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When I Was Puerto Rican is a 1993 autobiography written by Puerto Rican native Esmeralda Santiago. It is the first of three installments, [ 1 ] followed by Almost a Woman and The Turkish Lover . This first book begins by describing Santiago's life in Macún, a sector of Candelaria barrio in Toa Baja , Puerto Rico . [ 2 ]
March 11 – Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States. March 13–14 – The Great Blizzard of 1993 strikes the eastern United States, bringing record snowfall and other severe weather all the way from Cuba to Quebec; the storm kills 318 people.
May 21: The Miss Universe 1993 contest was held at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City. May 24: Roman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo and five other people are assassinated in a shootout at Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport. [5] September 3: Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte founded per presidential ...
Lopez is one of the all-time greatest female golfers. She was the best player in the game from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. The golfer won 48 LPGA Tour events, including three championships ...
Jon Secada won the Grammy Award and three Lo Nuestro Awards in 1993. [2]Winners were announced before the live audience during the ceremony. Cuban singer Jon Secada was the most nominated performer, with five nominations, including Pop Album (), Male Artist, New Artist, Pop Song ("Angel"), and Video of the Year ("Otro Día Más Sin Verte"). [2]
28 January: Journalist Nieves Herrero (in the reality show De tú a tú in Antena 3), interviews the parents of the murdered girls in the Alcácer Case the very same day their bodies are found, which unleashes a strong controversy and opens a debate on the limits of journalistic ethics.
This is a list of political offices which have been held by a woman, with details of the first woman holder of each office. It is ordered by the countries in South America and by dates of appointment. Please observe that this list is meant to contain only the first woman to hold of a political office, and not all the female holders of that office.
Mexico has elected its first female president — a U.S.-educated climate scientist and former mayor whose landslide victory Sunday reflects both the continued dominance of the country's ruling ...