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Old 11-23-2004, 09:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by AlphaSigOU

Puerto Rico was taken from Spain at the end of the Spanish American War, along with Cuba and the Philippines. Cuba became an independent country, though the Platt Amendment guaranteed the right for the US to intervene in its affairs.
So did the Philippines, it is an independent country.
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