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Transforming Puerto Rico Through Fiction by David R. Martin

Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico City a novel by David R. Martin

Even with the extraordinary power of the internet, English language fiction set in contemporary Puerto Rico seems like a rare find. Hunter S. Thompson wrote The Rum Diary in the 1960s. This off-beat, character drama contains rich descriptions of Puerto Rico in the late 1950s. But The Rum Diary was not published until 1998. In 1985, Elmore Leonard published Glitz, where Puerto Rico serves as one of the locations of this murder thriller. In a similar genre, Steven Torres wrote the Precinct Puerto Rico series, taking place in the 1980s…

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Dos Santos – a novel by Fernando de Aragon

Puerto Rico
Dos Santos - a novel by Fernando de Aragon

Dos Santos – a novel by Fernando de Arago Dos Santos is a captivating story set in the earliest days of the Spanish conquest of the Caribbean island that would eventually be called Puerto Rico. The story follows one man who sets out to find a place for himself and fulfill his dreams in the ‘new world’. Taking risks to change his destiny he found the life he sought, and the love he didn’t know he needed, in an unexpected place….among the Taínos. His new life exposed the  differences between…

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The Cries of San Sebastian

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the Cries of San Sebastian

The Cries of San Sebastian Woman Overcomes Class Struggle, Rebellion, Betrayal and Deceit to Find Love in New Novel New York, NY – When Rosalía Hernández, the daughter of a powerful and feared Spanish landowner in 1860’s Puerto Rico, falls in love with a rebel peasant from the mountains of San Sebastián, she unwittingly becomes the focal point behind her father’s hatred toward the Creoles and African slaves.  His relentless quest to kill anyone associated with the insurgency will erupt into a fatal confrontation.  Anthony Ramos takes readers back in…

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Puerto Ricans in the US and the 2010 Census: 100 years and still counting … A reflection

Puerto Rico

By Victor Vázquez-Hernández In the closing days of 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau began to release the data collected earlier this year. For Puerto Ricans in the Diaspora (US-based), the 2010 census has a particular historical meaning — it marks the 100th anniversary since the first US Census, back in 1910, started counting Puerto Ricans as a separate group. It would be a good time for our community to take stock of where we are and how far we have come in one century. For the National Congress for Puerto…

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Three Kings Day – Festival de los Magos Reyes

Puerto Rico

Three Kings Day The Magi were then warned in dreams that revealed Herod’s deadly intentions for the child and decided to return home by a different route in order to thwart them. This prompted Herod to resort to killing all the young children in Bethlehem, an act called the Massacre of the Innocents, in an attempt to eliminate a rival heir to his throne. Jesus and his family had, however, escaped to Egypt beforehand. El Día de los Tres Reyes, occurs on January the sixth. Depending on where you are,…

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Puerto Rican Politics Information Resources

Puerto Rico

Politicos Boricuas !! Come and be part of the intelligent and constructive political debates that are going on currently… Are you for Statehood?, ELA?, Independence?, Monarchy?, Anarchy? Come and give your regarded 2 cents …because this is the place to do it! · Puerto Rico Government Sites: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Official Site – www.gobierno.pr Puerto Rico Senate – www.senadopr.us Puerto Rico House of Representative – www.camaraderepresentantes.org The Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration – www.prfaa.com Elections in Puerto Rico – www.electionspuertorico.org Pro Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Sites: Popular Democratic Party/Partido…

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National Conference for Puerto Rican Women

Puerto Rico

The National Conference of Puerto Rican Women, Inc. (NACOPRW) is a national organization with chapters in various cities. We are the only national organization of Puerto Rican women in the United States dedicated to promoting the civic and cultural participation of Puerto Rican women and other Latinas in the economic, social and political life in the United States and Puerto Rico. One of our goals continues to be to promote and preserve our Puerto Rican culture, our history, traditions, connect or reconnect with our roots and  preserve the Spanish language.…

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Rio Grande de Loiza

Puerto Rico

I am reaching out to you and through you, to the Boricua Community, so that they are aware of the new posting of the Rio Grande de Loiza that I have recently placed on Youtube. Please access the video below to hear soprano Virginia Herrera-Crilly and pianist Wilson Southerland in Diogenes Rodriguez’s composition of Rio Grande de Loiza, a poem by Julia de Burgos, the quintessential Puerto Rican poet. The original duration of the piece is 10.53 minutes, but it had to be cut to fit YOUTUBE’s 10 minutes limitation. Thanks…

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LISTEN TO MY CRIES

Puerto Rico

LISTEN TO MY CRIES From congress To the prez, My people are in dire need Regardless of what the Lying politician sayz. My people are As good as any other, Wake up and hear my cry My political brother. Dropping from the welfare roles 57% Whites 30% African Americans 7% Latinos 7% this is very sad, When I look at this number I feel bad. Latino’s make 53% To every white mans dollar, Come my people speak up, Yell, it is time to holler. Everyone else seems to be ahead,…

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