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Brief history of Puerto Rico
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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  • History
  • 27/06/2021
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Julia De Burgos
Julia De Burgos
The contradictions and complexity of the human being, in constant social interaction, dynamic and conflicting, are some of the themes present in this writer’s poetry.
  • EnciclopediaPR
  • Literature
  • 24/06/2021
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Ramón Emeterio Betances
Ramón Emeterio Betances
Ramón Emeterio Betances Alacán was the son of Felipe Betances, a Dominican immigrant tied to the world of the sugar trade and business, and María del Carmen Alacán, a native of Cabo Rojo.
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  • Sciences
  • 23/05/2021
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Francisco Javier Blanco-Cestero
Francisco Javier Blanco-Cestero
Led multiple environmental and historical conservation projects that helped increase awareness and educate current generations about the value of preserving our heritage for the enjoyment of a better future.
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  • Architecture
  • 23/05/2021
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Brief History of Television in Puerto Rico
Brief History of Television in Puerto Rico
Television in Puerto Rico began in 1954 with the creation of WKAQ Telemundo, Channel 2, and WAPA, Channel 4.
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  • Popular culture
  • 23/05/2021
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Bernardo Vega
Bernardo Vega
The edited and published book of memoirs of Puerto Rican tabaquero (cigar worker), Bernardo Vega, who migrated from Puerto Rico to New York in 1916, when he was 30 years of age, and who lived in the city for over three and a half decades, have unveiled an important period
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  • Diaspora
  • 18/05/2021
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HumanitiesPR: Recent Projects
Objetos con historia: la Colección Teodoro Vidal Santoni
  • 04/05/2021

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