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The United States ideal of small, patriarchal families also impacted the contemporary Puerto Rican family structure in policy. In an attempt to demolish poverty in shantytowns, the Puerto Rico Housing Authority established public housing by example of United States policy. [13]
Alma Rivera (voiced by Summer Rose Castillo) is an optimistic 6-year-old Puerto Rican-American girl. She seems to role as the leader of the group. She likes solving problems. Her favorite baseball team is the Sweat Sox. In "Alma Goes to Puerto Rico", it was stated that she's named after her great-grandmother.
La Familia (Spanish for 'The Family') is the name of a mural by Puerto Rican muralist Rafael Ríos Rey located in the Barrio Obrero Community Center (Centro de Servicios Múltiples de Barrio Obrero) in Santurce, in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The mural depicts various scenes from the history of Puerto Rico with references to the popular ...
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Esmeralda Santiago (born May 17, 1948) [1] is a Puerto Rican author known for her narrative memoirs and trans-cultural writing. [2] Her impact extends beyond cultivating narratives as she paves the way for more coming-of-age stories about being a Latina in the United States, alongside navigating cultural dissonance through acculturation.
The novel is divided into two parts, tracing the family's story in Puerto Rico, and then New Jersey. The first half of the novel, in Puerto Rico, is characterized by descriptions of tropical flora and fauna and the vibrant river valley surrounding the home of Rosa, the adolescent Guzmán's young love interest. The novel's setting is conveyed ...
Non-Spanish cultural diversity in Puerto Rico and the basic foundation of Puerto Rican culture began with the mixture of the Spanish-Portuguese (catalanes, gallegos, andaluces, sefardíes, mozárabes, romani et al.), Taíno Arauak and African (Yoruba, Bedouins, Egyptians, Ethiopians, Moroccan Jews, et al.) cultures in the beginning of the 16th century.
Juan Bobo is a folkloric character on the island of Puerto Rico.For nearly two centuries a collection of books, songs, riddles and folktales have developed around him. . Hundreds of children's books have been written about Juan Bobo in English and