Here's Why Puerto Rico Is Part of the U.S. - Sort Of | History

[@tedfebo1741]

Puerto Rico means rich port, not rich coast. That's Costa Rica.

[@majinoyal]

Thank You!

[@CityRD]

Ted Febo I agree ☝🏽

[@wavyiann9788]

Ted Febo gracias

[@landooliver2408]

Thank you

[@radrook4481]

True, that's why they are called Costa Rican as opposed to Puerto Rican. Rico of course meas rich. El es rico = He is rich. Ella es rica - She is rich.

[@Dangic23]

He failed to mention that the tax incentives that brought over manufacturing to the island was eliminated by Congress in 1996. Most of the companies fled. And the economy started the decline since that date.

[@jayerodriguez8213]

Dangic23 Thank you.

[@josecaraballo6326]

Dangic23 That is a lie, Congress have nothing to do with that, stop misleading people

[@Dangic23]

Jose Caraballo The 936 was a section in the IRS law. Congress is the only one with power to change this. The President only signs it. We just had new changes in the IRS approved by Congress and signed by Trump in December 2017. Or who do you think implemented 936 in PR, and who abolished it?

[@agustindejesus7398]

Dangic23 guys stop arguing about politics if you are not a politician. The goverment does things that we dont understant...and then we blame this president and the other president. It is all politics. For example Trump was not the president in 1996 when according to the talker a lot of companies fled. I get my US pensions every month....3 of them....it does not matter who the president is. Why....because i did work for them.

[@Dangic23]

Agustin DeJesus Not discussing politics. Just sharing Constitutional facts of how Congress works.

[@LopezBoricua]

It surprises me how many people in the US don’t know that we are US citizens

[@radrook4481]

Telling them that would make the USA look hypocritical since the USA ideal is self-determination. Being a colonizer of other people goes against that principle.

[@radrook4481]

How could they know when their government goes out of its way to keep it hush hush?

[@radrook4481]

Non citizens aren't allowed to enter the USA without a passport. Puerto Ricans need no passport.

[@maincarolinaboatshop6723]

It's stupid bt legally you are lol

[@elbjasyal]

Radrook Radrook well we don’t need a VISA to enter, because we are citizens, just like any other American citizens of the USA.

[@UwUChito]

dude im not even from puerto rico, im mexican and i can tell you for sure that its rich port.

[@erito23gamingpower99]

Solo hay que tener un poco de cerebro para entender 😂 no es dificil 😂

[@thed-n-tshow5553]

Jassel Alcala build the wall!

[@Axelnegronperez]

@@thed-n-tshow5553 Build a wall from where? 😂

[@pu-m3451]

It is rich. I know, i was born there. 😁

[@Solisium-Channel]

Maybe because you speak Spanish and not because you're Mexican?

[@nelsonlugo45]

despite obviously adequately researched, anyone who actually knows Puerto Rican history would definitely consider this video an epic fail.

[@soltrice]

@a name really oversimplified :v

[@dejulesb7063]

Yes it is, first of all it’s port not cost. Just by that this video gets -25 points.

[@1gabysoto]

@@dejulesb7063 Haha you gave it to much

[@mr.dueezy]

Nelson Lugo the video is actually pretty spot on

[@channelswolfbrigade]

Yeah... that’s true. No offense.

[@robertgonzalez7321]

Puerto Rico means Rich Port Not Rich Coast

[@snakebite6511]

There is nothing rich about Puerto Rico, they are a leach on America and i would be just as happy to see them leave or get dumped Puerto Rico received far more benefits of being American than we get from Puerto Rico

[@wavyiann9788]

Snake Bite they used to be filled with gold but it was stolen by the Spaniards

[@matthewhernandez8342]

@@snakebite6511 Puerto Ricans contributed to the origins of hip hop.

[@Demizenn]

@@snakebite6511 puerto rico was rich back then, dude, but the name stills here.

[@pr_tr4p_g4wd20]

@@snakebite6511 Don't blame us blame your greedy corupt goverment that líed about being attacked by the Spanish in order to take over it's territories and then subjegate us to a dictatorship because we never asked to be part of your country nor do we have te right to vote who is in charge of us we had no choice in the matter believe me we are no leech we are more of a hostage in this affiar.

[@kzayas6940]

Can’t Believe that a National Geographic video has sooo much wrong data.

[@erikthomsen4768]

Facts can be so inconvenient. Money drives this organization. And last thing a company wants is to lose its high ratings over actual history. The greatest nation on earth cannot be flawed.

[@alexmga9303]

Welcome to the real world where media and different channels never care about facta

[@miahconnell23]

@@alexmga9303 it sucks because National G used to be it’s own thing, a club for ethnographers & geographers & curious minds. I’m not sure when the magazine & publishing parts got bought up the kinda thing you describe above. I’m not even sure if they still do the “explorers’ club” thing nowadays.

[@fernandgutez2383]

Failed to mention that since 1917, anyone born in Puerto Rico is a US citizen by birth. Since that same year, more people were drafted into the US Armed Forces just like any other State. Also failed to mention, that in 1916, the Congress of Puerto Rico asked the US for Independence and was denied, and the following year, the people were force into becoming US citizen. By the way, Native American heritage in Boriken goes back to over 3,000 years.

[@pauliesandmanpalermo3757]

Educate..... Asi es...

[@akhnatenra6603]

Very accurate

[@joelrobles9092]

Correction President Roosevelt. Signed an act.. That made Puerto Ricans U.S citizens born from 1897 and on

[@joelrobles9092]

1897

[@rebecca6764]

Very inaccurate, specially the political aspect of it. I'm surpirsed of how bad this video is....History Channel needs a new Caribbean advisor.

[@neo699]

Rebecca Vinas Very true. Every community should have people from that SAME community discussing these matters.

[@dragonweirdocreap]

Who's idea was to fit a video like this in a 3:28 time slot.

[@fernanluis176]

This is so poorly researched

[@Chris-sg4th]

Very poor. That’s white washing of America for ya

[@ilanamontero4509]

luis andre ev

[@RaffyCrespo]

Not much you can say in 3 minutes

[@soltrice]

@@RaffyCrespo but if we did do good researched we would have a better idea

[@kimjongun9753]

Lul they couldn’t even translate correctly Puerto Rico

[@Dangic23]

The status has never changed since 1901. PR is still in the books of law, an unincorporated territory of the US. The commonwealth naming is just that....a name. The territorial clause has never changed.

[@Boricua_USAF]

The Status of PR has not changed since 1508, or did you forget we were a Spanish colony/territory before being ceded to the US and that we are still a colony/territory??

[@desireecruz2365]

I'm from Puerto Rico

[@imonlyhuman2142]

Wepa!

[@jeffdwyer6105]

@@imonlyhuman2142 No , its Weeeepaa

[@soltrice]

wepa 😂

[@vaultboy4296]

My too

[@RelatosDeFeConJonMedina]

Boricua!!

[@Dangic23]

The US sends to PR every year about $5 Billion in federal aid and programs. The US extracts from PR every year about $70 billion to its coffers. No status will change in the island until it’s no longer profitable for the US to maintain possession of the colony.

[@luisitosantiago6098]

Dangic23 it’s not a colony

[@Dangic23]

Luisito Santiago Legal definition in US law books is “Unincorporated territory of the US” Law says there is no intent to ever annex to the mainland. The only non colonial feature in the island is that they select their own Governor. So it’s a quasi colony.

[@Titanium6]

Dangic23 The time to change status has come.

[@Dangic23]

Ulysses TitaniumLakitu64 Congress will not move until it’s no longer beneficial to the mainland. Recent example....When Hurricane María devastated PR, there was a cry to finally change the Jones Act in reference to the merchant marine. Perfect opportunity to do so, and have free commerce trade with the rest of the world. Well, merchant marine lobbyists swarmed DC and shut down all talks.

[@Dangic23]

cornskid The US citizens living there can’t vote for statehood or any other political status. It’s prohibited by the Constitution. Only Congress has the power to decide. The Constitution of the United States, Article 4 Section 3, provides: “The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States(…)”

[@ignaciovinas6476]

I love how you critize Spain for the use of slaves in Puerto Rico, yet the USA did exactly the same, if not worse, for even more timw

[@therevenant8590]

Truth shall Prevail The "history" displayed here was severely over-simplified. Way too much. And you are correct, as a matter of fact the treatment of slaves was worse and for a longer time in the states than in P.R.

[@joanneriveralopez8985]

First slaves were Asians in Jamaica when it was England

[@PUNKDUDE1991]

Actually the Anglos were far more cruel than the spanish and the black slave population was not that big. Many of the black people in PR today are actually decendants of slaves from the lesser antilles that were grant freedom and land by Spain if they reached the island and became catholic

[@PUNKDUDE1991]

Puerto Rico is the most white and amerindian (taino) island of the entire caribbean

[@joanneriveralopez8985]

The DNA proof Anglo are the most diverse group in Europe as mix and their origin is African. After the Catholic Church , the second genocide was the one that took place in New Spain in 1785 now USA and Canada by the British. Also people ignore the fact that France has the biggest minority that are Africans.

[@pabloalvez915]

The dude on the video left out the fact that Puerto Rico had also received a large migration, not only from Canary Islands but from Mallorca and Corsica as well, and that there's always been a great mix of different people which helped to form Puerto Rican culture.

[@yanakatsukieabenitez6930]

Also Ponce massacre was an event that took place on Palm Sunday, 21 March 1937, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, when a peaceful civilian march turned into a police and soldiers of the U.S. shooting in which 19 civilians and two policemen were killed, and more than 200 civilians wounded. Most of the dead were reportedly shot in their back. The Río Piedras massacre occurred on October 24, 1935, at the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras. Local police officers under U.S. command confronted and opened fire on supporters of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. Four Nationalist Party members were killed, and one police officer was wounded during the shooting. One session exposed the destruction of the environment. Testimony from the city of Guayama - where coal plants poison the earth with carbon ash and heavy metals, causing maladies among the residents - indicted U.S. corporations. From the island of Vieques, testimony exposed how the U.S. Navy tested weapons there for over 60 years, poisoning the soil and the people. In the session on “120 Years of Repression and Resistance,” The last the U.S let 3000 people die in Maria do n't public the number of the in the island.Don't really help Puerto Rico.The U.S bertray us!

[@wolfheart2443]

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[@gingerginger4424]

Boiha=Port , Polish natives Jibaros.

[@Ilovedividend]

Yan Akatsuki EA Benitez siempre lo he dicho si nosotros fuéramos independientes, fuéramos el pais mas rico del caribe, incluso más que Rep. Dom.

[@yanakatsukieabenitez6930]

@@Ilovedividend seriamos como singapur

[@yanakatsukieabenitez6930]

@@gingerginger4424 1=Port 2=natives boricuas we are not polish ok

[@bitbook2000]

Puerto Rico is technically still a colony, or in other words, territory.

[@yamtarts7009]

*ahem* colony, oh wait! I forgot, US refers to us like a territory cuz colonies are illegal. My bad

[@bitbook2000]

Yamt Arts Oh right... same with Cuba being “independent”, it only describes it to a certain point, since it’s not the proper way of doing so.

[@retosybromas755]

Stop being racist

[@TheAnonEye]

Seess Dedrick how’s this racist?

[@mr.dueezy]

how many colonies do you know that like Puerto Rico, it's citizens have the citizenship of the mainland, don't get taxed the main tribute of the mainland (federal income tax), yet receives substantial (federal) funding yearly larger than the economy of some Nations, and whose citizens are free to choose their path (Independence, statehood, stay the same)?

[@mrspartan5678]

Puerto Rico does not mean Rich coast it mean rich port. Costa Rica means rich coast.

[@radrook4481]

Had the country assigned to him been Nigeria, rest assured he would have done his homework.

[@Ericwkgnil]

MrSpartan, the USA version of "rich coast" = Puerto Rico.

[@sonnysantana5454]

​@@radrook4481 doubt it

[@manueldejlopezalamo6991]

You have a Mistake in 2012 Puerto Rico have a plebisite and 66% vote for statehood. In 2017 again have a plebisite and 97% Vote for statehood...

[@The.Renovator]

But you have to take into account the low voter turn out.

[@wilbertmiranda954]

Manuel De J Lopez Alamo el 23% del electorado fue a votar, o sea la estadidad sufrió un duro golpe, ya que los lideres del PNP no lograron movilizar a la gente para participar de un plebiscito no vinculante.

[@obeb787]

Manuel De J Lopez Alamo that plebicite was made by morons and was fraudulent

[@raulcruz6601]

USA is bankrupt anyway. The GAO report terminated any chances for statehood definitively. Take a look at it and you will understand that any promises for statehood is a lie

[@radrook4481]

They can vote for statehood or independence until they are green in the gills. It makes no difference until USA congress decides. Please note that their very docile acceptance of such treatment isn't considered an ideal American characteristic. It is perceived by non-Puerto-Rican Americans and by the rest of the world as a character flaw.

[@johnrodriguez7742]

I Am Prior Service USMC and US Army and a proud Puerto Rican living in Arizona. Vaya Boricua para siempre !!🇺🇸🇵🇷🦅🗽😆

[@eddiesaninocencio7486]

I am a Nuyorican from the Bronx, joined the Army now I'm retired disabled veteran, Infantryman / paratrooper, I love my country USA, I will die for her, I am great full to my country, that is why I served to protect freedom and democracy.

[@yairaluciano8478]

I'm 17 from PR thank you for your service!!!!!!

[@Steey_jessie]

@@eddiesaninocencio7486do you know albizu campos?

[@donald8354]

Yes I know who Albizu Campos is!

[@mjz16]

There’s no mention of the fact that the people of Puerto Rico voted to become a state several times but US Congress overrode that vote and voted to keep it a commonwealth.

[@easyenetwork2023]

I think it will become the 51st state. DC will stay as a federal district permanently probably, but I do believe Puerto Rico will become a state eventually.

[@laferrerrivera]

PR became a Commonwealth in 1952, not 1948.

[@bublebunnyasmr2504]

My family is from Puerto Rico I was born in Ohio and I have live all my life in the island (I still do). Meaning, I know my island story and I can confirm that this video is wrongly made. Not just because it has some wrong information but also because because it is missing a lot of important information of history. I also want to state that the slaves times has not end. Be informed, be educated, so that the problems don't get repeated in history (again).

[@visigoth3696]

I know this is from 3 years ago but you’re wrong

[@neldwincolonreyes627]

Puerto Rico voted for statehood twice. 61% of the vote in 2012 and 97% in 2017. History Channel should update this video to clarify that and be accurate!

[@TheCount-y7e]

How come after these polls we have not become a state yet?

[@cracksemiro6375]

These polls aren't usable. No one voted

[@Duval_Sama]

Only 23% of registered voters participated.

[@jaco7675]

Javier Fernandez True. Typically, 80-90% of Puerto Ricans vote in a given election. The last vote for statehood was boycotted, so the numbers are skewed and irrelevant.

[@TheRomanTribune]

They dont care to make it accurate. USA abuses PR because they are just a piece of property to them. Nothing more

[@davidmdyer838]

Originally the island was called San Juan and the capital was Puerto Rico, cartographers switched the names at some point mistakenly. If you think about it, it doesn't make sense to call the entire island a port. Borinquen is pronounced bor EE ken, not bor EE kwen. Do a little research before doing an educational video.

[@erikthomsen4768]

This is not an educational video. It’s only supposed to make the Americans feel did they have been saving the world for centuries. The greatest nation on earth cannot be flawed. And if you break that flawed believe, the ratings will fall. And we all know a company ain’t gonna allow that.

[@davidmdyer838]

@@erikthomsen4768 I'm certainly in agreement.

[@itzamia]

@@erikthomsen4768 That's all good and dandy until we make travel for Puerto Ricans to the U.S. illegal without a passport or Visa and impose filing for legal status to enter the U.S. like we do for the rest of Central and South America. Wait don't do that? They actually don't have it that bad after all? I guarantee you if that happened a lot of people would be very upset with the big bad wolf the United States. Millions want to migrate here and talk about how bad we are. It's so stupid.

[@Ericwkgnil]

"Common wealth"?? You mean a piece of land that USA loves to use like a rental car to drive long distances without putting miles on the owner's car. Like to use for a rented home near the beautiful beaches of the Caribbean. Like to use for pretty much anything; hmm you get get the picture.. It's like a territory and it's people too!! Good job white congressmen! Now why pick a black man to narrate this????

[@nickhammer6408]

Always about racism, always playing the race card typical. Why do you not vote to become a state, clearly it serves those in charge in Puerto Rico .?

[@moshimoshi5965]

What's wrong with him being in the video, we are Taínos, Spanish and Africans, it shouldn't bother you?

[@Ericwkgnil]

@@moshimoshi5965 cause it's usually the Africans blood that claims over you butts. Your statement is correct about Puerto Rico's three races mixed in that island.

[@emmanlays5443]

Thanks for making this video with so much love. You the best bruh 😉.🇵🇷🇩🇴🕺🏾

[@RonnieRawdawg]

*YO MY MANS I LOVE HOW YOU JUST PASS OVER THE WHOLE TAINO GENOCIDE OF 1492 AT THE HANDS OF COLUMBUS*

[@عقبةبننافعبنالقيسالفهري]

Alot of taino survived but yea he didnt glance over it

[@noeramirez4975]

Puerto Rico is the last colony of the United States!!! We are not allowed do free comerce, for example, and a lot other things to develop our economy. This video is partially true.

[@jeffdwyer6105]

Not the last , there is still the US Virgin Islands and other Pacific Islands

[@popcornuniversity9825]

Yeah, I would agree: PR is a colony. "Territory" is just a softer way of putting it, but it has all the elements of colonialism.

[@StevenHughes-hr5hp]

DC has been an unincorporated territory for much longer. It was never considered a candidate for statehood.

[@solarflare1008]

Puerto Rico is well known in any politics college's out side the US. Like a good example of how the main land don't want this island as the 51 new state regardless of any referendums.

[@cracksemiro6375]

Really?? Do people actually know about our situation?

[@edymiguel4247]

I wont say they know of our situation, even tho its true Also, the reasoning for not allowing us puertorricans to be state 51 might, mostly, be due to a declining economy, corrupt government, and many more problems that simply stating them could make a 15-30 mins video depending on explanations

[@goggles8002]

@@cracksemiro6375 not really when i went out to college i found out just how little people know midt people dont even know we use dollars or that we have US citizenship. i was asked various times wether or not i was an international student

[@FaintlyTapping]

Puerto Rico was ILLEGALLY ceded to the United States by Spain. Under the terms of the Constitutional Autonomy agreement between Spain and Puerto Rico in 1897, Spain could not modify the status of Puerto Rico without the consent of the Puerto Rican Parliament. In other words, it was no longer legally their possession to cede to the United States.

[@dagainsta6253]

Tòma 💪🏾🇩🇴

[@rodgon123]

Puerto = puerto Rico = rich Rich port or port of riches Rich coast is Costa Rica But go ahead

[@nickhammer6408]

Yes you guys are so Rich. Lol

[@channelswolfbrigade]

The name probably came from the fact that rich countries, like Spain and the US, used it as a trading port for their military.

[@Krazyvet666]

Still cheap labor even for a college degree person. Most jobs start you at minimum wage. Christmas time is the best. Everyone is friendly.

[@JM-vr6ii]

Also, it's a lot Hawiian Puerto Ricans coming into the states more and more. I didn't know that the hurricanes in 1800's had Puerto Ricans residing in Hawaii. It's a beautiful mix as well. A lot of them moved to Virginia & Ohio & New York.

[@denicecarlagordon3040]

Juan Castillo / You can't compare Hawaii to Puerto Rico because Puerto Rico is Unique every place in Puerto Rico are different and beautiful and the food is too good

[@quisqueya3927]

Bro Hawaii is a state

[@omark8012]

I wish you went into more details.

[@paulcruz188]

Whomever wishes to be clear on Puerto Rico's political status, please look up "Ley Foraker" from 1900 and "Ley 600" from 1952 and you will see clearly that the "territory" belongs to, but it's not part of the US. This video is poorly researched, and I do not think it was just by mistake. Misinformation is an instrument to keep things the way they are, just do your own research.

[@rbatiz61]

Here we go again! If you want to hold your breath regarding the correct semantics you can continue to hold your breath all you want. This "ownership" you claim, includes everything, even the citizens. Yes, the US citizenship was imposed on the people of PR, making you "part of" or "member" or citizen of the USA. They did that in order to draft able men into WWI, not because any altruistic feelings. So, you can use all the different word arrangements you want but at the end of the day PR is part of the US, like it or not. Semantics or not. I'm not demeaning your independence beliefs and I commend you for them but, facts are facts. To summarize in one word, the whole video SUCKS!

[@sherriv4860]

Hello. I need some help. I am making a mural for Hispanic Heritage Month. I was going to put Don. Luis Muñoz Marín on the mural, but was it a bad thing at the time that he put Puerto Rico as "commonwealth" ?

[@paulcruz188]

@@sherriv4860 In my opinion, he’s one of the worst things that ever happened to Puerto Rican politics due to that same reason. “Commonwealth” is just a fancy word to cover up the colonial status in this context. There’s many folks that sacrifice led their whole lives for sovereignty and Puerto Ricans’ well being. Juan Antonio Corretjer, Lolita Lebrón, Ramón Emterio Betances, Pedro Albizu Campos, etc. That’s without getting into the artists, poets, etc. Good luck on your mural.

[@sherriv4860]

@@paulcruz188 Ah! Thank you so much! I did not want to offend anyone. I am not Hispanic and everything online is controversial. I will research those people. Thank you 💕

[@maverickl.4814]

I find this video lacking alot of information and the complete fact that the timeline ends in the year 1998... it needs to be updated and factual of the U.S. Congress' heavy handed influence over the local government and economy that brought us the corruption and lack of civil liberties that has brought us the 12 yr recession that still continues till this day

[@nickhammer6408]

You mean the recession that ran the entire length of Obama's 8 Year term in office. Ps things sucked in Connecticut under Obama and still do today under Democratic leadership ! You blame the wrong people.

[@maverickl.4814]

@@nickhammer6408 uhh... I blame Congress as a whole, not just Republicans. Obama described himself as a "moderate republican" in his policies and he actually fits the bill. He was never a true progressive. It's just that the Republican party has gone so far right that it made Obama look like a lefty

[@Nperez1986]

C'mon, use the correct Spanish Monarch flag that flew over Puerto Rico (rich port btw not rich coast (, not the modern Republic one

[@butteronastick3210]

Puerto Rican pride

[@radrook4481]

Pride in being a colony?

[@radrook4481]

@Rated Leenah In the USA difference's of opinion are not considered problems. They are considered human rights.

[@wtfdidijustwatch1017]

@@radrook4481 You expect third world trash to know that?

[@soltrice]

@@radrook4481 but they cause problems, do they not?

[@boricuayehudim427]

1. Yes, Ted Febo is right, Puerto Rico translates to "Rich Port!" 2. Yes Caparra was established like you mentioned but it was moved to present day "Old San Juan" originally named Puerto Rico, the main island (Yes there's more than one(1)) was named San Juan Bautista after John The Baptist, then switched! 3. The Commonwealth Status (Estado Libre Asociado) was really established in 1952, approved by 80% of the US Congress speared by the first governor elected by the Puerto Rican people Don. Luis Muñoz Marín!!!!

[@sherriv4860]

Hello. I need some help. I am making a mural for Hispanic Heritage Month. I was going to put Don. Luis Muñoz Marín on the mural, but was it a bad thing at the time that he put Puerto Rico as "commonwealth" ?

[@AngelRivera-wp9bg]

Great information

[@H0ly_quads]

Where are all my Puerto Rican hermanos y hermanas??? Leave a like

[@rolandotorres8211]

Viva Puerto Rico Libre

[@wolfheart2443]

@@rolandotorres8211 ✊🇵🇷💗

[@kravenLaw1]

The United States invaded Puerto Rico in 1898 and kicked the Spaniards out of their island [Puerto Rico]! Why won't he mentioned that?

[@illmindofky]

Thank you, not even puerto rican. They took it over and don't wanna help the people.

[@eddiepinero2920]

I love Puerto Rico.

[@valgamesi6107]

Nice

[@michaelelguerito8272]

Sadly, Puerto Rico is a colony & it should be part of Spain just like Aruba, Curaçao, and others they are first world provinces of the Dutch. Puertoricans never wanted to be U.S. citizens it was imposed upon them. To this day the U.S. government is against the people of Puerto Rico, they are now protesting cause of a curry or governor who was installed by the federal government. Puerto Rico is poorly treated by our government, it should not become a state Spanish would no longer be spoken as well as losing its cultural identity.

[@malva6176]

It has its good and its bad becoming a US Citizen. Some other poor Latin Amer countries would of wished to have become a US citizen.

[@itzamia]

Spain didn't care about their colonies either. Even if Puerto Rico became a state they would still speak Spanish there. The downfall of the language has more to do with more youth living in the U.S. that speak English more so over Spanish and may choose to understand English rather than learn Spanish if it becomes less and less spoken in the household.

[@michaelelguerito8272]

@@malva6176 not everyone wants to become a US territory let alone a colony, you’re not a state. Outside of San Juan it’s pretty under developed in many areas.

[@michaelelguerito8272]

@@itzamia not did the US care for Guam or Liberia

[@malva6176]

@@michaelelguerito8272 I agree, at least in Puerto You have the privilege to be born under the US rights and be a US citizen. Unlike Latin America.

[@andyotero6104]

Good video ....PR

[@AE-vu3nt]

The lack of facts in this video make me cringe. Try doing some research next time.

[@karinadelmar4871]

This video has a lot of inaccuracies and ignores very basic and important information about Puerto Rico.

[@1gabysoto]

Hey Columbus discover PR in his first try not on his second after the second he passed in the Dominican Republic so he never discovered America at all. Second Caparra still exists and still has his name. Caparra was used as the Capitol not renamed. Another thing is that the Taino name is Boriken not Borinquen which is the Spaniard (Spanish) way to say it and why they name it Puerto Rico? I don't know put we should ask the residents of the city of Puerto Rico in Spain to see what they think lol. Other than that my island may have flaws just like any other place in the world but is my island PUÑETA!!!! Donde estan los BORICUAS griten Weeepa!!!

[@neredavi9302]

They call it Puerto Rico because there is a lot of gold mines under the island. The gold can't be removed because the island will sink.

[@quidam_surprise]

America, as in the American *continent(s)* 🤦‍♂️ That wouldn't even make sense if it was the other way around 🤨

[@puertoricoball2695]

As a Puerto Rican I didn’t realize how important Puerto Rico is to usa

[@boricuahead0815]

Yea they owe us😂

[@joshmcgill4639]

Not really. There are other countries that manufacture more medicines and goods way better and are not that rich in resources,good land but what's the good in that when there's deeper problems then that

[@badboje6040]

No taxation without representation.

[@Aamirkhaliqnajar]

I have Very Special Friends From Puerto Rico 🇵🇷Love Them All ❤️

[@lecllecl8602]

We truly are blessed that were born American citizens. I have many hispanic friends that them and their families have struggled and even lost their lives in search for a better life in the U.S. I truly feel for them as I also understand the Americans that get so upset at illegal immigration. It's a vicious circle. A dangerous one at that. I served my country in the Army and I get it. I wish our world wasn't full of hatred, greed, and selfishness. But I have faith that we can ALL change for the better! God bless ALL OF YOU. even if you hate me or dislike me for being what I am.

[@taxicab1365]

Lecl Lecl Thanks for your service God Bless you. My wife is Taino Indian. I love the southern side of the Island. The Banos in Coamo, Pounce etc. Great Island, Great People.

[@MAmet-bc3zz]

Yet Puertoricans in the island become poorer and poorer every decade. USA is no blessing, just a colonizer taking away our talents and natural resources

[@donald8354]

I agree with what you say. Best wishes.

[@jesusrivera577]

Original name was San Juan Bautista, Caparra (the oldest continuous European Settlement in US territory) was funded by De Leon, but due for the mosquito infested area and the hardship to find potable water the capitol was moved to Puerto Rico, now Old San Juan. The lamb in Puerto Rico state seal represents San Juan the Baptist. The name was switched later on to San Juan the capital and Puerto Rico the Island.

[@Aamirkhaliqnajar]

Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 ❤️

[@RaffyCrespo]

Thanks for taking ur time in explaining why the Island is part of USA. And how the people acquire the citizenship. Many other facts missing regarding the add mix of Puertoricans that is very different from the rest of the Caribbean with exception of Cuba. Thanks again in such an important day.

[@td3521]

Great for a 3 minute segment 👍

[@jhong.pons-corchado8675]

So much information was left out.

[@mercedesbienz1113]

I still remember my grandmother not letting me forget that I was Puerto Rican and making me say yo soy boriqua pa que tu lo cepas I now know why she forced it on to me that much because of how badly we were messed with and how nobody cares to talk about it

[@rparrilla17]

Also - why couldn't you have had a Spanish speaking actor (even one who spoke it as a second language) to do this? This actor mispronounces many Spanish words. And as others have said, Puerto Rico means rich port, not rich coast (that is Costa Rica). It's a shame that this is produced by the HISTORY channel, a medium whose job it is to get all of this right.

[@radrook4481]

I guess that since it is about Puerto Rico it doesn't deserve basic research.

[@radrook4481]

The usual response from USA Anglos to that mis-pronouncement complaint is ""Whatever!"

[@soltrice]

@@radrook4481 its just too basic. so basic that it is bad

[@ZonnJacobs]

ThAmk you but it wasn't enough I was always interested in their lifestyle since the movie game.

[@maritzasantos8653]

HERMANO DIOS LO CONTINUÉ BENDICIENDO GRANDEMENTE AMÉN AMÉN GRACIAS Y BENDICIÓN 🇵🇷♥️🇮🇱

[@luisitosantiago6098]

😂😂😂Puerto Rico doesn’t mean rich coast..... it means rich port😂😂

[@efraingonzalez9955]

The next time you gonna speak history learn the right history!

[@mr.dueezy]

Efrain Gonzalez actually he was pretty spot on

[@LordMichi]

Thank you brotha for respectfully representing my islands history.

[@reyluna0]

Wrong but ok

[@LordMichi]

Rey Luna dummy how?

[@dsantospucp]

Colonialism. End.

[@Edlas22158]

And you envious because your freeloader alien people are chased like stray dogs and have to be running through the back door, jumping out of windows and hiding in closets because they are not wanted in this country but have no dignity and keep coming back.

[@raulcruz6601]

Those are the Mexicans idiot. We are the ones trying to leave not to get in. USA is a nation of broke pretenders

[@Ricky911_]

Do y'all know why Puerto Rico isn't a state? Because if it was, its economical needs would bring down large companies' and politicians' economy. Just shows how much the US cares about its people

[@kravenLaw1]

This short video has several mistakes. I'm Puerto Rican, and I'm proud of my heritage. One of the many mistakes which made me cringe was when he avoided to say that the U.S. invaded Puerto Rico and Cuba. This is the truth, Cuba wanted to separate from Spain in the late 1800s however Puerto Rico did not. In fact in the year 1897 Spain gave Puerto Rico "La carta autonomica" to make Puerto Rico an overseas province (autonomy) of Spain. Spain and Puerto Rico share a history of a little over 400 years which is far longer than the U.S. has been an independent country. The Philippines adopted English however Puerto Ricans did not because of our Spanish roots and loyalty. To this day we are proud of our Spanish language, culture, traditions, and music. I'm a member of a reunification movement seeking to reunify Puerto Rico with Spain as a sovereign nation member of the European union. The U.S. as a whole doesn't care if the Spanish language is preserved in Puerto Rico, with Spain however Spanish will be preserved forever. Besides, it's far more glorious to be a member of the European union and to be considered Europeans than MacDonald's eating dumb Americans. As far as I'm concerned I don't recognize the affiliation that the U.S. has with Puerto Rico. In my mind and heart I'm a Spaniard because I'm from Puerto Rico which is a Spanish island of Spain.

[@Danielperez-to6vh]

Here here! I'm with you 100% Reunificacion con la patria Espana 🇵🇷🇪🇸

[@dennis771]

Lol good luck

[@logicalnation745]

Cee Z english is a mandatory but only a small percentage of us know english 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@rbatiz61]

This is the first time I've heard such a dumb thing as to request to be part again of a nation who kept PR in such horrific conditions for 400 years as Spain did. This statement comes as dumb as dumb can be. WOW!

[@sherriv4860]

Hello. I need some help. I am making a mural for Hispanic Heritage Month. I was going to put Don. Luis Muñoz Marín on the mural, but was it a bad thing at the time that he put Puerto Rico as "commonwealth" ?

[@eliamhernandez2165]

I’m puertorican, I love history... but that doesn’t mean I agree with everything.

[@prlifter393]

He omitted a whole bunch of important things

[@adiossoydaniel]

Wow History channel actually telling history

[@manuelvillacana9284]

Sounds to me like Puerto Rico have something in common with Mexico we both lost territory with a gun pointed to the back of our heads as we sign our territory away,, California Texas Nevada Arizona New Mexico utah Western Colorado and Western southern tip of Wyoming

[@melvinalicea3234]

You are right

[@Trigger-Happy03]

Puerto Rico never lost territory, it was Spain that lost Puerto Rico.

[@JoseLuis-nj3ib]

I’m Puerto Rican and studied our history for 2 or 3 years in my childhood. All we studied was resumed in this 3 minutes video. School is a foolish joke

[@suenyoyo]

Se nota que no prestabas atención

[@JoseLuis-nj3ib]

@Sir Fiddleot no.... I went to some bad public school... that’s why

[@SuaveBeatschannel]

STATE but first we must drain the political swamp there.

[@Yankee9771]

Armed Astronaut JM-83 I'd say Independence, but we still can be allies with USA.

[@jaylowpez03]

This video is wrong a lot of times please don't use it as a reference 😢 🙏🏼

[@audielamayaestrada3083]

Saludos Boricuas, desde El Salvador🇵🇷🇸🇻

[@malva6176]

No soy Boricua, pero Saludos = desde California.

[@pugggbcbrsn3571]

I was searching for that

[@pu-m3451]

Im still confused. What does the U.S want from us, from PR, by leaving us in a undefined limbo? The the U.S is the guilty of our economic misery. If people could see the true colors of US government relationship in PR, everyone would see the main problem of the economy of PR. That is something that PR talks about every day, but it is dificult to English speakers to understand that; A doble problem.

[@rbatiz61]

If your "employee" doesn't come to you for a salary raise, why then should you care about giving him a raise? If you don't organize and march and demand action Congress won't move a finger for you! Your "limbo" is equal to the inaction of the people of PR.

[@pu-m3451]

@@rbatiz61 That's is false. Learn a little bit about Puerto Rico's history. Look for Pedro Albizus on Google, kid, and we don't need a raise. We need FREEDOM!

[@sherriv4860]

Hello. I need some help. I am making a mural for Hispanic Heritage Month. I was going to put Don. Luis Muñoz Marín on the mural, but was it a bad thing at the time that he put Puerto Rico as "commonwealth" ?

[@anthonybonilla3912]

It surprises me that to this day people outside the Americas don’t know we are Americans or that everyone in the Americas is American 😂

[@OUOAT]

Dodge the hijack! The people were enslaved, no slaves were brought in. The native Taino ARE the copper colored people or what is now the so called "Black" people and NOT African American but only American 100% indigenous Indian. Pick up a book some time and read folks, stop believing these lies.

[@alexoliveira-xi1nj]

Yess thank you ❤️

[@Dangic23]

This is the US sanitized / edited version. A joke.

[@princesslegarreta913]

Yes, I didin't expect much of the video.

[@erikthomsen4768]

The simple economic fact is there's more Americans who are going to watch this video then Puerto Ricans. If you harm the fantasy that the United States is the greatest nation on earth the ratings will fall. And the company is build for money.

[@TheGrandy123]

Strange status. Did not know about it. Thanks

[@jaynyce5923]

It’s unincorporated. It’s not apart of the US but belongs to the US

[@Litcheck]

Este es un buen video

[@thefpvlife7785]

Such a beautiful place strangled by American colonialism.

[@shroomdecc]

My Birthday is on April 11 and I'm puerto rican, This was uploaded in April 11 and about Puerto rico

[@jeffdwyer6105]

Time to update this video , they had a recent vote two years ago in favor of Statehood ..Also , The island was originally named (by the Spanish) San Juan (St. John the Baptist) , later on it became Puerto Rico and the port city became San Juan

[@LuzMaria95]

The original name is Borikén.

[@Youngcapoprfan]

Puerto rico en la casa 🇵🇷

[@v.e.s2884]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@luciouslyon5546]

And the word "Boriquan/Boricua" meaning "THE NOBLE BRAVE ONES"

[@josetejeda3330]

The First European settlement was " La Isabela in Hispaniola. Please, please do not confuse those who want to learn

[@Nano-in3ij]

All I know that Puerto Rican females are beautiful lol

[@erikthomsen4768]

Although that may be accurate. The economic history of Puerto Rico is far more ugly.

[@GROMALOCARIS]

That explains alot

[@yasminer3288]

This video has some stuff that are inaccurate

[@joesalsa8690]

1492

[@PyramidHeadChris]

San Juan wasn't the first capital of Puerto Rico

[@TheKnowledgeMan101]

I am so happy my country, the Philippines, received Independence from America, we used to be in Puerto Rico's position, except we got a Commonwealth in 1935, but it was meant as a transitionary phase to give the Philippines complete autonomy over our government, economy and military. America should perhaps learn from what they did in the Philippines and apply that to Puerto Rico.

[@alr6111]

Lol Puerto Rico is way richer than the Phillippines... Im glad we let go of the Phillippines, who would want to be stuck with all those ugly women.