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The institution opened in 1933 [2] under the government of James R. Beverley, and came to substitute the Puerto Rico Prison established by Spaniards in the 19th century. On April 17, 1991, a spectacular escape occurred which involved landing a helicopter in the prison, and some inmates escaped.
Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán (Latin American Spanish: [saˈul ˈalβaɾes]; born 18 July 1990), commonly known as Canelo or Saúl Álvarez, [2] is a Mexican professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes , from light middleweight to light heavyweight , including unified titles in three of those weight ...
The most recent major boxing fight between a Mexican and Puerto Rican boxer was a 12 round bout between Canelo Alvarez (Mexico) and Edgar Berlanga (Puerto Rico), which took place on September 14 2024 with Canelo winning by unanimous decision continuing the rivalry.
Documentary on Alicia Alonso and her company the Ballet Nacional de Cuba: Nosotros, el pueblo de Puerto Rico - No a la planta de carbón en Aguada: Marcos Zurinaga: Documentary: A Life of Sin: Efraín López Neris: Míriam Colón, José Ferrer, Raúl Juliá, Miguel Ángel Suárez, Henry Darrow: Life of Isabel la Negra [2] Dios los cría ...
In the morning of November 29, 1995, García was allegedly working in a coffee plantation in the Castañer ward of Lares, Puerto Rico. Police arrived at 7:20 am and Officer Luis Rosa Merced of the Puerto Rico Police Department shot the notorious criminal in the genitals. According to the police report, García resisted the arrest and tried to ...
Canales was born in Jayuya, Puerto Rico, as Blanca Canales Torresola. [note 1] She was the younger sister of writer and politician Nemesio Canales. Her family was politically active and her father was part of the "Partido Unión de Puerto Rico" (Union Party of Puerto Rico). It lobbied for the independence of the island.
El Vocero de Puerto Rico is a Puerto Rican free newspaper that is published in San Juan.Published since 1974, El Vocero was at first the third of the four largest Puerto Rico newspapers, trailing El Mundo and El Nuevo Día and leading El Reportero and The San Juan Star in sales.
Histórico de Puerto Rico and El Prejuicio Racial en Puerto Rico Tomás Blanco (December 9, 1896 – April 12, 1975) was a Puerto Rican writer, poet, narrator, historian, author and physician. [ 1 ] Blanco was a writer during the 1930s who was known for his critical essays that analyzed the Puerto Rican culture.