The Puerto Rico statehood movement (Spanish: movimiento estadista de Puerto Rico) aims to make Puerto Rico a state of the United States. Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territorial possession of the United States acquired in 1898 following the Spanish–American War, making it "the oldest colony in the modern world".

Puerto Rican voters were presented with three choices regarding the political status of Puerto Rico: statehood, independence, and free association. This was the first time that maintaining the island's current status as a United States territory was not an option.

2025年1月16日 · Puerto Rico’s relationship with the United States is one that is flawed, complex, and difficult. In today’s age, there are three possible solutions: Independence, Statehood (becoming the United States’ 51 st state), or keeping the status quo.

2021年9月7日 · Located about a thousand miles southeast of Florida, Puerto Rico is a Caribbean archipelago with a complex colonial history and political status. As a territory of the United States, Puerto...

2024年11月7日 · On Tuesday, citizens of Puerto Rico had three options to pave the way for their future. Similar to 2012, 2017, and 2020, voters in Puerto Rico voted for statehood. The election night results show that over 56% of voters backed statehood, but what happens next?

2025年1月8日 · While Trump eyes U.S. expansion, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and other U.S. territories have spent years advocating for statehood, arguing that millions of Americans ...

Should Puerto Rico be admitted immediately into the Union as a State? A referendum of the status of Puerto Rico was held on November 3, 2020, concurrently with the general election. The Referendum was announced by Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced on May 16, 2020.

2025年2月3日 · Among voters, people with more information about the subject generally support statehood. Polls in Puerto Rico and in the United States in general consistently show a preference for statehood. In the most recent plebiscite, 58.5% of voters chose statehood, and this was the fourth referendum in a row that showed this result.

2024年10月11日 · At first, Puerto Rican political leaders coalesced around the goal of statehood, with the two major political parties on the island adopting pro-statehood platforms.

1 天前 · In an unprecedented move, the memorandum challenges the feasibility of statehood, and it prioritizes national sovereignty as the only sustainable solution for Puerto Rico’s future, shaking the foundations of pro-statehood and pro-commonwealth advocates.