The Taíno world
Taíno culture was the most highly developed in the Caribbean when Columbus reached...
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Category: History
Abolition of Slavery in Puerto Rico
The abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico took place on March 22, 1873, when the Spanish...
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Ponce Coat of Arms
Ponce is both a city and a municipality in southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of...
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Puerto Rican Diaspora
Puerto Rican Diaspora A mass migration of Puerto Ricans from the island territory of Puerto...
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Arecibo telescope collapses, ending 57-year run
The Arecibo Observatory is gone. Its 900-ton instrument platform, suspended above a dish in the karst hills of Puerto Rico, collapsed this morning, at about 8 a.m. local time, says Ramon Lugo, director of the Florida Space Institute at the University of Central Florida, which manages the 57-year-old radio telescope for the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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