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Puerto Rico has been a colony of the United States since 1898, used as a launching pad for imperialist wars in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the rest of the world. The US Department of Defense has eleven unified Combatant Commands, one of which, US Southern Command (or SOUTHCOM, headquartered in Miami, Florida) oversees US military operations in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean. The SOUTHCOM Naval Forces station was previously located in Puerto Rico, which allowed for the US to move throughout Central and South America and the Caribbean, and defend the US-occupied Panama Canal. SOUTHCOM’s primary […]