Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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... [more]

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.

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Puerto Rico Tourism Company will unveil a new integrated marketing campaign designed to increase awareness and make Puerto Rico a top of mind destination. The $10 million advertising campaign will run locally on networks like Bravo, Food Network, Fine Living, Travel Channel, CNN and CNBC. Print will run in titles like Vanity Fair, Architectural Digest, Food & Wine, In Style, Town & Country, and...  
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TEMECULA, Calif., Dec. 3 -- Effective immediately, Outdoor Channel Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: OUTD), America's leader in Outdoor TV, today announced that Outdoor Channel has launched on the Basic tier of Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico Ltd., a subsidiary of Libert...  
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GUAYAMA, Puerto Rico—Puerto Rico has such a bad history with research monkeys running amok that some residents are stunned that its government has tentatively approved a plan to import and breed thousands of primates for sale to U.S. researchers ...  
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New York.- The Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, in conjunction with Aurora Communications present the special holiday event “Navidad para el Pueblo” (Christmas for the people), a celebration featuring the unique ‘Jíbaro’ music from Puerto Rico’s mountains, at 8 p.m. on Saturday.  
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This reminds me of a different story. In Puerto Rico (a territory of the United States won from Spain in the Spanish-American war) the pro-independence leader and lawyer Juan Mari Bras flew to Venezuela, renounced his U.S. citizenship, and flew back to Puerto Rico in order to demonstrate (as a legal argument) that there was such a thing as an enduring Puerto Rican nationhood/citizenship. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statelessness...  
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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The U.S. Small Business Administration announces today that the Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Cantaño, Puerto Rico will cease operations Saturday, December 5, at the close of business. The Small Business Administration urges those affected by the explosion at the Caribbean Petroleum Corporation that occurred on October 28 in Cataño, to visit the Center before the closing to obtain one-on-one assistance and...  
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This is a video in Spanish, with English subtitles, about the Puerto Rican nightjar. From BirdLife: New study sheds light on nightjar 18-11-2009 A new study of the Critically Endangered Puerto Rican Nightjar Caprimulgus noctitherus suggests that the species’s geographic range is greater than previously estimated. This is the major finding of Geographic distribution of the Puerto Rican Nightjar: [...]  
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"El Rey de los Timbales", Tito Puente will be honored at an event, which will also serve to launch a DVD of Puente's last performance in 2000, the year in which he died. The DVD will be available as of today for sale in stores across North America and Puerto Rico. Proceeds from the DVD sales will benefit HHF's youth programs. The event will feature performances from top Latin stars paying tribute to Tito Puente and raise funds for youth...  
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In Caguas, Puerto Rico George Steven Lopez Mercado was brutally killed for being gay. Mercado was burned, dismembered and decapitated for his lifestyle. He was well known in the gay community of Puerto Rico and will be missed.Contributor: Rose EllenPublished: Nov 16, 2009  
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Other articles mention the Marlins as the host team, with the Mets as most likely rivals in some game(s). The most fun part is running articles through translators:  The director of the Department of Recreation and Sports of San Juan, Maria Elena Mari Batiste, confirmed today to EFE that the stage Hiram Bithorn of the Puerto Rican capital will celebrate games of Great Leagues in the 2010. Batiste said that executives of Major League...  
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The man charged with first-degree murder in the killing of a gay teenager in Puerto Rico will likely use "gay panic" as a defense, a police report said. Juan A. Martinez Matos, 26, a married father of four, confessed he was cruising the "red light" district of Caguas, a city south of San Juan, looking for women and picked up 19-year-old Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado thinking he was a woman, the report said...  
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GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico – Tonight’s boxing match between Filipino Manny Pacquiao and Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto has generated excitement in Puerto Rico as fans cheer on their own fighter. But as the two boxing legends face off, Puerto Rican ...  
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Latin superstar Ricky Martin said Thursday he is teaming up with a German broadcaster to support his foundation and build a youth center for children in Puerto Rico. The multi-Grammy-winning artist said he is joining RTL on a telethon to raise money to build...  
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Pedro Julio Serrano, an activist and the Communications Manager for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, scolds the crowd at Krash nightclub in San Juan, Puerto Rico in this recent video, after reportedly hearing negative remarks about transgender people...  
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The alleged murderer of Puerto Rican teen Jorge Steven López Mercado (pictured) — whose body was found burned and decapitated — was arrested, according to police there. Permalink | 4 comments | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, Murder, Puerto Rico  
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