Abstract

While Spanish persisted as a foreign language in the United States, its long presence in New Mexico and Puerto Rico provided the opportunity for native Spanish speakers to bolster their regional identity. New Mexico's identity was as a leader valuable to hemispheric goodwill while Puerto Rico solidifed a separate national identity.

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