Tag: Spanish colonial rule
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Puerto Rico: 128 Years Under the American Flag — The Unfinished Struggle for Sovereignty
On this day in history, Puerto Rico exchanged more than 400 years of Spanish colonial rule for American sovereignty. What was presented as a new beginning became one of the longest unresolved political questions in modern American history. The Day Puerto Rico Changed Hands On October 18, 1898, the American flag was raised over Puerto…