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Zoilo Cajigas Sotomayor (June 28, 1858 – 1962) was a Puerto Rican santero, a folk artist who makes religious statuettes of saints and biblical figures known as santos. He was known for his piety and adherence to traditional Hispanic folk art methods. Many examples of his work exist in the Museo de los Santos de Palo in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Santos Primo Amadeo Semidey (June 9, 1902 – August 25, 1980), a.k.a. "Champion of Hábeas Corpus," was an attorney and law professor at the University of Puerto Rico, a Senator in the Puerto Rico legislature, [1] and counsel to the American Civil Liberties Union branch in Puerto Rico, established in 1937.
San Juan de Puerto Rico (auxiliary) [67] 63: Hermín Negrón Santana: 52 56 61: 1981: San Juan de Puerto Rico (auxiliary) [68] 64: Álvaro Corrada del Río [k] CQ1 CR1 CS1: 1985: Washington (auxiliary), III Tyler, II Mayagüez [69] 65: Roberto González Nieves ‡ [l] CT1 CM2 52: 1988: Boston (auxiliary), VI Corpus Christi, LI San Juan de ...
Arrigoitia was the first person at the University of Puerto Rico to earn a master's degree in the field of history. In 2010, her book, Puerto Rico Por Encima de Todo: Vida y Obra de Antonio R. Barcelo, 1868–1938, was recognized among the best in the category of "research and criticism" and awarded a first place prize by the Ateneo ...
La amante de Gardel: A review by Daniel Torres. [20] Daniel Torres, professor at Ohio University, reviews La amante de Gardel by Mayra Santos-Febres, a novel exploring race, gender, and diaspora in 1930s Puerto Rico. The story intertwines the fictional romance between Carlos Gardel, the Franco-Argentine singer, and Micaela Thorné, a black ...
Teresita A. Levy's Puerto Ricans in the Empire: The History of Tobacco Cultivation in Puerto Rico, 1898-1940, a study of the tobacco-growing regions in the eastern and western highlands of Puerto Rico, is the first book to tell how Puerto Ricans challenged United States officials and fought successfully for legislation that benefited the island ...
Juan Alonso was in Spain's gazetteers [6] until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States.
Cabezas de San Juan Nature Reserve consists mainly of a large peninsula located in the north-westernmost corner of Puerto Rico and its surrounding bodies of water. The reserve is connected to the west to Seven Seas State Park (Parque Nacional Seven Seas) and the Northeast Ecological Corridor, and by sea in the east to La Cordillera Reef Nature Reserve, a large protected marine area consisting ...