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November 5, 2009
Borimix: Puerto Rico Fest 2009 – A Celebration of Puerto Rican Heritage – NYC
October 28, 2009
The Other Latina on CNN – half Puerto Rican Jane Velez-Mitchell and her book
October 27, 2009
Puerto Rican Consumers are available for US Sweepstakes participation
October 26, 2009
Really Great Report on Latino USA on Puerto Rican Crisis
October 23, 2009
The Division Street Business Development Association Celebrates 25 Years of Servicing Local Businesses in Humboldt Park, Chicago – DSBDA cordially invites you to the 25th Anniversary Banquet
October 17, 2009
Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel were the big winners of Los Premios MTV Latin America 2009, where together they took the Artist of the Year trophy.
October 15, 2009
Hundreds of Thousands of Puerto Rican Workers, Faith Leaders, Students and Citizens to Unite in Hato Rey on October 15 – National March Will Protest Massive Cuts in Essential Public Services; Republican Administration Under Investigation for Civil Rights Violations Against High School Students
October 9, 2009
The National Congress for Puerto Rican rights is holding its’ national conference at Temple University this weekend.
Latino principal credits Reading bilingual program for his success – Puerto Rican Salvador Sepulveda Jr. story
THE BORINQUENEERS — Winners of the 2009 Orlando Hispanic Film Festival Audience Award
October 7, 2009
ESMERALDA SANTIAGO, ELVIRA LINDO, ANNECY BAEZ AT THE NEW YORK TIMES – OCTOBER 13 (6 – 8 P.M.) – panel discussion “Women’s Voices in a Latino New York”
September 29, 2009
Puerto Rican unions called a general strike for Oct. 15 in response to the dismissal of 17,000 public employees.
September 24, 2009
The reform of the Puerto Rican legislature currently underway seeks to reduce by almost half the number of lawmakers, one of the chief objectives of the administration of Gov. Luis Fortuño.
September 22, 2009
Puerto Rican Comedy Star to Launch New Show on WAPA Television and WAPA America – Sunshine Logrono
Internationally acclaimed artistsSet to Perform in El Barrio For Freedom CD Release Party – Yomo Toro, Roy Brown, Zon del Barrio, Siete Nueve & The Welfare Poets take a musical stand for the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners
September 17, 2009
Data and Resources: Country of Origin Profiles – Pew Hispanic Center
Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Kany García has plenty of reasons to be happy. Her sophomore album, Boleto de Entrada, is coming out on September 22 and the first single, “Feliz,” has already received the thumbs up from critics.
September 15, 2009
VivirLatino Familia Grows Just in Time for Latino Heritage Month – Bianca Laureano
Asthma affects about 33 Puerto Rican children for every two non-Latino Caucasian children.
Danny Rivera latest Puerto Rican to join Juanes’ lineup for Cuba gig
September 10, 2009
Q&A: Kany García Talks About her Upcoming Album “Boleto de Entrada”
September 9, 2009
Dainamite: He’s Explosive – Meet the hardest-working MC on the Miami reggaeton scene.
September 8, 2009
In hard times, some Puerto Ricans choose life back on island – Cultural nuances, such as strong family ties that provide a safety net, and a potentially lower cost of living, make it easier to endure hard times.
September 2, 2009
A celebration of Puerto Rican culture in Central Park – Fiesta Folklorica – NYC
August 24, 2009
Could Mildred Fernández become Florida Orange County’s first Puerto Rican mayor?
August 16, 2009
Dr. Laird W. Bergad, whose landmark research on slave-based plantation societies has broadened historical understanding of Puerto Rico, Cuba and Brazil, has been named a Distinguished Professor of Latin American and Puerto Rican Studies at Lehman College.
August 13, 2009
A jury in U.S. federal court has convicted four Puerto Rican police officers in the beating death of a man in their custody.
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.
August 8, 2009
Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in Saturday morning as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court in a brief ceremony that completed a remarkable ascent for a Puerto Rican girl from the South Bronx .
August 7, 2009
For Puerto Ricans, Sotomayor’s Success Stirs Pride
August 6, 2009
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus applauds the United States Senate for confirming Judge Sonia Sotomayor as Associate Justice on the nation’s Supreme Court.
August 4, 2009
Calle 13 Invites Fans To Embrace The Ugly – Calle 13 is one of the most popular hip-hop groups to come out of Puerto Rico. The duo has gained the love of its countrymen and the attention of fans all over the world by using its music to talk honestly about the lives of Puerto Ricans.
August 3, 2009
A funeral is being held Monday for former New York state Sen. Olga Mendez. She was the first Puerto Rican woman elected to a state legislature in the mainland United States.
July 29, 2009
Olga A. Méndez, First Puerto Rican Woman Elected To U.S. State Legislature, Dead At 83
July 27, 2009
“RANDY JACKSON PRESENTS AMERICA’S BEST DANCE CREW” this season with Afroborike, a Latin salsa crew comprised of Cuban & Puerto Rican dancers
July 23, 2009
A House committee approved a proposal Wednesday that would let Puerto Ricans decide their island’s political status. It was unclear whether the full Congress would consider the bill.
Sandra Posadas, Vida Bella y La Voz Puertorriquena
July 20, 2009
Ensconced in the Bronx – José Diaz-Oyola
July 15, 2009
Jeff Sessions’s seemingly unprompted reference to a Sotomayor colleague as “of Puerto Rican ancestry” has irked the head of one of the country’s oldest Hispanic organizations. Lillian Rodriguez- Lopez, president of the Hispanic Federation
July 13, 2009
New Pew Hispanic Fact Sheet: Puerto Ricans in the United States, 2007 – Some 4.1 million Puerto Ricans resided in the US in 2007
Puerto Ricans tuned in to Sonia Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearings on Monday to cheer on the judge with local roots whose nomination to the Supreme Court has boosted pride across the island.
July 11, 2009
Puerto Rican southpaw Jonathan Sanchez hurls no-hitter for San Francisco Giants
June 29, 2009
Luis Pizarro, an actor and producer who was born in the Bronx to Puerto Rican parents, has parlayed his work repossessing automobiles from delinquent debtors into a successful television program.
June 23, 2009
Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic will launch joint multi-destination tourism packages that could come on the market starting in September, Puerto Rican tourism authorities announced Monday.
June 22, 2009
For Puerto Rican veterans, an honor years in the making – Korean War regiment (Army’s 65th Infantry Regiment) to be lauded in Worcester
June 18, 2009
Justicia!: Sotomayor and the Long March of Puerto Rican History
Podcast – Caridad Fernandez is a true Latina Beauty. Professional model, and founder, president and CEO of Unica – Centro de Refinamiento, the largest modeling agency in Puerto Rico
June 16, 2009
One On 1: Civil Right Attorney Cesar Perales Discusses The Latino Struggle – In 1972, he helped start the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, now called Latino Justice PRLDEF
June 15, 2009
Thousands crowd NYC streets for Puerto Rican parade
June 11, 2009
Polito Vega still andando – Radio legend marks 50 yrs. on the air, has no plans to retire
The legendary Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre is joining in the parade festivities this weekend, hosting the restaging of the popular Boricua-themed play “Borinquen Vive en El Barrio.” – NYC Puerto Rican Day Parade
Lin-Manuel Miranda might have risen to fame, thanks to his role as the Dominicano Usnavi in his Tony-winning musical “In the Heights,” but he is, of course, a pureblood Boricua. Miranda will be showing his pride Sunday at the parade aboard the American Airlines float. – NYC Puerto Rican Day Parade
If Sonia Sotomayor becomes the next associate justice of the Supreme Court, she will find a family of two fellow Puerto Rican New Yorkers waiting for her in Congress. Reps. José Serrano (D-N.Y.) and Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.)
‘Puerto Rican Hysteria’ is back! – Among the many stereotypes about Latinos perpetuated by popular culture is that of the so-called “Latin temper.”
June 8, 2009
Thousands watch Long Island’s Puerto Rican/Hispanic Day parade
June 2, 2009
June is Puerto Rican party time in NYC
May 30, 2009
Puerto Rico Sun Radio chats with boricua actress Jazmin Caratini
May 27, 2009
Cardozo was first, but was he Hispanic? – Sonia Sotomayor’s Puerto Rican heritage would make her the first Hispanic to serve on the nation’s highest court — unless you count Benjamin Cardozo, who was on the court from 1932 to 1938.
March 23, 2009
I was noting, not slamming, first Puerto Rican in space
March 13, 2009
Puerto Rican hopeful Jorge Nunez bid farewell to American Idol Wednesday night after a disappointing rendition of The Jackson 5’s Never Can Say Goodbye
March 11, 2009
MTV’s ‘I’m a Nuyorican’ not getting El Barrio love – has only managed to spark a lot of drama.
Puerto Rican not the first Latino in space – Joseph Acaba
March 10, 2009
Puerto Rican Joseph Acaba ready to launch in NASA’s space shuttle on Wednesday
January 21, 2009
Former light-heavyweight world champion, Olympic silver medalist and author Jose Torres died Monday of a heart attack at his home in Puerto Rico at the age of 72, his wife, Ramonita, said.
December 18, 2008
Advertising industry pioneer Premier Maldonado passed away Saturday in San Juan.
“Esta Navidad,” a song written and performed by pianist Arthur Hanlon and sung by Puerto Rican pop artist Janina, is the Christmas theme song for several local Univision TV stations
Cleveland Latino leader Angel Guzman was bridge to all cultures’
Cleveland leaders, Latinos honor Angel Guzman
December 12, 2008
Fundar hace cuatro décadas el Teatro Rodante Puertorriqueño fue un “gran reto que valió la pena” y, aunque se han cosechado muchos éxitos, aún queda un largo camino que recorrer, según su fundadora, la actriz Miriam Colón Valle, homenajeada hoy en Nueva York.
El puertorriqueño Juan Meléndez, que pasó diecisiete años, ocho meses y un día en una prisión esperando a ser ejecutado por un crimen que no cometió, relató hoy a Efe cómo se vive en el corredor de la muerte.
Puerto Rican Art Now-with Antonio Martorell Presented at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum Dec. 12
“Puerto Rican Folkloric Jazz: Barriles de Bomba,” a musical production featuring a fusion of the Puerto Rican folk rhythm bomba and jazz, has recently been nominated as the Best Latin Jazz Album of 2008 by Latin Jazz Corner.
December 5, 2008
Lucía González and Lulu Delacre, author and illustrator of The Storyteller’s Candle / La velita de los cuentos, celebrate the remarkable efforts of New York City’s first Latina librarian, Pura Belpré, in her native Puerto Rico.
A federal judge ordered a Puerto Rican lawmaker, Sen. Jorge de Castro Font, to be jailed ahead of his corruption trial, ruling Thursday that he violated his bail by contacting a government witness.
December 3, 2008
Rivera to Paterson: I Told You So – Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera calls on Governor Paterson to reject the recommendations for Chief Judge and releases letter sent earlier this year to the Governor warning of lack of Hispanics serving as judges throughout New York
Dallas Mavs TV color man Bob Ortegal might have gone a bit overboard when he called J.J. Barea “the Puerto Rican A.I.,” but the lil’ guy has given folks reason to get excited recently.
BERNIE WILLIAMS ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR SECOND ALBUM — MOVING FORWARD – SET FOR RELEASE APRIL 14, 2009 – Puerto Rican NY Yankees star
A Taste of Puerto Rico in Cities Across the Land – Elaine Quiros sells pasteles to more than 150 clients. Says one of her customers, “She’s on her game, no doubt about it.”
December 2, 2008
DePaul Partnership With Puerto Rican Cultural Center Wins Top Prize of $15,000 From Illinois Campus Compact
November 25, 2008
Volusia County’s Supervisor of Elections is being sued by a voter who says ballots should be available in Spanish for Puerto Rican citizens who do not speak English. – Florida
November 21, 2008
El festival Borimix, creado por La Sociedad Educativa para las Artes (SEA) en el 2005, ha crecido en pocos años para presentar ahora un programa en el que además de teatro hay exposiciones de artes visuales, recitales de música, actividades para niños, poesía y una muestra de cine.
November 19, 2008
Puertorriqueños de Chicago tienen un “pedacito de patria” en el Paseo Boricua
La agrupación puertorriqueña de merengue Grupomanía y sus cantantes Alfred Cotto y los hermanos Banchy y Oscar Serrano sacan hoy al mercado su nueva producción, “15 años de corazón”, con la que esperan “conquistar al público joven”.
November 11, 2008
Gov. David Paterson Woos The Puerto Rican Vote, Side-Steps Statehood while in Puerto Rico
November 10, 2008
SNPs Affect Folate Metabolism in Study of Puerto Rican Adults
October 20, 2008
Two first-time authors bring fresh Boricua lit right from the streets – Iván Sánchez, autor of the memoir “Next Stop.” + Daniel Serrano, author of the novel “Gunmetal Black.”
October 6, 2008
New York’s Puerto Rican defense fund expands – changing name to Latino Justice P.R.L.D.E.F
September 26, 2008
Harlem Globetrotters signs first-ever Puerto Rican Player – Orlando “El Gato” Melendez
September 24, 2008
Hilda Arteaga, leader among Latinos – was a walking history of the Puerto Rican presence in Philadelphia.
September 23, 2008
September 27 – 28, 2008 marks the third annual Fiesta del Coquí at the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens sponsored by Rumba 100.3 and La Preciosa 740 AM.
September 22, 2008
With a population of about 162,900 citywide, Ecuadoreans are New York’s fourth largest Hispanic contingent, behind Puerto Ricans (770,100), Dominicans (587,330) and Mexicans (260,620), according to the census.
September 21, 2008
Smithsonian Latin Center Pays Tribute to Puerto Rican Culture
September 16, 2008
Manny Manuel asks that his privacy be respected – After his sister’s suicide, the Puerto Rican asked for privacy so he can grieve the loss
Colby O’Donis’ Debut Album Colby O in Stores Today; Collaboration With Akon Features Hit ‘What You Got’ and Second Single ‘Don’t Turn Back,’ Produced by Clinton Sparks
September 15, 2008
“In Puerto Rico where you all come from over 85 percent of the people turn out to vote in every single election, and somehow when we move to the mainland we try to keep our language, we try to keep out lechon asado (roast pork) we certainly keep our music, but sometimes we forget the one of the important things about being Puerto Rican is that we register to vote and you turn out to vote in huge numbers. And unfortunately up here on the mainland only twenty or thirty percent of Puerto Ricans register and vote in the elections and that’s like giving away part of being Puerto Rican.” said McClintock.
Puerto Rico’s Senate President Urges Hispanics to Register, Vote – Sen. Kenneth D. McClintock
September 12, 2008
Puerto Rico Film Screening-Benefit For FMPR Puerto Rican Teachers
September 10, 2008
Señor Big Ed in Cypress: Hearty helpings of Puerto Rican specialties – The Orange County restaurant takes you on a Puerto Rico trip with thoroughly satisfying comfort food.
September 9, 2008
The death Friday of Officer Isabel Nazario was particularly painful among the Police Department’s Latinos and in the city’s Puerto Rican community, who remembered her as a doting mother and friend, as a tough professional, and as a pioneer. – Philadelphia
September 8, 2008
New documentary focuses on historical role of Puerto Ricans in Chicago – Their journey was marked by constant struggle and displacement from gentrifying areas
