The People and Culture from Puerto Rico Brief History Puerto Rico was discovered on November 19, 1493 by Columbus and a fleet of men. ... One of the first labor organizations of Puerto Ricans in new York City was the Alianza Obrera Puertorriquena . ... Patrick, the original saint of Puerto Rico. ... By the end of the decade, Puerto Ricans had established at least fifteen clubs, brotherhoods, and other social organizations in New York City. ... The most significant reason though is for the work that Puerto Rico does not offer. ...

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The Island of Puerto Rico is one of the Caribbeans most exctic island. ... Rum is the National drink of Puerto Rico. ... Eighty-percent of rum consumed in the United States is from Puerto Rico. ... Salsa is a major type of music coming out of Puerto Rico. ... Salsa was originally developed within the Puerto Rican community of New York City. ...

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Puerto Rico includes many smaller islands. ... Puerto Rico has few wild animals. ... Puerto Rico is home to lots of fruits. ... San Juan, Puerto Rico's capital and largest city, is a seaport on the north coast. The San Juan metropolitan area includes Bayamon, the second largest city. ...

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Roberto Clemente was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, on August 18th, 1934. ... He first played in Puerto Rico, but then he went to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. ... He got married in 1964 and had three sons who were all born in Puerto Rico. ... He left his sport, city, wife and children behind. ...

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Puerto Rico became a commonwealth in 1952, but since 1917 as stated in the article the U.S. ... The Jones Act declared Puerto Ricans citizens of the United States, but Puerto Rico remained a U.S. colony. In 1952, when the commonwealth status was determined Puerto Rico gained more rights. ... In New York city, there was a great increase in the Puerto Rican population (Marquez, Representation by Other Means: ..., 2000). ... In the 1960's and the 1970's when unemployment levels were increasing many Puerto Ricans went back to Puerto Rico. ...

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JetBlue is based at New York City's John F. ... The airline flies to 18 different cities within New York, California, Florida, Utah, Vermont, Louisiana, Colorado, Nevada, and Washington. Washington, DC and San Juan Puerto Rico are also flight destinations("Learn more: fact sheet", 2002). ... However, it is not available for the New York to Puerto Rico flight ("Jet blue: flying", 2002). ...

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Others feel that Puerto Rico should get the majority of credit for the style. ... Puerto Rico and the Puerto Ricans are given credit for salsa becoming so popular. ... This is important because since the 1920's Puerto Ricans have migrated to America, namely New York City, and have had a huge impact on the Latin music culture. During this time 50,000 Puerto Ricans migrated to America. ... In this time span an additional 800,000 Puerto Ricans migrated to America. ...

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It's been said that Salsa is the music of Puerto Rico. ... Salsa emerged in the 1960's in New York, arising mainly from Son but also from Montuno, Gauguin and Guaracha, blended with Puerto Rican Plena and Bomba and North American jazz, to produce its distinctive sound. The many Latinos living in the states, especially those of Caribbean origin (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela etc.), mixed sounds and dances of their countries and added some new elements, creating a really tasty new "sauce". ... Nowadays, there are clubs and musicians playing Salsa music all over the World in an...

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From 1502 until 1504 he was a soldier in Hispaniola, Puerto Rico from 1502 till 1504. ... He eventually left Florida and sailed back to Puerto Rico and helped build the city of San Juan. In 1521 He sailed from Puerto Rico back to Florida. ...

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They did reach the coast of Puerto Rico which would give Ponce de Leon a peek of his future role. In 1504, Ponce de Leon was appointed governor of the Higuey province in Puerto Rico. ... Ponce de Leon built a house for his family in the city of Salvaleon, a city which Ponce de Leon founded in 1505, in Hispaniola. ... From these islands their next destination was back to Puerto Rico. ... From there on, the fleet was discontinued and Ponce de Leon returned to Puerto Rico. ...

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The numbers of many of the cities state and geographic zones of the USA come from Spanish: Arizona, California, Los Angeles, El Paso, Sierra Nevada, and Rio Grande, for example. ... In many North American cities, there are newspapers and magazines in Spanish. ... Hispanic television reporters are the source of information in cities such as New York where millions of Puerto Ricans live, and many in San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico. In the "Little Habana", the Spanish neighborhood city of Miami, the stores, coffee shops, restaurants and markets have prices in Spanish and Spanish is the ...

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The places of interests are again Mexico City, Zona Rosa, Chihuahua-Pacific Railway, and Puerto Vallarta. ... The places of interests are Mauseleo de Artigas, Mercado de Puerto, Feria de Tristan Narvaja, the Uruguayan Littoral, and the Uruguyan Riviera. ... The principal city is Panama City. ... Puerto Rico The country of Puerto Rico is a very nice and beautiful country. ... The principal city is Belize City. ...

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Also a result of the war the U.S. got a whole bunch of new territories: the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam. ... Cuba and Puerto Rico were gateway to Latin American markets. Puerto Rico was useful as a naval station. ... To allow the U.S to gain Puerto Rico, congress passed the Foraker act in 1900. ... The Philippines was treated similar to Puerto Rico. ...

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Many people credit Puerto Rico for the development of Salsa, as well as Columbia, Venezuela, and of course New York City. ... (www.clubsalsa.com) Even though it began in Cuba, it is in Puerto Rico where it became popular. Mainly because of great musicians such as Tito Puente, a New Yorker of Puerto Rican decent. ... The current expressions of Salsa owe much of it spreading and respects to Puerto Rico, and many of the other Latin influences. ...

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Population of the so-called "Spanish Harlem" is mostly Hispanic, specifically Puerto Ricans who have emigrated from Puerto Rico throughout the 1900s. Puerto Rico was a poor island since the day of its foundation by Christopher Columbus in 1493. ... Puerto Rico had never had a prosperous economy and was always easily controlled by other countries through the use of military force. ... Even Caesar believes that Puerto Rico has nothing, not even natural resources. The amount of Puerto Ricans that immigrated to New York from Puerto Rico was overwhelming. ...

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Esmeralda Santiago's autobiographically based novel When I Was Puerto Rican follows the story of Esmeralda from age four to adolescence and her journey from Puerto Rico New York. ... She is immersed in her jíbaro culture as well as the culture of her city dwelling paternal grandparents and extended family. ... She also learns the cultural beliefs of her various Puerto Rican environments, learning how to send a dead baby to heaven according to her mother's beliefs and the Catholic Church as introduced by her paternal grandmother. Esmeralda is also exposed to many types of adult ...

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This outcast group of the people in El Barrio is derived in large part from Puerto Rico immigrants. ... Bourgois explained that Puerto Rican immigrants have suffered for generations the oppression of the majority which cataloged them as "the underclass." ... The author points out this unfair inequality that lied on the immigrant of Puerto Rico: "In the heat of daily life on the streets of El Barrio I often experienced a confusing anger with victims, the victimizers, and the wealthy industrialized society generates such an unnecessarily large toll of human suffering" (p.17) We can see the refer...

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Croix is one of many islands of the U.S Virgin Islands located in the Caribbean between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, just east of Puerto Rico. ... The roads are really rough and unpaved outside the "city", but once you"re in the city you can travel freely and the roads are paved and maintained. ...

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The invasion of Cuba, the central affair of the war, did not develop until mid-June in Tampa, when 17,000 troops, including and particularly Theodore Roosevelt's "Rough Riders", arrived at the Florida city. ... Almost as lopsided as a Pittsburgh Penguin trade, the Spanish delegates conceded Guam, which was taken by surprise early in the war, and Puerto Rico, which General Nelson Miles took after Cuba had been seized. ... In support of America's newly established power, the annexation of Hawaii, freedom of Cuba, and gain of Puerto Rico would have fell on fond ears to me. ... Puerto...

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However, the first contact with Spanish resistance didn't occur until United States forces moved in on the southern city of Santiago which was being held by the Spaniards. ... As Santiago capitulated, the United States took advantage of Spain's imminent defeat and took the Spanish protectorate of Puerto Rico. ... The acquisition of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines, though seemingly positive, turned out to be the most influential consequence of the Spanish-American-Cuban War. Five months after armistice, the United States dove head first into imperialism, resulting from a ...

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Character Case Study Esmeralda Santiago's autobiographically based novel When I Was Puerto Rican follows the story of Esmeralda from age four to adolescence and her journey from Puerto Rico New York. ... She is immersed in her jíbaro culture as well as the culture of her city dwelling paternal grandparents and extended family. ... She also learns the cultural beliefs of her various Puerto Rican environments, learning how to send a dead baby to heaven according to her mother's beliefs and the Catholic Church as introduced by her paternal grandmother. Esmeralda is also e...

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The State of Vermont has used vouchers since 1869, and every year, a growing number of cities throughout the country are discovering the benefits of school vouchers. ... Like private schools, parochial schools also offer a lower cost education alternative to cities that opt to include them in their voucher systems. ... Milwaukee, New Orleans, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., and even Puerto Rico have all designed voucher systems for low income families. ... Puerto Rico has added an interesting twist to their voucher system: the vouchers transfer the normal per pupil expenditures and a $...

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1. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY My name is Idania Sanchez, also known as Dana. I was born in Jersey City, NJ on March 13. I lived in Puerto Rico until I was 18. Then moved to Philadelphia, PA moving there was definitely a learning experience. When I was 19 years old I got married and I mov...

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The Spanish colonies of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, as well as the formerly independent nation of Hawaii, became American possessions. ... The Spanish colonies in mainland North and South America became independent in the early 1800s, but Cuba and Puerto Rico remained Spanish. ... Landing on the southern coast, near the small city of Daiquiri, the Rough Riders were one of the first units to come ashore. ... On July 25, the US Army invaded Puerto Rico. ...

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