U.S. need for bilingual speakers lures Puerto Ricans
Tagged: bilingual, Doctor, police, Puerto Rican, teacher“Police officers to Baltimore. Nurses to Florida. Teachers to Las Vegas.
Spanish-speaking professionals and other skilled workers are flocking to the mainland from this U.S. Caribbean territory, lured by better-paying jobs and depriving Puerto Rico of those with the most-needed skills, including doctors.
Puerto Rico has long provided a labor force for the United States, starting in the early 1900s with those who left to work on sugar and pineapple plantations in Hawaii.”
Source: More information in English / Mas informacíon en Ingles
Fuente Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish
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October 29th, 2006
Fuente Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish
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