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The name given to Puerto Rico people by Puerto Ricans. [3] bregar To work on a task, to do something with effort and dedication. [9] broki brother or friend. [5] cafre a lowlife. Comes from Arabic (Arabic: كافر , romanized: Kafir). cangri A badass, hunk or hottie. [10] An influential person. [11] From English congressman. [7] cariduro
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Rivera Morales was born in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico on May 14, 1923. He was inducted in the Hall of Fame for Puerto Rican Sports on November 22, 1992. In 1998 the Government of Puerto Rico honored Rivera by naming a main highway after him: PR-181 Road, "Expreso Manuel Rivera Morales", also known as "El Expreso de Trujillo Alto" (Trujillo Alto Expressway).
First Lady or First Gentleman of Puerto Rico, a.k.a. Primera Dama o Primer Caballero de Puerto Rico in Spanish, is the official title given by the government of Puerto Rico to the spouse of the governor of Puerto Rico or the relatives of the governor, should the holder be unmarried. The governor's spouse leads the Office of the First Lady or ...
Julia Constanza Burgos García (February 17, 1914 – July 6, 1953), also known as Julia de Burgos, was a Puerto Rican poet, journalist, independista, Nuyorican, and teacher. [1] As an advocate of Puerto Rican independence, she served as Secretary General of the Daughters of Freedom, the women's branch of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. [2]
Puerto Ricans are amazing people and amazing Americans!” Democrats brought in U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is Puerto Rican, and the vice presidential nominee, Tim Walz, to blast the joke.
Pedro Albizu Campos (June 29, 1893 [2] – April 21, 1965) was a Puerto Rican attorney and politician, and a leading figure in the Puerto Rican independence movement.He was the president and spokesperson of the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico from 1930 until his death.
A famous episode had a young Alida Arizmendi, later a Puerto Rican legislator, confronting him while he tried to sneak into an all-female gym; "Speedy González", an extremely fast gibberish-talking handyman, who would always charge US$10.00 for his services (later increased to US$20.00 because of inflation).