Puerto Rico's Future: A Time to Decide

Four million U.S. citizens live under the U.S. flag in Puerto Rico, yet they can neither vote for president nor have voting representation in Congress, which enacts the federal laws under which they live. In fact, residents of Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories do not have the basic rights of self-determination that U.S. citizens generally enjoy and that the United States has committed itself to achieving for peoples around the globe.

This timely volume provides a comprehensive historical …