Zvichipiwa rugwaro rwokutaura pamusoro pePuerto Rico, ndiudzei kana iri Nyika, vagari vayo vagari vomuU.S., uye kana vachibhadhara mitero yeU.S.
Context:Puerto Rico (Spanish for 'rich port';[c] abbreviated PR; Taino: Boriken, Borinquen), zviri pamutemo Commonwealth yePuerto Rico[b] (Spanish: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit. 'Free Associated State of Puerto Rico'), chitsuwa cheCaribbean uye nzvimbo isina kubatanidzwa yeUnited States ine chimiro cheCommonwealth. Inowanikwa kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweGungwa reCaribbean, anenge makiromita chiuru kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweMiami, Florida, pakati peDominican Republic neUS Virgin Islands, uye inosanganisira chitsuwa chikuru chine zita rimwe chete uye zviwi zvidiki zvakati wandei, zvakaita seMona, Culebra, uye Vieques. Ine vagari vanenge mamiriyoni 3,2, uye guta rayo guru neguta rine vanhu vakawanda zvikuru ndiSan Juan. ChiSpanish neChirungu ndiwo mitauro yepamutemo yebazi rehurumende, kunyange zvazvo chiSpanish chiri chikuru.  Puerto Rico yakagarwa nenhevedzano yavanhu vomunzvimbomo kuvambira makore 2.000 kusvikira ku 4.000 apfuura; ivava vaisanganisira vaOrtoiroid, vaSaladoid, uye vaTaíno. Rakazotongwa neSpain pashure pokunge Christopher Columbus asvika muna 1493. Puerto Rico yakarwiswa nemamwe masimba eEurope, asi yakaramba iri nzvimbo yeSpanish kwemazana mana emakore akatevera. Kupinda kwevaranda vokuAfrica uye vagari veko zvikurukuru vanobva kuCanary Islands neAndalusia kwakachinja zvikuru tsika dzechitsuwa chacho. Mukati meUmambo hweSpain, Puerto Rico yakaita basa rechipiri asi rakakosha kana ichienzaniswa nemakoroni akapfuma akadai sePeru neNew Spain. Pakupera kwezana remakore rechi19, chitarisiko chePuerto Rican chakasiyana chakatanga kubuda, chakavakirwa pakusanganiswa kwezvinhu zvomunzvimbomo, zveAfrica, uye zveEurope. Muna 1898, pashure peHondo yeSpain neAmerica, Puerto Rico yakawanikwa neUnited States.  Vanhu vokuPuerto Rico vave vari vagari vomuUnited States kubvira muna 1917, uye vanogona kufamba vakasununguka pakati pechitsuwa chacho nenyika yacho. Zvisinei, sevagari venzvimbo isina kubatanidzwa, vagari vemuAmerica vePuerto Rico havana kodzero padanho renyika, havasi kuvhotera mutungamiri wenyika kana mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika, uye kazhinji havabhadhare mutero wemubhadharo wehurumende. [Cherechedzo 1] Zvakafanana nedzimwe nzvimbo ina, Puerto Rico inotumira mumiriri asina kuvhota kuUS Congress, anonzi Resident Commissioner, uye anotora chikamu musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika; sezvo isiri nyika, Puerto Rico haina vhoti muCongress, iyo inomutonga pasi pePuerto Rico Federal Relations Act ya1950. Congress yakabvumira bumbiro romunzvimbomo muna 1952, ichibvumira vagari veU.S. vanogara pachitsuwa chacho kusarudza gavhuna. Mamiriro ezvinhu ezvematongerwe enyika ePuerto Rico iye zvino neramangwana ave ari nhau yokukurukurirana kukuru.
Aiwa, Puerto Rico haisi nyika yeU.S. Panzvimbo pezvo, inzvimbo yeUnited States. Vagari vePuerto Rico vanova vagari vemuUnited States. Nemhaka yaikoku, vagari vePuerto Rico neUnited States vanogona kufamba vakasununguka pakati pezviviri, pasina mapasipoti. Vagari vePuerto Rican havateri mutero wemari yemubatanidzwa uyewo havavhoti mutungamiri weU.S.