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Casi casi (lit. ' Almost Nearly ') is a 2006 Puerto Rican film written and directed by brothers Jaime and Tony Vallés. It was released in Puerto Rico in early 2007. The film takes place in a Catholic school in Puerto Rico, where the main character, Emilio, is infatuated with Jacklynne, the most popular girl in school.
This is a partial List of films set in Puerto Rico; either the movie's plot includes that island, the movie has been filmed there, or both.Certain movies that are supposed to be set in Cuba are filmed in Puerto Rico because of the U.S. embargo and similarities between both islands.
15 Faros de Puerto Rico: Sonia Fritz: Documentary: Documentary on the history behind the 15 lighthouses of Puerto Rico and their lighthouse keepers: 3000: Skip Font: Modesto Lacén, Yezmín Luzzed, Robert García Cooper, Guillermo Valedón: Drama: Based on the life and career of Roberto Clemente and his 3000 hit: Mi Princesa: Carlos Jiménez Flores
The word Jíbaro, is commonly used in Puerto Rico to refer to mountain dwelling peasant, which has come to represent the Puerto Rican people in all their historic, ethnic and cultural complexity. The image of a jíbaro is used in all forms of Puerto Rican art, including this monument in Cayey .
The Nazario Collection (Spanish: Colección Nazario), [3] also known as Agüeybaná's Library (Spanish: Biblioteca de Agüeybaná), [citation needed] Father Nazario's Rocks (Spanish: Piedras del Padre Nazario), [citation needed] and the Phoenician Rocks (Spanish: Piedras Fenicias), are a cache of carved stones that originated at Guayanilla, Puerto Rico.
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The company was founded in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1940. It made candy from sugar obtained from sugar cane at the nearby Central Mercedita, also in Ponce. In the 1950s, a marketing company proposes the name "Fiesta" to the Ponce Candy management, and Ponce Candy industries starts manufacturing its products under that name.
The company is Puerto Rico's oldest family-owned company and has revenues of over 100 million dollars. [7] In 2011, it was responsible for pumping over $300 million annually into the Puerto Rican economy from the sale of its rums in the United States mainland alone.