Aphrodite promised the mortal Paris, marriage to the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen, the wife of King Menelaus of Sparta, in exchange for a golden apple inscribe with the words "to the fairest".<span>
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It was done for the protection of the community
This is because both Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands were unincorporated territories of the United States with the U.S president as head of State. There was no need to patrol Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as the U.S blockade was against Cuba, not against the two U.S territories.