1. The situation on PR will grow increasingly dire without sparking widespread outrage on the mainland because most of America either doesn't know that the island is America or just doesn't care because the people are Hispanic and thus seem foreign.
2. The mainland response (or lack thereof) will give a big boost to the PR independence movement. (and who can blame them? In times like these their alleged "best of both worlds" commonwealth status is actually revealed to be the worst of both worlds.)
2. The mainland response (or lack thereof) will give a big boost to the PR independence movement. (and who can blame them? In times like these their alleged "best of both worlds" commonwealth status is actually revealed to be the worst of both worlds.)
