NINGUNA!
I say cut em loose. Give em their independence
AFTER they pay them what they are owed!
Yep. Because we are not giving them billions of dollars for nothing. They are not a state
Or you can do the Democratic thing and *ASK* them if they want political enfranchisement or independence.
Brandon Sparkman what billions of dollars for nothing? The funds PR receives is a small fraction of what the US gets from Puerto Rico. In 2016 the US collected $3.6 billion from Puerto Rico... yet ignorant people like you think that we are receiving taxpayer funds from the mainland. Those funds are PR funds, which btw haven’t even been getting their fair share of returns.
Stephen Jenkins Lmao because you make US government policy right? You don’t know jack sh1t
Sell us virgin islands back to Denmark.
But we need territories to preserve our military presence outside the USA. It's for our protection.
Then we should give them voting rights, Representatives, and Senators.
US Constitution does not allow these non-incorporated territories to vote to decide their future.
Power to change any political status on any of these territories resides entirely on Congress.
This was decided in US Supreme Court in 1903, and has not changed since.
And only at least two former US colonies managed to control their fate on that regard.
jlhabitan50
If you are referring to Hawaii and Alaska, the statement is incorrect .
Those 2 were never in the colonial status of “Unincorporated territory”.
Alaska was purchased from Russia and immediately “incorporated” into the US.
Hawaii we did a coup and also “incorporated “ the islands.
In the Constitution , “incorporated “ means that path to statehood is guaranteed .
Unincorporated means that Congress decides, if ever, the outcome.
This happened because of the Phillippines.
As a US colony, Congress started discussing statehood.
But obviously, having a brown people State was inconceivable and they created the term “Unincorporated territory” to differentiate those that would never become part of the Union.
This was decided by the Supreme Court in 1903....The Insular Cases.
@@Dangic23 Cuba and the Philippines actually. They were both sold alongside Puerto Rico and Guam to the US in 1898.
Cuba was the first to become independent, followed suit by the Philippines, who took a longer route, jumping through several hoops to first attain self-rule, courtesy of the Jones Act to the Tydings-McDuffie Law.
In fact, the Philippine had just declared independence on the year it was sold by Spain, despite the country being in the process of establishing its sovereignty and sending delegations to different nations to attain recognition.
What followed was a four year armed struggle that led to thousands of deaths, national treasures stolen as war booties in a base somewhere in the US mainland and eventual re-colonization.
jlhabitan50
100% agree.
I live in a base that has a display of 2 bells...for no apparent reason.
Nobody pays attention to them.
One day I see Duterte in the news saying that he was going to ask Trump to return some bells to the Philippines.
I did a quick lookup...it’s the freaking bells 2 minutes away from where I live....lol
@@jlhabitan50 in what history book did you read that the US bought Cuba and the Philippines? You really should refrain from making ignorant comments, please.
Congress don't it crap about these people
what about uniting together and fighting in congress in a Coalition of American Territories C.A.T maybe together we can stand and beat the government back to choose our destiny. (From PR)
Guys, this is Al Jazeera...
rt is worst
@Rick Zepeda They’re both shitty propaganda
Why don't they take advantage of their independence.
These not 2nd class citizens they are treated like objects
Im from a country that was once a unincorporated territory of the US. Today even though we are an Independent nation we still have the right to freely travel & live on US soils.
Independence for Puerto Rico!!!!!!🇵🇷✊🏼
"Territories" is an euphemism for colonies, and this in the 21st Century.
Welcome to the club what do you are colony you are not the only one s that are secand clases people
Every island nation should have its independence in running its own country.
AJ will never talk about all the SHIT going on in the middle east or their own country.
Nor should they!!
When I was in primary school we newer learned in geography class that Portoriko was a part of the US. I´m not American but it´s one thing that the rest of the world does not know what country are you part of but another when the people of your country don´t know it.
Bely Gorod: Portoriko? Puerto Rico.
Alice Rivera my bad, couldn´t remember how to write it in English so I wrote it how I would in Serbian
So Guam is a territory as well should we let them vote as well? And P R. has a lot of Spanish laws that make no sense at all.So are puerto Ricans ready to get rid of these laws? If P.R. was to become a state you would not even recognize P.R. within a decade. New laws a whole lot of regulations an taxes. Should leave good enough alone.
I have to say that you really nailed it with tris video for all the territories. As a Puerto Rican and a citizen born in a territory, I can really say that the great mayority of us Are not looking for independence but for equal rights and equal representation for everyone. Staying as Territories of the US provides us the opportunity to maintain our culture, identity and language, but having equal rights provides us with the true meaning of being citizens with true equality as everyone else. That’s all we ask. Once that’s granted and recognized, then we have a true say-so in our country ‘s decisions which affects our lives. Thank you for posting this video
Puerto Rico need statehood already no more colonialism!!!
How about calling it for what it is, colonies.
This is called democracy?
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Implying democracy is some kind of universal good. Why should we give some random islands populated by people with radically different cultures and interests political representation? They are part of the American empire and no doubt they are better off for it than they would be otherwise.
Remember democracy just work is you are white. Is you are not well you can fue for the nation and you still not get rights and also racist folks call ur terrirories "random islands"
Unfortunately nobody that is or was born in any of this territories is a US Citizen the page number 27 of their US passport states that "THE BEARER IS A UNITED STATES NATIONAL AND NOT A UNITED STATES CITIZEN" something like "subjects of a monarchy" that is why they can't vote (well puertorricans are allowed only if the live in the continental US territory, Hawaii or Alaska) but even that they are allow to vote they have no real representation in the congress also the people of the territory can not inherit the "citizenship" to their children if this children are born outside of the territories or US mainland. This topic is very confused and complicated, years ago a puertorrican lived with us sharing a house, bills etc. This person explained to me the way they see this in Puerto Rico and doing a little of research I have found the real "meaning and/or differences" between US Citizen and US National.
As a Puerto Rican I know we're not the priority nor important for the US political class. Eventhough, the message to the people in thw islands is that we are important to Washington and we can't exist without USA. Also, in the last political consult the vast majority of the voters didn't went to the voting stations and only the pro annexation proponents went to vote. That's why the results favouring the annexation.
William Quiñones
I love your Island and dream of retiring there. I always say why would people leave paradise. I have spent time there and stayed in some of the poorer communities. Believe it or not I felt at home. Money and material things does not guarantee happiness.
@@taxicab1365 thanks for your kind words. Unfortunately, many of us has been forced to leave the islands because of the dire economic situation. Indeed, my Nation is a paradise.
No
Independence, then buy Greenland
Puerto Rico should be 51st state and the other territories should get same rights
No gracias 😂
@ William S, When Puerto Rico pay U.S. Federal Income tax then make them a state otherwise no thanks!
Jake Wish they would if they were a state... maybe you should learn more about the topic before commenting
Angel Martinez what do you mean
Dennis Flo Puerto Rico pays the same taxes the states pay (social, Medicaid etc - and receive less than what they should) except Federal Income Tax on profits generated on island. They don’t pay that because it’s not a state. If it was then it would pay that too.
People like that guy always bring that up because they think PR doesn’t pay any taxes period and that’s just not true.
All I know is that the situation is unsustainable. They need to change their status in order to grow their economy. They can’t even make trade agreements, they can’t do anything. Congress has absolute power over PR
It be a good follow up after this series about the US Territories to do a video on The COFA (Compact of Free Association) Nations. We were US Territories after WWII with CNMI, American Samoa, Hawaii..etc know as the TTPI(Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands) till the 80s and 90s depending on where exactly, nations who fought for self determination settled for a compromise with The US through a compact known as the COFA to this day we still have US Military bases and The US blew up 68 atomic bombs in the Marshalls during the Cold War. We have US dollars, US textbooks speak American English, have non immigrant status in America, No green Card, Serve in the military, were pretty much in there. I just think more Americans should learn about us cus we took some Ls for Continental US to be safe. Y’all come here and fight your wars. It’s been 3 wars straight. Spanish-American War, WWII, and the Cold War believe it or not, and after WWII were in your Army fighting your wars too and Kim Jong Un just up till recently kept threatening to bomb Guam near us I remember seeing one of his test missles without a war head fly over my head when I was little and days later it was all over the news. Smh we also felt the affect of 911 through Military expansion. So Americans, y’all should know about us too. Peace! Love! ✌🏽👌🏽
We should just give em $200B and let them go
American Samoa 🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸
What's up my fellow American? Greetings from New Jersey!
Haf adai my fellow american
From GUAM . U.S.A.
If Guam lawmakers abolished a certain "Plebicite" law that somehow creates prejudice by way of allowing only Chamorro's or decendants certain rights such as land rights. Which enables Chamorro's as indigenous natives rights similar to Native Americans. Guam will become unstable.
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You people need to understand that being a U.S. territory and being part of the U.S. are 2 very different things.
THEY ARE UNITED STATES CITIZENS, what do you not understand? THEY SHOU
LD HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS THE MAIN LAND!!!
Yes, being a state and being a territory are two different statuses in the United States. However, the residents on those territories are U.S. citizens and should have the same inalienable rights as any U.S. citizen residing in the 50 states.
And if we are going to have colonies, we have no right to condemn other countries for their invasive colonial practices.
They are controlled by the UNITED STATES CORPORATION...D.C. is a corporation, who operates under admiralty laws...law of the sea.........
If they don't want to be a state and establish own government then why would they want to vote similarly with other territories too.. Iam curious to know about it😐😅
Consent of the governed?
What part of perpetual union don’t you understand?
What a ridiculous thing, how do you expect people from almost other-side of the world to affect your living, as said US owned territories which are not in the same continent as "mainland USA" more independence than what you might think.
Puerto Rico Libre! ✊🏽
No, they shouldn't have the same rights.