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Among the poets of French descent who have contributed to the literature of Puerto Rico are Evaristo Ribera Chevremont, whose verses are liberated from folkloric subject matter and excel in universal lyricism, [24] José Gautier Benítez, considered by the people of Puerto Rico to be the best poet of the Romantic Era, [25] the novelist and ...
Other Puerto Ricans of Corsican descent who have led notable political careers were Ernesto Ramos Antonini, who was the first President of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico and co-founder of the Partido Popular Democrático de Puerto Rico (Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico), [36] Jaime Fuster Berlingeri, an associate justice of ...
Juan Ponce de León II, 28th governor of Puerto Rico, grandson of the first governor, and the first born in the island to become governor.. In the governor's absence, or if the governor dies or is unable to perform the executive duties, the Secretary of State of Puerto Rico takes control of the executive position, as acting governor during a temporary absence or inability, and as governor in ...
1980 Puerto Rico elections (3 P) S. 1980 in Puerto Rican sports (2 P) Pages in category "1980 in Puerto Rico" This category contains only the following page.
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Anthony "Tony" Tursi (February 16, 1901 – April 22, 1989) was an Italian-American organized crime figure associated with San Juan, Puerto Rico from the 1950s to the 1970s. Within the history of crime in Puerto Rico , he attracted notice primarily for owning the notable nightclub La Riviera .
The settlement of La Parguera was established as a villa pesquera (fishing village) in 1825. [4]Parguera was in Spain's gazetteers [5] until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States.
The territory organized under the name Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico – adjusted, in English, to "Commonwealth of Puerto Rico", as the archipelago was not a full state (Estado). [99] That same year marked the first time that the Flag of Puerto Rico could be publicly displayed, rather than being subject to the 10-year prison sentence ...