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The Rhoads' letter created one of the first crises for James R. Beverley, newly appointed as the acting Governor of Puerto Rico. He said the letter was a "confession of murder" and "a libel against the people of Puerto Rico", and ordered an investigation, one of his first acts. [14]
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.
He investigated hookworm disease between 1921 [4] [5] [6] and 1934, [7] and was known for studying the links between hookworm, tropical sprue and anemia in Trinidad, [2] as well as Puerto Rico at the School of Tropical Medicine, where he worked with William Bosworth Castle and Cornelius P. Rhoads.
Medical and health organizations based in Puerto Rico (3 C, 5 P) W. Water supply and sanitation in Puerto Rico ... Cornelius P. Rhoads; T. Triple-S Management ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Ponce, PR was also named in memory of Captain Eurípides Rubio. Capt. Eurípides Rubio's name is inscribed in "El Monumento de la Recordación" (Monument of Remembrance), dedicated to Puerto Rico's fallen soldiers and situated in front of the Capitol Building in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
I've done extensive research on Cornelius Rhodes including a visit to the Rockefeller Archive Center and I've read the letter where he insults the nation of Puerto Rico and claims he injected cancer into Puerto Ricans. However, we don't have the evidence that he actually injected cancer into any Puerto Ricans, and his later claim that he was ...
SAN JUAN (Reuters) -Puerto Ricans were without electricity on New Year's Eve after a grid failure left nearly all of the island without power. Around 87% of clients were without power at 1 p.m. on ...
As the Navy's senior representative, Commander, United States Naval Forces, Southern Command (COMUSNAVSO) serves as the principal liaison with the government of Puerto Rico. In January 2004 The Navy decided to relocate U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command (USNAVSO) from Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, to Naval Station Mayport, Florida ...