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Sandra María Esteves
Sandra María Esteves is one of the few female voices that was part of the well-known Nuyorican poetry movement during its early years in the 1970s in New York City.
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Felipe Gutiérrez y Espinosa
Maestro Gutiérrez, as he was called by his disciples, distinguished himself as the most outstanding Puerto Rican musician and composer of the 19th century.
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Ana Otero Hernández
Ana Otero Hernández was known as the successor to the great pianist Manuel Gregorio Tavárez, in his own words. She was also the first woman in Puerto Rico to conduct an orchestra.
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The Covid-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico
The first reported case of Covid-19 originated in Wuhan, China, on December 31, 2019.
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July 25: a day with many meanings
During the Spanish-American War, U.S. armed forces under the command of General Nelson A. Miles invaded Puerto Rico on July 25, 1898, and took possession of the Island.
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Ana Roqué Géigel de Duprey
Ana Roqué Géigel de Duprey led the fight for women’s rights, especially the right to vote.
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Antonia Sáez Torres
Like many other members of the 1930s generation, she was known for defending teaching in Spanish, the vernacular of Puerto Ricans, at a time in the Island’s history when English was imposed as the main language in the public schools.
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Nazi Blockade of the Caribbean In 1942: Effects on Puerto Rico
Using submarines (“U-boote,” in German) in the Caribbean to attack and stop the flow of war supplies from the Caribbean to the United States and Great Britain, two of Nazi Germany’s enemies, was a strategy to win World War II (1939-1945) put into action by Grand Admiral Karl Döenitz.
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Puerto Rican emigration to Florida
The modern history of Puerto Rican migration to Florida dates to the late 19th century.
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Brief history of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is the smallest of the Greater Antilles and the largest of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea.
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