With its victory and subsequent annexation of the Philippines, Hawaii, Guam, and Puerto Rico, the United States stood poised to enter the 20th century as an imperial power. ...

The United States annexed lands—contiguous lands from the Louisiana Purchase, and overseas lands; the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam and so forth. That’s the history that Trump is invoking ...

Spain lost and, in a treaty with the U.S., gave up control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines, Duany and Meléndez-Badillo said. “It was really Cuba that the U.S. had always been ...

I lived in Puerto Rico for three years on assignment for the Associated Press. That comparison — of which Trump’s former ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, has become a high-profile ...

Beginning in 1901, in a series of decisions known as the Insular Cases, the court confirmed that Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam were different from other U.S. territories—and lesser.

It highlights the history of Puerto Rican migration to the city since the U.S. annexation of Puerto Rico in 1898, the cultural significance of the Bronx, ...

The reality is that the annexation of Puerto Rico occurred more than 125 years ago, and Puerto Rico has been a possession of the U.S. ever since.

Since 2017, Puerto Rico has been governed by a succession of pro-statehood leaders, each echoing the promise of the 1950s: that U.S. citizenship — in a full, enfranchised form — would finally ...

On its 125th anniversary, experts explain why the US took control of Puerto Rico, ... Spain lost and, in a treaty with the U.S., gave up control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines, ...