The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, also Porto Rico and more commonly Puerto Rico, is a United States territory with Commonwealth status located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands...
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The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, also Porto Rico and more commonly Puerto Rico, is a United States territory with Commonwealth status located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands. The archipelago of Puerto Rico includes the main island of Puerto Rico, the smallest of the Greater Antilles, and a number of smaller islands and keys, the largest of which are Mona, Vieques, and Culebra. Puerto Ricans sometimes refer to their country as Boriken, or the Spanish variant Borínquen, a name for the island used by indigenous Taino people. Find Puerto Rico news, videos, and pictures.
The best rumor I heard not long after I arrived at the Somos el Futuro conference was that Sen. Hiram Monserrate was expected to be on the island this weekend to wed his girlfriend, Karla Giraldo, whom he was convicted on a misdemeanor charge of assaulting.
That would be one way of getting around the order of protection, although I can't imagine the judge would be too pleased to hear the news when it comes time for the senator's Dec. 4...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Police say a U.S. tourist who was pretending to be surfing on the hood of a friend's moving car was killed when he fell and broke his neck in a popular Puerto Rican beach town....
Police say a U.S. tourist who was pretending to be surfing on the hood of a friend's moving car was killed when he fell and broke his neck in a popular Puerto Rican beach town. Police spokeswoman Yolanda Hernandez says 29-year-old Long Beach, N.Y., resident Jorge Geysel fell off his friend's Isuzu Trooper as he was "car surfing" along a road in the west coast community of Rincon early Saturday. Hernandez says the insurance salesman died...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 won all five awards it was nominated for Thursday at the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas, including two of the top awards of the night and honors in both urban and alternative categories. The awards show ran ...
LAS VEGAS (November 5, 2009) - Jennifer Lopez ...Carlos Beltran ... Roberto Clemente. . .it takes longer to escape a New York City traffic jam than to drive the length of Puerto Rico, which measures only 100 miles by 35 miles.
SAN JUAN (Reuters) - A fuel leak created a vapor cloud that caused last week's explosion and massive fire at a Puerto Rican fuel storage depot, according to federal investigators who ruled out arson or sabotage on Friday. The fire raged for more than two days at the Caribbean Petroleum Corp., or Capeco, storage facility in Bayamon, near the Caribbean island's capital of San Juan. "The Capeco explosion was not the result of a criminal act or sabotage," said FBI Special Agent In Charge Luis Fraticelli. "There was a gas leak which created a huge cloud over the Capeco site." Fuel leaked out while ...
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SAN JUAN (Reuters) - Firefighters made progress in containing a raging fire at an oil storage depot in Puerto Rico, but shifting winds threatened to bring the toxic smoke closer to populated areas, officials warned on Saturday. However, authorities said air quality remained good, well below toxicity levels that would prompt more evacuations. "Right now, there is not any reason to evacuate anyone else," the Caribbean island's Governor Luis Fortuno said. An explosion triggered the blaze at the Caribbean Petroleum Corp.'s storage depot that spewed a column of black smoke into the sky near the capital San Juan on Friday. Authorities in the U.S. ...
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SAN JUAN (Reuters) - Feuding drug gangs opened fire in a crowded bar in Puerto Rico over the weekend, killing eight people, including the unborn child of a pregnant woman who was wounded, police said on Monday. A 9-year-old boy was also among the 20 injured. The shooting at the La Tombola bar in Toa Baja, a suburb of the capital San Juan, was one of the worst in the history of the U.S. Caribbean island territory, which is a transit point for drugs being smuggled to the United States. Gunmen with automatic weapons entered the bar late on Saturday and opened fire on ...
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An explosion at a Gulf petroleum facility Friday rocked a neighborhood outside Puerto Rico's capital. A column of black smoke and flames were rising from the Caribbean Petroleum Corp., a Gulf-owned gasoline warehouse and distribution center on San Juan's Bay. Authorities said the cause of the blast and the scale of the damage and injuries were not immediately clear. A police helicopter that flew over the area identified several tanks on fire and emergency workers were rushing to prevent further explosions, said Carlos Acevedo, the director of emergency services in San Juan. Police cars were clearing the way for ambulances and fire trucks arriving ...
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Visit Twittley.com to read more about . CAGUAS, PR - Last week, Leo Machuchal was falsely accused of robbing three liquor stores and raping twelve school teachers in Caguas, Puerto Rico. To combat this conspiracy, Leo took to the streets and gave away everything he owned. Leo was so generous that, in three days, he went completely broke and homeless. So what happened? The police arrested Leo, his family, and even his dog, for loitering without a license. They arrested Leo’s dog When a man gets arrested for being generous to others, it’s time to re-think our social model. Puerto Rican Guy Stumble! for ...
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