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Arrigoitia was the first person at the University of Puerto Rico to earn a master's degree in the field of history. In 2010, her book, Puerto Rico Por Encima de Todo: Vida y Obra de Antonio R. Barcelo, 1868–1938, was recognized among the best in the category of "research and criticism" and awarded a first place prize by the Ateneo ...
Puerto Rico portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Journalists from Puerto Rico . This category lists articles about journalists who were born in Puerto Rico or who are of Puerto Rican ancestry.
This lack of clarity extended beyond Puerto Rico, in a presentation before the UN's Ad Hoc Committee in 1974, he stated that "Geographically Puerto Rico is part of the Caribbean. While culturally being part of the Hispano-American communities. In political and economic terms, it is associated to the United States.
The 2008 Popular Democratic Party primaries were the primary elections by which voters of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) chose its nominees for various political offices of Puerto Rico for the 2008 general elections. They were held on March 9, 2008.
First administrator of Cooperativa de Cafeteros de Puerto Rico, Café Rico. Antonio Luis Ferré, businessman and industrialist Owner of Ferré-Rangel media emporium. Luberza Oppenheimer, Isabel Madam of a notorious brothel. Francisco Parra Duperón, lawyer Founder of Puerto Rico's oldest law firm in continuous operation, Parra, del Valle & Limeres.
The 27th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico was the lower house of the 15th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico and met from January 14, 2005, to January 8, 2009. All members were elected in the General Elections of 2004. [1] The House had a majority of members from the New Progressive Party (PNP).
The Jayuya Uprising was a revolt in the town of Jayuya, Puerto Rico, which occurred on October 30, 1950. The revolt, led by Blanca Canales, was one of the most notable among the various revolts which occurred that day against the island's US-supported government. [24] In the town square, Canales gave a speech and declared Puerto Rico a free ...
On May 21, 1948, the Puerto Rican legislature, which was presided over by Luis Muñoz Marín approved Law 53. The law which is also known as Ley de la Mordaza or Puerto Rico's Gag Law was signed into law on June 10, 1948, by the U.S.-appointed governor Jesús T. Piñero. The law's main objective was to suppress the independence movement in ...