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In Puerto Rico people are conservative, far more so than emigrants from the island to the mainland U.S. For example, in May 2023 the Puerto Rican government decentralized its Department of Education, because it was not improving education for scho
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'''The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico''' is part of the [[United States]] with Commonwealth status, located in the [[Caribbean]] Sea.<ref>https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rq.html#Intro</ref> Citizens of Puerto Rico have full [[America]]n citizenship.  Puerto Rico was ceded to the [[United States]] by [[Spain]] under Article xi of the Treaty of Paris dated December 10, 1898, after being a Spanish colony for more than 400 years.
 
'''The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico''' is part of the [[United States]] with Commonwealth status, located in the [[Caribbean]] Sea.<ref>https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rq.html#Intro</ref> Citizens of Puerto Rico have full [[America]]n citizenship.  Puerto Rico was ceded to the [[United States]] by [[Spain]] under Article xi of the Treaty of Paris dated December 10, 1898, after being a Spanish colony for more than 400 years.
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In Puerto Rico people are [[conservative]], far more so than emigrants from the island to the mainland [[U.S.]] For example, in May 2023 the Puerto Rican government decentralized its Department of Education, because it was not improving education for schoolchildren.<ref>"Puerto Rico has the sixth-largest school district in a U.S. jurisdiction. The island of 3.2 million people has 850 schools, 225,000 students and 25,000 teachers." [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/puerto-rico-decentralize-education-department]</ref>
    
Puerto Rico is the smallest of the Greater Antilles islands, which include [[Cuba]] (the largest), [[Hispaniola]] (divided between the countries of [[Haiti]] and the [[Dominican Republic]]), and [[Jamaica]]. Puerto Rico is only 100 miles long by 35 miles wide. It is 1000 miles from [[Miami]].
 
Puerto Rico is the smallest of the Greater Antilles islands, which include [[Cuba]] (the largest), [[Hispaniola]] (divided between the countries of [[Haiti]] and the [[Dominican Republic]]), and [[Jamaica]]. Puerto Rico is only 100 miles long by 35 miles wide. It is 1000 miles from [[Miami]].
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