#26: Puerto Rico, You Lovely Island

Published: Aug. 17, 2016, 9:25 p.m.

This week, tennis player Monica Puig won Puerto Rico\u2019s first ever gold medal\u2014which has led many to wonder, why does Puerto Rico have its own Olympians, if it\u2019s part of the US?

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In short: it\u2019s complicated.\xa0

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Maria Hinojosa leads a discussion\xa0about\xa0the almost unbelievably complex relationship between Puerto Rico and the US with guests\xa0Sandra Lilley, Managing Editor of NBC Latino, Natascha Otero, a leader of South Florida\u2019s chapter of the National Puerto Rican Agenda, and Julio Ricardo Varela, Political Editor for the Futuro Media Group.

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