[quote=somevietgirl;5441287]   Yeah, whites did build up South Africa/Rhodesia. I've seen pictures of the cities and they look almost exactly like Australian or American cities. Kind of surreal... Is South Africa considered a Third World country yet? I know Zimbabwe is. Robert Mugabe is a complete idiot.    I haven't been to SA but from what I hear and see...sounds pretty third world to me....     What's up with Puerto Rico and Guam? Since when were they US territory?[/   On  July 25 ,  1898 , during the  Spanish–American War , Puerto Rico was invaded by the United States with a landing at  Guánica . As an outcome of the war, Spain ceded Puerto Rico, along with  Cuba , the  Philippines , and  Guam  to the U.S. under the  Treaty of Paris . [15]     Puerto Rico has a  republican  form of government, [24]  subject to U.S. jurisdiction and sovereignty. [3]  Its current powers are all delegated by the  United States Congress  and lack full protection under the  United States Constitution . Puerto Rico's head of state is the  President of the United States .   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_rico     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guam