Did You Know + Puerto Rico Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

September 15, 2009

Asthma affects about 33 Puerto Rican children for every two non-Latino Caucasian children.

November 17, 2008

The 65th Infantry Regiment is the only all-Hispanic unit in the history of the U.S. Army. It was created in 1899 to help re-establish law and order on Puerto Rico following its seizure during the Spanish-American War, according to information from the city. The regiment participated in World War I, World War II and the Korean War.

September 10, 2008

Today in 1945 – Grammy Award winning guitarist and singer, José Feliciano born in Lares, Puerto Rico

June 12, 2008

Did You Know? In 2006, there were an estimated one million children on the island of Puerto Rico. This represents a larger child population than that of about half of the states in the United States.

January 30, 2008

Did You Know? Puerto Ricans were granted American citizenship in 1917.

Did You Know? The starting salary for a teacher in Puerto Rico is $19,200 — lower than any U.S. state and about a third less than the average on the mainland.

October 1, 2007

Did You Know? In 1936, 6.5 percent of Puerto Rican women had been sterilized. By 1953, 20 percent of women had the operation. By 1980, one-third of the women on the island had been sterilized.

September 30, 2007

Did You Know? Pentagon statistics show 37 service members from the island (Puerto Rico) have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Anti-war groups say the figure exceeds 80, including Puerto Ricans based on the U.S. mainland.

July 25, 2007

Did You Know? Today (The 25th of July, 2007) Puerto Rico commemorates fifty-five years of the promulgation of the Constitution of the Commonwealth

June 26, 2007

Did You Know? Puerto Rico’s Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Markets Total Value Is Expected to Reach US$2.01Bn by Year-End 2010

February 27, 2007

Did You Know? Puerto Rican’s who work in the US and move back to Puerto Rico can’t get their Social Security benefits.