Greenland in the mirror of Puerto Rico

Rafael Cox Alomar

Greenland in the mirror of Puerto Rico

Rafael Cox Alomar

University of the District of Columbia

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Abstract

When President Trump set his eyes on the Artic in
August 2019, he openly proposed swapping Puerto
Rico, a US dependency in the Caribbean, for
Greenland. While Trump’s proposal seemed absurd
to most Greenlanders, Puerto Ricans, Danes, and
Americans, comparing the constitutional status of
these non-sovereign dependencies might prove a
more attractive proposition.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Copenhagen
Publisher	Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 13 Apr 2023

Series	DIIS Policy Brief

Keywords

Puerto Rico
Greenland
Denmark
United States
Free association
Decolonization

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