kat2d ago

me before: PR going back to Spain is a hard-line right-wing position for sure

me now: wait. Becoming a Spanish "nationality" would basically mean PR is heavily autonomous, while still having "federal" representation, protecting its culture/language stuff, and people wouldn't need to be afraid of us "ending up like our neighbors", which seems to be a big hangup? And we'd get EU membership as a nice side?

I feel like I need to think about this more, but it's looking really fucking nice compared to becoming a US state or the current status, and it would ease fears about having to fare for ourselves?

Other boricuas only: What are y'all's thoughts?

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Honestly, since by the time of the war against the US in 1898, both Puerto Rico and Cuba were part of Spain as provinces, not colonies, everyone born there lost their Spanish citizenship after the US annexation. So I think it would be pretty cool if my government offered full citizenship back to people born in PR, and we have done that in the past with similar cases. I know it's not the same, but it's a step that could even be realistic
Mar 24 at 11:32pmWeb