On Feb. 6, 1899, Congress approved the Treaty of Paris, which also ceded the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S.
As part of the settlement, Edward Jones will pay an administrative fine of about $320,000 to Utah and the other 49 states, Washington, D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Utah will get ...
Puerto Rico is a political paradox: part of the United States but distinct from it, enjoying citizenship but lacking full political representation, and infused with its own brand of nationalism ...