Njengoba kunombhalo wokubhekisela ophathelene nePuerto Rico, ngitshele ukuthi iyisiFundazwe yini, ingabe izakhamuzi zakhona zingabantu base-US, nokuthi zikhokha izintela zase-US yini.
Context:IPuerto Rico (ngesiSpanishi 'itheku elicebile'; [c] isifinyezo PR; Taino: Boriken, Borinquen), ngokusemthethweni iCommonwealth yasePuerto Rico[b] (ngesiSpanishi: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit. 'Free Associated State of Puerto Rico'), iyisiqhingi saseCaribbean nendawo engahlanganisiwe yase-United States enesimo esisemthethweni seCommonwealth. Itholakala enyakatho-mpumalanga yoLwandle lweCaribbean, cishe amamayela ayi-1,000 (1,600 km) eningizimu-mpumalanga yeMiami, eFlorida, phakathi kweDominican Republic ne-US Virgin Islands, futhi ifaka isiqhingi esikhulu esibizwa ngegama laso kanye neziqhingi ezincane eziningana, njengeMona, Culebra, neVieques. Inezakhamuzi ezingaba yizigidi ezingu - 3,2, futhi inhloko - dolobha yayo nedolobha elinabantu abaningi iSan Juan. ISpanishi nesiNgisi kuyizilimi ezisemthethweni zegatsha eliphethe likahulumeni, nakuba iSpanishi sibusa.  IPuerto Rico yahlalwa amaqembu abantu bomdabu aqala eminyakeni engu - 2 000 kuya ku - 4 000 edlule; lawa ayehlanganisa ama - Ortoiroid, ama - Saladoid nama - Taíno. Khona-ke yathunjwa yiSpain ngemva kokufika kukaChristopher Columbus ngo-1493. IPuerto Rico yayiphikiswa amanye amandla aseYurophu, kodwa yahlala iyimpahla yaseSpain amakhulu amane eminyaka alandelayo. Ukuthutheleka kwezigqila zase-Afrika kanye nabafuduki ngokuyinhloko abavela eziQhingini zaseCanary nase-Andalusia kwashintsha kakhulu isiko labantu bakulesi siqhingi. Ngaphakathi koMbuso WaseSpain, iPuerto Rico yadlala indima yesibili kodwa eyamasu uma iqhathaniswa namakoloni acebile njengePeru neNew Spain. Ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19, kwaqala ukuvela uhlobo oluhlukile lwePuerto Rican, olwalugxile ekuhlanganisweni kwezakhi zomdabu, zase-Afrika nezaseYurophu. Ngo-1898, ngemva kweMpi YaseSpain neMelika, iPuerto Rico yathengwa yi-United States.  Abantu basePuerto Rico baye baba izakhamuzi zase - U.S. kusukela ngo - 1917, futhi bangahamba ngokukhululekile phakathi kwesiqhingi nezwe. Kodwa-ke, njengabahlali bendawo engahlanganisiwe, izakhamizi zaseMelika zasePuerto Rico zilahliwe ezingeni likazwelonke, azivoti kukamongameli noma iphini likamongameli, futhi ngokuvamile azikhokhi intela yemali engenayo. [Qaphela 1] Ngokufana nezinye izifunda ezine, iPuerto Rico ithumela ummeleli ongavoti ku-US Congress, obizwa ngeKhomishani Ehlalayo, futhi ibamba iqhaza okhethweni lukamongameli; njengoba kungeyona izwe, iPuerto Rico ayinalo lokuvota eCongress, eliyilawula ngaphansi kwePuerto Rico Federal Relations Act ka-1950. Ngo-1952, iCongress yamukela umthethosisekelo wendawo owawuvumela izakhamuzi zase-U.S. ezihlala kulesi siqhingi ukuba zikhethe umbusi. Isimo sezombangazwe sasePuerto Rico samanje nesikhathi esizayo besilokhu siyindaba yokuphikisana okukhulu.
Cha, iPuerto Rico ayiyona ingxenye ye-United States. Kunalokho, kuyingxenye yezwe laseMelika. Izakhamuzi zasePuerto Rico ngokuzenzakalelayo ziba izakhamuzi zase-United States. Ngenxa yalokhu, izakhamuzi zasePuerto Rico nase-United States zingahamba ngokukhululeka phakathi kwalezi zindawo ezimbili, ngaphandle kwamaphasipoti. Izakhamuzi zasePuerto Rico azikhokhi intela engenayo kahulumeni futhi azivoti kumongameli wase-United States.