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Article: On the 100th anniversary of the U.S. invasion, Puerto Rico still deserves independence.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)
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- July 23, 1998
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This is one in a series of op-ed pieces from the Progressive Media Project on issues of concern to people of Latin heritage.
KRT FORUM
By Martin Espada
One nation should never be the property of another. Yet Puerto Rico is a colony of the United States. July 25 marks the centennial of U.S. occupation; in 1898, U.S. troops landed in Puerto Rico and seized the island as a prize of the Spanish-American War.
The colonial relationship between the United States and Puerto Rico has not fundamentally changed since that time. The island remains a political anachronism, a throwback to the age of gunboat diplomacy and the handlebar ...