+5 Yes, Puerto Rico is widely considered a colony—or often described as the world's oldest colony—due to its status as an unincorporated U.S. territory. While residents are U.S. citizens, they lack voting representation in Congress, cannot vote for president,
I didn't say it was a problem, on the contrary, I found it admirable.
They, contrary to all my hopes, want so bad to be a USA state, but it's looking like they are too brown to be "Americans" or they are far from being a priority for the government. The Trump administration seems fixated with the idea of a 51st state in the north. But, hey, at least they are not being economically blocked since the 1960s.