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Lola Rodríguez de Tió (September 14, 1843 – November 10, 1924) was the first Puerto Rican-born woman poet to establish herself a reputation as a great poet throughout all of Latin America. [1] A believer in women's rights , she was also committed to the abolition of slavery and the independence of Puerto Rico.
Lares was founded on April 26, 1827 by Francisco de Sotomayor and Pedro Vélez Borrero, who named the town after Amador de Lariz, a Spanish nobleman and one of its settlers. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Lares was the location of the Grito de Lares (Cry of Lares) revolt against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico on September 23, 1868.
Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic parish church An annual surfing competition is held at Middles Beach. Isabela (Spanish pronunciation:) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the north-western region of the island, north of San Sebastián; west of Quebradillas; and east of Aguadilla and Moca.
Dorado (Spanish pronunciation:) is a town and municipality on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, 15 miles (24 km) west of San Juan and is located in the northern region of the island, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Toa Alta, east of Vega Alta, and west of Toa Baja.
Magdalena de Kino (Spanish pronunciation: [maɣðaˈlena ðe ˈkino] ⓘ) is a city, part of the surrounding municipality of the same name, located in the Mexican state of Sonora covering approximately 560 square miles (1,460 square kilometers). According to the 2005 census, the city's population was 23,101, and the municipality's was 25,500.
After Trujillo's assassination in 1961, the government changed the name of the monument to "Monumento a los Héroes de la Restauración" (Monument to the Heroes of the Restoration). It is now dedicated to the heroes of the Dominican Restoration War , [ 2 ] fought from 1863 to 1865 against Dominican Loyalist and Spanish forces.
A street in Moca barrio-pueblo, August 2006. Moca is located on the northwest part of the island on the northern karst region of Puerto Rico. [8]Climate: Tropical with hardly noticeable seasonal changes, temperatures in Moca range from highs of between 76 and 98 °F (24 and 37 °C) and lows between 50 and 75 °F (10 and 24 °C).
Quito, officially the Metropolitan District of Quito (Spanish: Distrito Metropolitano de Quito), is a canton in the province of Pichincha, Ecuador. Governance [ edit ]