A community portal about Puerto Rico with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, also Porto Rico and more commonly Puerto Rico, is a United States territory with Commonwealth status...
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A community portal about Puerto Rico with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: 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.
Ball High School boys soccer coach Richie Pardo has been waiting several months to watch his son Rico play international soccer for a third straight year.
Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BBB-' rating to approximately $500 million federally taxable Employees Retirement System of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Senior Pension Funding bonds, 2008 ...
The Miami FC Blues have moved up to fifth place in the United Soccer League standings, thanks mostly to some stellar defensive play, which helped the team ride an impressive five-game shutout streak in June.
Around 65 drug traffickers have been arrested in a joint operation by the Puerto Rican and US officials in a bid to expose the illegal drug network in the country, EFE news agency reported Saturday.
SAN JUAN, Puerto RicoA Puerto Rican man who spent eight months in prison for the killing of a Canadian executive walked free Sunday, days after officials charged the murdered man's widow with having him killed.
Fitch Ratings assigns an underlying rating of 'A-' to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority's $700,000,000 fixed-rate power revenue bonds series, WW and $100,000,000 fixed-rate revenue refunding bonds series ...
On June 10th, Customs and Border Protection Officers at the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport detained a Jamaican national attempting to smuggle liquid cocaine from St.
It will be hard for Puerto Rico to make up for American Airlines' major cutbacks at its San Juan hub, but new service from airlines like AirTran is helping to fill the gaps, at least a little.
That time of the year has arrived when the region's Boricuas, a name natives of Puerto Rico use to refer to themselves, start gearing up for the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade and Festival.
I did not disappear. I simply went to Puerto Rico. Accompanied by some of the best bilingual women this side of The Tiber River, I experienced a new culture based purely on fried foods and drinking. I could not have been happier.
Amongst the many items I have discovered that need to be addressed, I have learned about a gay culture that is shrouded in secrecy. Though I attended a few homosexual nightspots, I had to be told so, as the sexual orientation of the crowd was neither obvious nor...
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TemasEtUnam A Temas Note: As you know, The Temas Blog is first and foremost about Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Is Puerto Rico (PR) part of LAC? Many don’t include it in their classification of LAC because of its ties to the US. Others do, citing its geographic location and its sociocultural ties to Spanish-speaking LAC. My own feeling is that if it was not under US jurisdiction, there would be no debate. In this particular case, I choose to discuss what PR is doing because I...
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Puerto Rico VS Mexico Boxing Rivalry This Saturday Miguel Cotto VS Antonio Margarito will be the latest installment of the Puerto Rico VS Mexico Boxing Rivalry. Not only that, it should be Fight of The Year. Here is a good article on the Puerto Rico VS Mexico Boxing Rivalry: MEXICO VS PUERTO RICO: WHEN THE STARS COLLIDE GREAT PUERTO RICAN FIGHTERS Miguel Cotto is the latest in a long line of wonderful prizefighters from Puerto Rico. Like the best of his compatriots, he is highly...
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El Morro This massive fortification "Castillo de San Felipe Del Morro" means "Castle of St. Philip of the Headland." Named for the patron Saint of Spain's King Philip 11. It is the oldest of two great forts that anchored the sea and landward defenses of San Juan.
The second fort San Cristobal which lies just southeast of here was the primary defense from land. The fort construction began in 1539 with the building of a round tower made of stone and resembling the chess piece known as a...
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El Morro This massive fortification "Castillo de San Felipe Del Morro" means "Castle of St. Philip of the Headland." Named for the patron Saint of Spain's King Philip 11. It is the oldest of two great forts that anchored the sea and landward defenses of San Juan.
The second fort San Cristobal which lies just southeast of here was the primary defense from land. The fort construction began in 1539 with the building of a round tower made of stone and resembling the chess piece known as a...
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