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The literature of the Puerto Rican diaspora
The literature of the Puerto Rican diaspora
During the first half of the 20th century, the literary production of the Puerto Rican population in the United States, which lived mainly in New York City in those decades, was quite limited.
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  • Diaspora
  • 24/06/2021
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Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center, Ponce
Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center, Ponce
In the Tibes area of Ponce is one of the oldest indigenous archaeological sites in the Caribbean. It consists of 12 stone structures, including ceremonial plazas, bateys and foundations, of which only nine have been restored.
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  • Archeology
  • 01/06/2021
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Jesús Abraham “Tato” Laviera
Jesús Abraham “Tato” Laviera
Among the performing poets of the Nuyorican movement, a popularized coined term to identity a New York Puerto Rican, adopted by these writers, and which led to the founding of the Nuyorican Poets Café in 1975, Tato Laviera was one of the best known.
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  • Diaspora
  • 23/05/2021
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The Two Epidemics of Bubonic Plague in Puerto Rico, 1912 and 1921
The Two Epidemics of Bubonic Plague in Puerto Rico, 1912 and 1921
The increased speed and size of the merchant ships of the late 19th century allowed the spread in Puerto Rico of a little-remembered pandemic, the bubonic plague.
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  • Public Health
  • 23/05/2021
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Piri Thomas
Piri Thomas
He was one of the first second generation Puerto Rican writers of the diaspora to publish an autobiographical novel about his experiences as a black Puerto Rican, born and raised in New York’s El Barrio (Spanish Harlem) during the years of the Great Depression.
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  • Diaspora
  • 23/05/2021
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Thelma Ithier Sterling
Thelma Ithier Sterling
This Puerto Rican soprano has distinguished herself both in musical theater and in concerts.
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  • Music
  • 23/05/2021
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The Puerto Rican Diaspora in the United States: Its Population and Historical Evolution
The Puerto Rican Diaspora in the United States: Its Population and Historical Evolution
In 2018, the Puerto Rican population in the United States reached 5.8 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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  • Diaspora
  • 20/05/2021
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HumanitiesPR: Recent Projects
Objetos con historia: la Colección Teodoro Vidal Santoni
  • 04/05/2021

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