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The Puerto Rican Cuatro, a site dedicated to the Cuatro of Puerto Rico; The Puerto Rican Cuatro, www.topix.com; Recording of performance by Conjunto de Cuerdas Tipicas de Puerto Rico at El Romance Club, Chicago, Illinois, part 1 Chicago, Illinois, June 28, 1977, Chicago Ethnic Arts Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Puerto Rican Championships Ponce, Puerto Rico [47] 55.53 m [48] May 9, 2009 Hammer throw: 66.57 m Amarilys Alméstica: July 1, 2006 Ottawa, Canada Javelin throw: 60.37 m Coralys Ortíz: February 27, 2016 Gurabo, Puerto Rico [49] Heptathlon: 6124 pts A: Alysbeth Felix: June 25–26, 2016 Gran Prix Internacional "Valle Oro Puro" Cali, Colombia [50]
Los Hispanos was a Puerto-Rican vocal quartet active in 1960s New York City. [1] One of their lead singers, Carlos Camacho, was also a pastor in the southern Puerto Rican city of Ponce. He died on August 11, 2023, at the age of 73. [2]
In 1970 the government of Puerto Rico named him a liaison and goodwill ambassador to the Puerto Rican communities in the United States. Ramito married six times and had eight children. His widow Irma Rodriguez is a jíbaro singer on her own merit, whose nickname is "La Jibarita de Salinas".
Location of Puerto Rico's main island (green) Puerto Rico currently has the fourth-most active players in Major League Baseball (MLB) among Latin American jurisdictions, behind the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Cuba. [1] More than three hundred players from the archipelago have played in the major leagues since 1926.
The Justas de Atletismo y Festival Deportivo de Puerto Rico (English: Puerto Rico Athletic Games and Sports Festival) —better known as Las Justas Intercolegiales [1] (English: The Intercollegiate Games) or simply as Las Justas (English: The Games)— is an intercollegiate sports competition held annually in Puerto Rico where Puerto Rican colleges and universities compete against each other ...
Félix Trinidad was Puerto Rico's most notable champion during this period. [12] The 2000s brought another increase, as over a dozen boxers won world championships. Héctor García, Dommys Delgado Berty, Francisco Varcárcel and José Peñagaricano have served as presidents of the Puerto Rico Boxing Commission.
Puerto Rican literature – poets, novelists, and playwrights, such as Julia de Burgos, [16] Giannina Braschi, [17] and Lin-Manual Miranda have helped Puerto Rico gain international acclaim. Music of Puerto Rico – music on the island blends diverse cultural influences.