00:00Puerto Rico Governor Jennifer González signed a resolution asking Washington to admit the Caribbean island of the 51st U.S.
00:07state.
00:07The resolution urges U.S. President Donald Trump and Congress to process the petition considing with the U.S. 250th
00:15anniversary.
00:16Under U.S. rule since 1898, Puerto Rico remains a colonial territory without boring representation in Congress,
00:25while statehood proponents claim the move resolve inequality, independence, movements, and social organizations reject the measure,
00:34demanding genuine self-determination and an end to more than a century of Washington's imperial dominance.
