Chumel con Chumel: Latinos enemigos

[Costas]

Está rebueno jaja para que lo vean

[Carlito's Way]

LOL

[BirdMan]

Very funny, though I think he's slightly confused about Puerto Rico. Our relationship with Latin America isn't really that complicated in my opinion. We are undoubtedly a Latin American people and I honestly cannot think of any reasonable definition of the term that would exclude us.

Our status with the US is also slightly more nuanced than he suggests. US citizens (PRs included) living in one of the 50 states can vote in presidential election - US citizens (including mainlanders) living in a territory cannot. It has always been this way. People in California couldn't vote before they became a state.

Puerto Rico isn't a state because it has consistently rejected the idea in referendums. The only possible exception was the most recent one in 2012, which I'm assuming he was referring to. 60+ % of people said they wanted to become a state if the current status were to change. Not exactly overwhelmingly conclusive (even though I would prefer that outcome).

Anyway, funny video. Just pointing out some things about PR because, as he mentioned, a lot of people don't have that much awareness.

[Costas]

Very funny, though I think he's slightly confused about Puerto Rico. Our relationship with Latin America isn't really that complicated in my opinion. We are undoubtedly a Latin American people and I honestly cannot think of any reasonable definition of the term that would exclude us.

Our status with the US is also slightly more nuanced than he suggests. US citizens (PRs included) living in one of the 50 states can vote in presidential election - US citizens (including mainlanders) living in a territory cannot. It has always been this way. People in California couldn't vote before they became a state.

Puerto Rico isn't a state because it has consistently rejected the idea in referendums. The only possible exception was the most recent one in 2012, which I'm assuming he was referring to. 60+ % of people said they wanted to become a state if the current status were to change. Not exactly overwhelmingly conclusive (even though I would prefer that outcome).

Anyway, funny video. Just pointing out some things about PR because, as he mentioned, a lot of people don't have that much awareness.

Yeah that's true. In Chile no one knows much about Puerto Rico besides Daddy Yankee. Is Ricky Martin also Puerto Rican? That'd be another one.

But yeah in Chile people don't consider Puerto Rico to be a Latin American country mainly because of its relationship with the US.

It's a shame that you guys aren't neither a country nor a US State. You're kind of in the limbo I think.