Specifically, my question is, should Guatemala become a commonwealth (or protectorate) of the United States, making it have a status similar to Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands. Puerto Rico participates in the Olympics, and they have U.S. citizenship but don't pay income taxes. The only restriction is that a commonwealth doesn't conduct its own foreign affairs.
The reason for proposing this is twofold: first, the enormous number of illegal immigrants in the US from Guatemala, and second, the historical interference of the US in Guatemala which prevented it from developing its own democracy. See CIA activities in Guatemala, 1954 Guatemalan coup d'etat, and Guatemalan Revolution.
It sounds crazy, but Guatemalans are clearly voting with their feet. Let's make Guatemala part of the U.S. empire.
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