5. Christopher Columbus visited this country on his second trip to the Americas, and he exploited people living there for silver, forcing them to work in the mines until
they died from exhaustion, and then replacing them with slaves from Africa.
Today it is not a sovereign country, but rather a territory belonging to another
country, which grants their citizens special privileges, different from other Spanish
speaking countries.
Country:
Capital:

Country: Puerto Rico

Capital: San Juan

Explanation:

After the success of the first voyage, the Spanish Crown gave Christopher Columbus more resources to embark on a second and one of the places he reached was Puerto Rico where he encountered Taino Indians.

The Indians at first, thought the Spanish were gods and so did not resist till the Spanish maltreated them and forced them to work in mines and after they died from exhaustion and rebellion, replaced them with enslaved people from Africa.