HRD-89-104FS Puerto Rico: Update of Selected Information Contained in a 1981 GAO Report
United Staqes General Accounting Office Fact Sheet for the Chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate f * GAO August 1989 PUERTO RICO Update of Selected Information Contained in a 1981 GAO Report GAO/HRD-89-104FS GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Human Resources Division B-234765 August 9, 1989 The Honorable J. Bennett Johnston Chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: This report responds to your February 1989 request that we selectively update descriptive information contained in our 1981 reoort. Puerto Rico’s Political Future: A Divisive Issue With Many Dimension? (GGD-81-48). That report examined the historical, political, and economic evolution of Puerto Rico and assessed the potential effects of changes in political status from the existing commonwealth to an enhanced com- monwealth, statehood, or independence. Background Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States by Spain in 1898 and admin- istered as a territory. …
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