Turkey Reports on Puerto Rico's Status

[TexasTowelie]

“The Status of Puerto Rico” is an in-depth report on Puerto Rico’s status produced by the program Inside America with Ghida Fakhry from the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation.

After explaining the new statehood admissions bill and the competing HR 2070, Fakhry began by talking with former Governor of Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuño. Fortuño explained the economic benefits of statehood. “For investors, they look at Puerto Rico and then they say, ‘It’s not as safe as a U.S. state.'”

“At the end of the day, it has to work as it was supposed to work,” said Fortuño. “The vast majority of people rejected the current territorial status. We need to finish the conversation once and for all.”

Fakhry asked whether Puerto Rico shouldn’t have more options.

Read more: https://www.puertoricoreport.com/turkey-reports-on-puerto-ricos-status/#.YKHjxPzPzIU

[Grokenstein]

1. When a country on the other side of the planet cares more about a US territory than we do

...our "shithole country" status is confirmed.

But we've finally started digging our way out of that hole...

Just to lighten things up, here's the only time Puerto Rico was ever mentioned in my social studies class, riffed by MST3K: