Puerto Rico Statehood 2024 Timeline. For the first time, puerto rico's current status as a u.s. Here's a quick rundown of the basic reality that suddenly confronted me and still confronts the 3.3 million people of the island, who are all u.s.

Christopher columbus reached the island that would become puerto rico, then home to the taíno people, in 1493, ushering in more than four hundred years of spanish rule. Here’s a quick rundown of the basic reality that suddenly confronted me and still confronts the 3.3 million people of the island, who are all u.s.