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

September 21, 2009

US struggles to keep up in Puerto Rico’s drug war

September 15, 2009

Several employees of American Airlines were among a group of at least 20 people arrested Tuesday on suspicion of aiding a smuggling ring that shipped drugs from Puerto Rico’s main airport to the U.S. mainland.

August 10, 2009

Authorities charged an FBI agent with negligent homicide on Friday in the alleged “friendly fire” shooting death of a Puerto Rican policeman during a gunbattle with kidnappers last year.

June 22, 2009

The Miss Puerto Rico Petite competition stripped the reigning queen of her crown Friday, accusing the young woman of “intolerable conduct” that included threatening and assaulting pageant staff.

May 29, 2009

Puerto Rico: denuncian traslado de juicios a leyes EEUU

December 12, 2008

Comunicado de Prensa: Convención Nacional y Exposición LULAC en San Juán, Puerto Rico.

November 25, 2008

Old U.S. Navy base now a Puerto Rico airport – Jose Aponte de la Torre Airport

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.

July 14, 2008

Animal activists criticize Puerto Rico government’s plans for long-awaited shelter

Smithsonian Takes Us to Puerto Rico

June 4, 2008

Growth of nonnative iguana population give Puerto Ricans a headache

May 28, 2008

Incredible shrinking frogs: The price of deforestation? – in Puerto Rico

May 20, 2008

Beyond the Beach in Puerto Rico

May 7, 2008

The population of wild Puerto Rican parrots, among the most endangered birds in the world, has languished for decades, with several dozen remaining birds unable to break through the bottleneck that prevents their numbers from growing

May 1, 2008

Fourth Annual ACLU Congress On Civil Liberties In Puerto Rico Begins Today

April 16, 2008

Puerto Rico to get $1.28 bln in US stimulus funds

No bail for Puerto Rican nationalist accused in robbery

The Power of Incentives or the Decline of Puerto Ricans in the MLB

April 10, 2008

Latino Speakers Bureau announces the premiere of independent documentary film “The Motivator: The Business of Selling Hope”, where motivational speaker Victor Antonio G. and filmmaker Dan Perez teamed up for a “behind the scenes” look at the business of professional speaking and overcoming adversity at the Rincon International Film Festival in Puerto Rico on April 24th.

April 8, 2008

Former President Bill Clinton Makes Case For Wife On Island Rich In Culture And Delegates

April 7, 2008

Support For Barack Obama Grows In Puerto Rico

Puerto Ricans are ‘Obama people,’ says ex-governor

March 31, 2008

Puerto Rico party creates fund to ease court costs for indicted Gov.

Centennial’s Puerto Rican operations show good growth

March 27, 2008

Puerto Rico governor (and demorcratic superdelegate) Anibal Acevedo Vila indicted on federal criminal charges – On Deadline – USATODAY.com

March 26, 2008

Heavy hitters announced for CMEx Puerto Rico

The president of the Puerto Rico Senate will visit Lee County this week as part of the effort to launch nonstop flights between Fort Myers and San Juan.

March 25, 2008

Puerto Rico Moves Up Primary – (switches from caucus to primary)

Puerto Rican Businesses Take Top Honors at Virgin Islands ADDY Awards

March 24, 2008

Puerto Rico to resume winter baseball season after a year-long shutdown

March 20, 2008

Puerto Rico braces for 30-foot waves

A Puerto Rican Poets Fight With Alzheimers – Jack Agüeros

AT&T Calls Puerto Rico – Homegrown talent graces culturally targeted effort

March 18, 2008

The Clinton Campaign and Puerto Rican Status

Bilingual teachers wanted – Boston schools recruiting in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Painter Rafael Tufino Dies at 85

March 13, 2008

Puerto Rico becomes player in Dem primary

March 11, 2008

Puerto Rico statehood champion quitting politics – Sen. Pedro Rossello

March 9, 2008

Puerto Rico Democrats Seek to Change Contest

March 6, 2008

Puerto Rican Teachers Suspend Strike

Largest Medical Center in Puerto Rico Deploys Force10 Networks in Campuswide Upgrade to Integrate Systems and Patient Records

Puerto Ricans: ‘Foreign in a domestic sense’ – commentary on Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite remarks

AirTran Airways Starts Flights and Knocks Out High Fares in San Juan

March 5, 2008

SBS- MEGA TV To Celebrate Its Launch in Puerto Rico

February 28, 2008

Tough lessons from mean streets in Puerto Rico program

Alleged Puerto Rican militant pleads not guilty to 1983 Connecticut robbery

Strike Deals Blow to Puerto Rico Schools

February 27, 2008

In Puerto Rico, teachers march before Education Department as island petitions for order ending strike

February 26, 2008

Puerto Rico teachers strike sparks clashes, arrests – At least 7 people are arrested in Puerto Rico as colleagues face off with one another.

February 25, 2008

Obama pledges self-determination to Puerto Rico – with independence as an option

John McCain wins all 20 at-large delegates at stake in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico’s Political Melodrama Plays On, With Its Governor in the Lead Role

Puerto Rico looming large in DNC

February 21, 2008

Teachers strike begins in Puerto Rico with clashes between police and demonstrators

February 19, 2008

Puerto Rico bishop calls to preserve marriage

February 18, 2008

Thousands of Puerto Rican teachers stage protest over wages, working conditions

Puerto Rico’s Second City Steps Out – Ponce

Trump plans Puerto Rico golf complex

Baseball falters in Puerto Rico – Interest in the sport is steadily declining in the birthplace of Clemente and many others who became major league stars.

Southwest Floridians debate: Statehood good for Puerto Rico, U.S.?

February 14, 2008

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Governor Anibal Acevedo-Vila Endorses Senator Barack Obama for President

February 13, 2008

Puerto Rican Poll Power

Puerto Rican May Be Extradited to Connecticut

February 11, 2008

”There’s so much anti-immigrant and anti-Hispanic sentiment out there, and this just feeds into it even more,” said Millie Herrera, president of the state Democratic Hispanic Caucus. “We are giving her a week and then we will escalate. We’re not going to drop this.” – about U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite Puerto Rican ‘foreigner’ comment

Daily Kos: Did You Know Puerto Rico Could Determine Our Presidential Nominee?

February 7, 2008

Daddy Yankee to Co-Own a Pro Basketball Team in Puerto Rico

Political leaders criticize Brown-Waite’s ‘foreign’ remark

Trial Ordered In Puerto Rican Pet Massacre, Animal Cruelty Charges Filed In Case Where 80 Pets Were Thrown Off Of A 50 Ft. Bridge

February 4, 2008

Puerto Rico Home of Deadly Syndrome – world’s highest incidence of a fatal type of albinism

FBI Witch Hunt Stokes Puerto Rican Independence Movement – As an anti-terror task force targets three young Puerto Ricans in New York, people take to the streets.

January 31, 2008

Spanish Broadcasting System Hires Salvador Hasbún – Media and Advertising Industry Veteran Appointed Vice President of Sales for SBS Puerto Rico

January 30, 2008

U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite calls Puerto Ricans ‘foreign,’ shouldn’t get rebate

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.

Teachers Threaten Strike in Puerto Rico

Author details contributions of Puerto Ricans – Tony Santiago

January 29, 2008

Puerto Rican Independence Movement under Attack in New York and San Juan

CIRCA Puerto Rico ’08, the first international art fair in the Caribbean and Central America, will be held from April 11 – April 14, 2008 at the new Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan, and will feature over 40 commercial galleries from Puerto Rico, Latin America, the United States, Europe, Canada, and Australia.

January 24, 2008

Puerto Rico gov. allows referendum against gay marriage

Police in Orlando, Puerto Rico look to close gaps

January 22, 2008

Bristol-Myers to Close Puerto Rico Plant

Walgreen to acquire 20 drug stores in Puerto Rico

January 16, 2008

Soccer’s Rodriguez Earns Playing Time With Puerto Rican National Team – Houston sophomore joined team for Olympic qualifying run

January 14, 2008

HIV in Puerto Rico from a Puerto Rican perspective

Tournament dedicated to Chi Chi Rodriguez – Puerto Rico

January 9, 2008

Arrests imminent in Puerto Rican beauty pageant pepper plot

December 31, 2007

Puerto Rico street fest saluting Ricky Martin

December 11, 2007

Puerto Rico to improve treatment of animals after international condemnation, tourism loss

Sick of monkeys running amok, Puerto Rico sends some to Florida

Purdue Announces Partnership with Puerto Rican University

December 6, 2007

Puerto Rico Police Probe Pageant Dispute

December 4, 2007

Aixa Diaz Revisits Her Puerto Rican Hometown – Orlando

No pepper spray found in Puerto Rico pageant case

The Fantastic Four are going to Puerto Rico to battle the legendary Chupacabras

New baseball program will train Puerto Rican players during winter league suspension

Miami Tadpoles Heading To New Home In Puerto Rico

November 27, 2007

Rums of Puerto Rico launches new ad campaign – Hispanic MPR

November 20, 2007

Drug plant closings leave Puerto Rico feeling sick

November 15, 2007

Activists “Die-In” to Save Lives in Puerto Rico

November 14, 2007

Pet Massacres Carried Out in Puerto Rico

AOL Puerto Rico Unplugged (and More)

November 13, 2007

Tapping Hispanic market, Puerto Rican universities branch out in Central Florida

Puerto Rico gives Cotto a hero’s welcome after defending WBA welterweight title

Puerto Rico governor meets with political allies as US corruption probe nears end

Boro Beat: Futuro calls some to Puerto Rico while others party here – New York

November 11, 2007

Govener Spitzer’s Courtesy Call in Puerto Rico

November 6, 2007

CaribeVisión Rolls Out in Puerto Rico

November 4, 2007

Large Ancient Settlement Unearthed in Puerto Rico

October 28, 2007

Artistas legendarios y de nuevas generaciones juntos en concierto en San Juan – Noche de Estrellas de Fidelity 2007

October 23, 2007

A senator’s Puerto Rican friendship draws scrutiny

October 18, 2007

Wanted: Puerto Ricans And Friends Of Puerto Rico To Become Ambassadors

October 17, 2007

William Cepeda unearths Puerto Rico’s musical roots

October 15, 2007

Placido Domingo conducts Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra

Puerto Rico Episcopal diocese to mark 100 years tending ‘body and soul’

October 11, 2007

Puerto Rico’s alt-rock Circo channel their inner Juan Gabriel

October 10, 2007

Win a chance to dance onstage in San Juan with Wisin & Yandel – from Latina Magazine and Pepsi

October 9, 2007

QUOTE: “They built 160 sterilization clinics,” Rosie Perez said. “The women would work a full day and then get sterilized and be back at work the next day. They told the women they were doing their patriotic duty; they didn’t tell them the procedure could not be reversed.” – (this did happen in Puerto Rico, I recently learned)

October 8, 2007

Puerto Rican exodus to U.S. related to both world wars

October 3, 2007

Coors Lawsuit Dismissed in Puerto Rico

October 1, 2007

La Operación documents sterilization – a film about the systematic sterilization of Puerto Rican women by their government, often without their knowledge – Operation Bootstrap 30s to the 80s (I had no idea)

September 30, 2007

Visitors to Puerto Rico scoop up castoff dogs

Army recruiters faced with protesters in Puerto Rico

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.

September 27, 2007

Puerto Rican doctor in fraud probe now accused in infant death

September 19, 2007

Wanted: Puerto Ricans and Friends of Puerto Rico to Become Ambassadors

September 18, 2007

Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority Awards TransCore A Five-Year Contract Extension to Expand Toll System: Orders Additional 500k RFID eGo Tags

September 15, 2007

Puerto Rican independence activist gets island citizenship ID – Juan Mari Bras

September 13, 2007

Countdown to the Largest Gathering of Leading Hispanic and International Businesses

September 12, 2007

More than 50 years of Puerto Rican fine art is surveyed in “Puerto Rican Art: Image of a Culture” on view through Oct. 28 at the Orlando Museum of Art.

August 21, 2007

Puerto Rico Winter League folds – Financial hardship dooms 69-year-old organization

August 16, 2007

Puerto Rico, U.S. struggle for middle ground

August 9, 2007

Film vindicates forgotten World War II Boricua fighters

August 1, 2007

Juan Luis Guerra actuará en Puerto Rico – Se presentará el 9 de octubre en el Coliseo José Miguel Agrelot, en esta capital.

“Zona Y” en Puerto Rico

July 30, 2007

Puerto Rico party seeks UN aid on status

July 26, 2007

Puerto Rico Operator to Overlay CDMA Network with GSM

July 25, 2007

NCLR and AECF Make Puerto Rico’s Children Count in New Report on Child Well-Being

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

July 24, 2007

Jennifer Lopez, Anthony arrive in Puerto Rico

July 18, 2007

Puerto Rico aims to strengthen faltering AIDS treatment program

July 12, 2007

MONTE NEGRO SET TO OPEN FOR GWEN STEFANI in Puerto Rico – July 18, 2007

July 11, 2007

Puerto Rico’s turning out Caribs best – in terms of food

July 10, 2007

World Premiere & PBS Broadcast of The Borinqueneers

July 9, 2007

A Special Latin Beat – WAPA

July 2, 2007

Daddy Yankee creates Corazon Guerrero foundation – Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

June 28, 2007

Puerto Rican Student Participates in Unique NASA Internship at Goddard Space Flight Center

Puerto Rican governor target of probe

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

June 13, 2007

Dish Adds TuTv in Puerto Rico

June 5, 2007

Puerto Rico’s AIDS Care in Disarray Over Funds

May 31, 2007

Catholic Church in Puerto Rico is looking to rekindle faith, regain identity, archbishop says

May 21, 2007

Puerto Rico tackling childhood obesity – (26% of youth are obese)

May 7, 2007

DVD La Musica de Rafael Hernandez

May 2, 2007

CIT Provides $95 Million in Financing for Major Hispanic TV Network Acquisition

April 24, 2007

Cristina Saralegui to Host Show in Puerto Rico During AARPs Feria de la Segunda Juventud

April 23, 2007

Puerto Rico to Build Artificial Reef, Nature Reserve

April 16, 2007

Spirit launches second Puerto Rican connection

April 5, 2007

First Phase of 2010 Census Begins in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico, Central Florida join crime fight

April 3, 2007

AARP Presents Latino Music Celebrities at First Ever National Hispanic Event

March 29, 2007

Juniper Content Corporation’s ¡SORPRESA Network Signs Five Year Carriage Agreement with Largest Cable System in Puerto Rico

March 26, 2007

Big business may keep Puerto Rico from statehood

Puerto Rican voting rights beg confusion

March 22, 2007

AARP Announces First Ever National Hispanic Event in Puerto Rico

March 19, 2007

Intuivel, LLC Presents in Puerto Rico, a Course of Intuitive Intelligence for Total Success

March 9, 2007

Book presents portrait, explores history of Puerto Ricans in United States – Hispanic MPR

March 8, 2007

US rejects Puerto Rico AIDS programme

March 6, 2007

Puerto Rican ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces takes effect

February 27, 2007

Puerto Rican Sun – Tristán Reyes

February 13, 2007

Puerto Rican official: Tie funding to English classes

February 7, 2007

Latino Commission on Aids Urges HRSA to Fix Puerto Rico Aids Crisis

January 26, 2007

Old San Juan, for the Young – (Traveling with the family to Puerto Rico)

January 25, 2007

E. Mercado del Toro, 115; oldest person – passes away in Puerto Rico

January 24, 2007

Cockfighting remains a popular tradition in Puerto Rico

January 18, 2007

Puerto Rico governor lures U.S. biotechs

The Comcast Foundation Supports the National Puerto Rican Coalition’s College to Career C2C Program

January 17, 2007

Héctor “El Father” Promises Fun

Puerto Rican killings may bring out National Guard

January 12, 2007

Puerto Rican officials ask U.S. judges to force FBI to release raid documents

January 9, 2007

Statements by Frank Lopez, President and CEO and Massey Villarreal, Chairman of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation Regarding the Upcoming 1st Annual Doing Business in Puerto Rico Summit

Edward James Olmos blames U.S., Puerto Rico for delay in Vieques cleanup

January 8, 2007

Violence strikes Puerto Rico

Chenoa Returns to Puerto Rico

January 7, 2007

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Expands into Puerto Rico

December 17, 2006

Cisneros Groups Venevision Internationals Film Channel “VeneMovies’ Expands to Puerto Rico

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