Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico
Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico
Some authorities have stated that the official name Estado Libre Asociado constitutes a euphemism, that is, a term intended to give positive appearances to negative events or even mislead entirely, and have charged that the official name in English of "Commonwealth" constitutes a fig leaf, i.e., a term used figuratively and associated with the covering up of an act that is actually embarrassing or distasteful with something of innocuous appearance.[1] Puerto Rico remains a territory of the United States, exercising substantial internal self-government, but subordinated to the U.S. Constitution in areas such as foreign affairs or defense. For this reason, it is not considered to be a full-fledged associated state under either international or U.S. domestic law.[2][3]
References
- ^ Latino/a Thought: Culture, Politics, and Society. Francisco H. Vazquez. Page 380. Lanham, Md: Rowman Littlefield Publishers. 2009. Accessed 25 May 2012.
- ^ Extended Statehood in the Caribbean ~ Fifty Years of Commonwealth ~ The Contradictions Of Free Associated Statehood in Puerto Rico. Rozenberg Quarterly. Accessed 15 August 2020.
- ^ The Constitutionality of Decolonization by Associated Statehood: Puerto Rico's Legal Status Reconsidered. Gary Lawson and Robert D. Sloane. Boston University School of Law. Working Paper Number 09-11. 3 August 2009. Archived on 18 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine.