August 2016 - Member of the Month
Congrats to our first ever MOTM winner from Puerto Rico Kellio
Kellio has been a member of the IFSQN for more than 5 years and during the last month or so has been especially active and helpful to the members.
Well done and thanks on behalf of all members and the IFSQN team.
Your prize is an IFSQN Mug. :beer:
Congratulations Kellio !
Particular thanks to yr various contributions on FSMA.
I still wonder how Puerto Rico came under the US umbrella. Wiki seems slightly evasive on this issue.
Congrats Kello!!!
Congrats, Kellio!
"I still wonder how Puerto Rico came under the US umbrella." - Charles C.
Beat Spain for it in a war.
Indeed, RMAV.
Marshall
Congratulations, Kellio! :spoton:
Congrats!
Hello,
Thank you IFSQN for the recognition. It is greatly appreciated. Thank you for all the responses and comments when I have a question and I hope I could have helped anybody when they have a question.
There is a great wealth of information in this forum.
Thank you,
Kellio
Well, Puerto Rico status is traced back to 1898 during the Spanish American War. The US took Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and other Spanish territorial possessions by defeating Spain. Puerto Rico was under Military Government until the Commonwealth was established. Puerto Rico is considered as an State but not part of the US Union. Puerto Ricans are considered US Citizens.
Political Status of Puerto Rico has been a controversy for the past few years because 50% of the population wants to remain under the Commonwealth Status and the other 50% percent wants to joint the statehood of the US. There is a minority of the population that wants the independence. As some of the Caribbean Islands under British, French, Norwegian, and Dutch rule have been gaining independence, the American Government is entertaining the idea of granting Puerto Rico full Sovereignty in a near future.
A very condensed History of Puerto Rico.
Got the Cup!
Thank you!!
Kellio
Attached Files
Thanks for letting us know Kellio. :thumbup:
Regards,
Simon