Muni Nation: Update on the Commonwealth
May 11, 2015 at 06:30 AM EDT
On July 25, 1898, during the Spanish-American War, the U.S. invaded Puerto Rico with a landing at Guánica. As an outcome of the war, Spain ceded Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam (which were then under Spanish sovereignty) to the U.S. under the Treaty of Paris. Why do I lead with this bit of...