Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico; Boriken
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Area
• Total	9,104 km²
Population
• 2020 census	3,285,874

Puerto Rico ('Rich port' in Spanish) is a U.S. colony in the Caribbean.

History

Puerto Rico was conquered by the United States in 1898 after the Spanish–American War.^[1] A 1965 survey of Puerto Rican mothers aged 20–49 found that one-third of them had been sterilized, although many thought the procedure was reversible.^[2]

References

↑ Central Intelligence Agency (2022). Puerto Rico: 'Introduction; Background'. The World Factbook.
↑ Kathryn Krase (2014-10-01). "The History of Forced Sterilization in the United States" Our Bodies Our Selves. Retrieved 2022-03-11.

[1] Central Intelligence Agency (2022). Puerto Rico: 'Introduction; Background'. The World Factbook.

[2] Kathryn Krase (2014-10-01). "The History of Forced Sterilization in the United States" Our Bodies Our Selves. Retrieved 2022-03-11.

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