Independence is the political status which most countries in the world have opted to adopt.
This status option gives a country the right to govern itself and become the owner of its own destiny. Independence empowers a nation's citizens to interact freely with the rest of the world, while retaining the power to rule the over the country's affairs. A lack of independence means that the most important decisions of the nation are taken by a foreign government. Such is the case of Puerto Rico. Independence is the right of our people to rule in their own homeland empowered by a constitution which will set the framework for our democratic government.