Puerto Rico - Political Flags

Last modified: 2005-07-09 by dov gutterman
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• Overview
• Shade of Blue in Puerto Rico Flags - Political Aspect
• Civil Action Party
• Independence Party
• Los Macheteros (Ejercito Popular de Boricua (EPB))
• MINH - Movimiento Independentista Nacional Hostosiano (National Hostosian Independence Movement)
• New Progressive Party
  • Use of USA Flag with 51 Stars
• Nationalist Party
• Popular Democratic Party
• Rainbow Flags

See also:

• Puerto Rico

Other sites:

• Falange Boricua de Puerto Rico
• Ejército Popular Boricua ``Los Macheteros''

Overview

PR is not a state or a territory of the US; it is a voluntarily associated free state ("estado libre asociado", I believe is the official title.) Their citizens are US citizens and they use US currency, the US handles foreign affairs and defense, but they are internally self-governing. They have no voting representative in Congress (however someone does serve on committees and can speak on the floor) and do not pay income tax (not to Washington, anyway; I don't know the local tax structure.) PR has its own Olympic committee and participates under its own flag there and at the Pan American games etc. There is a prominent statehood movement and a small independence movement; the shades of blue in the PR flag supposedly distinguish these folks.
Al Kirsch, 23 March 2003

On the Puerto Rico statehood issue, there is a serious pro-statehood movement on the i