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| Affiliation | Nonpartisan |
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| Name | Free Association |
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
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| Info | Quasi-Independent option for Puerto Rican political status.
Former U.S. Ambassador for Micronesian status negotiations Fred Zeder summarizes this option this way...
"Free association is essentially a transitional status for peoples who do not seek full integration, but rather seek to maintain close political, economic and security relations with another nation during the period after separate sovereignty is achieved. Again, this could be accomplished by treaty between independent nations as well. Thus, free association is a form of separate sovereignty that usually arises from the relationship between a colonial power and a people formerly in a colonial status who at least temporarily want close ties with the former colonial power for so long as both parties agree to the arrangements.
Free association is recognized as a distinct form of separate sovereignty, even though legally it also is consistent with independence. Specifically, free association is consistent with independence because, as explained below, the special and close bilateral relationship created by a free association treaty or pact can be terminated in favor of conventional independence at any time by either party."
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