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After the Spanish–American War, Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the United States under the conditions established by the Treaty of Paris of 1898. Chinese workers in the United States were allowed to travel to Puerto Rico. Some worked in the island's sugar industry, but most worked in re-building Puerto Rico's infrastructure and rail systems. Many ...
On November 19, 1970, the Central Council of the PPD issued what became known as the Pronunciamiento de Aguas Buenas (lit. "Aguas Buenas Pronnouncement") which stated its support for a "complete self-government, founded in the free association with the United States and which permits and supports the country's cultural personality and the sustained development of its social and material progress."
In 2012, there were 13,159 farms in Puerto Rico. [9] While not a state, Puerto Rico is a member of the Southern United States Trade Association, a non-profit organization that assists the agriculture industry in developing its exports. [10] In early 2020, farm owners in Ponce reported on the continuing challenge of finding laborers. [11]
The Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País en Puerto Rico (1813–1899) was a learned society in the Spanish colony San Juan, Puerto Rico, modelled after the Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País in Spain. [1] The society published a newspaper, the short-lived Diario Económico de Puerto Rico (1814–1815), [2] and
Eventually, Sebastián Serrallés left Puerto Rico for Barcelona and turned over the management of the growing estate to his Puerto Rico-born son Don Juan Serrallés Colón. In 1865, Juan Serrallés Colón (1845–1921) founded Destilería Serrallés , a rum producer located in Ponce, Puerto Rico , known for its Don Q (from Don Quixote ) rum ...
Clemente, a Puerto Rico native, died in a plane crash in December 1972 while en route to Nicaragua to deliver disaster relief to victims of an earthquake. [ 28 ] September 14 – A bipartisan group of Congressmen led by Darren Soto (D-FL) introduce a bill to recognize the results of the November 3 referendum on statehood.
Front page of "La Gaceta de Puerto Rico" in January 1836. News Media in Puerto Rico can be dated back to the invasion of the Spaniards and the introduction of a Spanish led government. Captain General, Toribio Montes established a printing press at the Spanish government's headquarters and began publishing "La Gaceta del Gobierno de Puerto Rico ...
Torre 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.