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2 unusual facts about Rico


Howard Ramsey

Born in Rico, Colorado, he graduated from Washington High School in Portland, Oregon in 1916.

Rico, Colorado

Rico is a Home Rule Municipality in Dolores County, Colorado, United States.


1982 Caribbean Series

The two Mexican victories came at expense of Puerto Rico, 14–0 and 1–0, behind strong pitching efforts by rookie Fernando Valenzuela and veteran Manuel Ibarra with the help of a bullpen headed by Marty Decker.

1990 Caribbean Series

The club got a fine offensive performances from outfielder and Series MVP Gerónimo Berroa, who hit .300 with four home runs and eight runs batted in, including two homers and five RBI in the decisive game against the Senadores de San Juan of Puerto Rico, who tied for second with the Leones del Caracas of Venezuela.

Aldo Rico

As commander of the 602 Commando Company, Rico's soldiers became famous in the Argentine Army for their exploits against British troops.

Ángel Espada

Thus, on June 28, 1975, Espada became the WBA's world Welterweight champion, and Puerto Rico's fourth world boxing champion in history, by outpointing the well known "?title=Clyde Gray">Clyde Gray, over fifteen rounds in San Juan.

Antonio Mignucci

Academic positions include Assistant Professor of Biology and Environmental Sciences at the University of Puerto Rico (1996–1998), Professor of Oceanography and Environmental Sciences at the Universidad Metropolitana (1998–2005), and Research Professor of Marine Sciences at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Bayamón Campus (2009 to present).

Antonio Rafael Barceló

Barceló and a group of party delegates traveled to Washington to seek changes in the Jones Act of 1917, by presenting their views that the economic situation in Puerto Rico was a good one and that Puerto Ricans were capable of electing their own governor.

AutoExpreso

AutoExpreso transponders can be replenished at Texaco, Puma, and Total stations in Puerto Rico or at designated replenishment lanes at select toll plazas.

Carmen Jovet

In 1987, The Governor of Puerto Rico Rafael Hernández Colón, named Jovet as the official coordinator in charge of the official state visit of the King and Queen of Spain.

Castillo San Felipe del Morro

1797 – Ralph Abercromby (General Ralph Abercromby) and Henry Harvey (Admiral Henry Harvey), with a force of 7,000–13,000 men, invaded the island of Puerto Rico.

Cinta 7 Susun

Cast is 7icons, Mischa Chandrawinata, Baim Wong, Raya Kohandi, Devi Noviaty, Gege Elisa, Shandy Ishabella, Gunawan Sudradjat, Cut Memey, Rico Tampatty, Minati Atmanegara, Mario Maulana as well as other supporting cast as well as some cameo actors who have often appeared on Indonesian movie or television series.

Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen

Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen also provides support for U.S. Coast Guard vessels and aircraft, and other U.S. Department of Homeland Security agencies such as the U.S. Border Patrol Ramey Sector and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands against drug traffic and illegal entry into United States Territory.

Culebra Island giant anole

It is named in honor of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., who was the governor of Puerto Rico at that time.

David Bernier

On November 15, 2012, Governor-elect Alejandro García Padilla appointed Bernier to succeed Kenneth McClintock as Puerto Rico's 23rd Secretary of State, which also entails the role of lieutenant governor.

Dick Cuthell

Cuthell became, along with Rico Rodriguez, the horn section for The Specials, playing cornet on their debut album, and staying with the band into their later incarnation as the Special A.K.A., playing on the hit single "Free Nelson Mandela", and the album In the Studio.

Eddie Miró

Miró, Rafael Hernández Colón's spouse, and Raymond Dalmau became spokespersons for the testing and prevention of colon cancer in Puerto Rico once Miró announced his recovery.

Eugenia woodburyana

The tree grows in the Sierra Bermeja and the Guánica State Forest of Puerto Rico, and there is reportedly one individual in the Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge.

Eurobank

EuroBancshares, the former bank holding corporation of a failed bank in Puerto Rico

Francisco Matos Paoli

Paoli was one of nine siblings born and raised on the family farm in the town of Lares, a town which is historically known for El Grito de Lares, Puerto Rico's first rebellion for independence.

Georgina Lázaro

She has also written poems that introduce children to Federico Garcia Lorca, Pablo Neruda, Miguel Cervantes' Don Quijote de la Mancha and other mainstays of Hispanic culture, as well as "Ya llegan los Reyes Magos!", published by Lectorum in 2001, geared to promote Puerto Rico's tradition and culture.

Getting Gotti

Getting Gotti is a 1994 TV film centered on a Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney named Diane Giacalone, and her attempts to build a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) case against John Gotti and the Gambino crime family.

Hernán Padilla

In 2009, he was appointed to represent the Puerto Rico House of Representatives on the five-member board of directors of the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority that regulates public-private partnerships in Puerto Rico.

HMLA-775

To enhance the squadron's readiness and demonstrate its versatility, HMLA-775 also participated in anti-drug and Border Patrol operations in support of Federal Agencies in locations such as Key West, FL, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Nassau, South America, California, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, and Jamaica.

Hostosian National Independence Movement

The MINH also operates various "Puerto Rico Missions", of which the most important is located in Havana, Cuba.

Ilex cookii

This tree is only known from a single specimen and a few seedlings in the cloud forests on Cerro de Punta and Monte Jayuya, both at Toro Negro State Forest in Puerto Rico.

Ivan L. R. Lemelle

During 2009, Lemelle was assigned the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) case alleged against Renée Gill Pratt and Mose Jefferson, brother of former U.S. representative William J. Jefferson, who simultaneously stood indicted on sixteen counts in federal court in Virginia.

Jane Hope Hastings

With the USO she traveled all over the world, from Cape Cod to Alaska, Brazil to Puerto Rico, and New York to California.

Juan Ferrara

Due to the novela's overwhelming popularity in Puerto Rico, the network decided to bring Ferrara back in 1985, to film a telenovela called Tanairi.

Juan Manuel García Passalacqua

"Juan Ma", as he was referred by some, participated in a televised program called Medio Día Puerto Rico (Midday Puerto Rico), during the lunchtime hours on Televicentro Puerto Rico in a segment called "La Escuelita" (The Small Schoolhouse).

La Concha

La Concha Resort, a modern chic luxury resort located in the Condado District San Juan, Puerto Rico

Los Chicos

A movie (Conexión Caribe) was filmed and a TV show hosted weekly on Puerto Rico's WAPA-TV.

Luis DeLeón

Two months later, he was honored by the Ponce City Hall for his great contribution to baseball in Puerto Rico.

Marco Vélez

Vélez began playing soccer at an early age in Puerto Rico with Colegio San Jose, but moved to Nick Bollettieri's IMG Soccer Academy when in high school.

Missa Latina

March 3, 2007, Casals Festival, San Juan, Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, San Juan Philharmonic Chorale; Andreas Delfs, conductor; Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano; Nathaniel Webster, baritone.

Nueva trova

In both Cuba and Puerto Rico, the politicized lyrics of nueva trova were very often critical of the United States; Puerto Rican singers were especially critical of Vieques' continued use as a United States Navy training ground.

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture

The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Architecture is located in the Ponce Historic Zone, across from Plaza Las Delicias.

Puerto Rican Spanish

Chinese Puerto Ricans and other Asians that have established themselves in Puerto Rico also adopt the accent, but also keep a tinge of an east Asian accent.

Puerto Rican status referendum, 2012

On August 1, 2013, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on Puerto Rico's status as a direct result of the 2012 plebiscite vote and invited Governor Alejandro García Padilla, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi, and pro-independence supporter Rubén Berríos to give testimony and answer questions from the committee.

Puerto Rico Office of Legislative Services

Another two, Nélida Jiménez-Velázquez and Teresa Medina Monteserrín, have moved on to the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals, and three have become Superior Court judges, including Juan R. Melecio-Machuca, Carlos García-Jaunarena and Elba Rosa Rodríguez-Fuentes.

Rafael Celestino Benítez

After he finished high school he was accepted in the United States Naval Academy by appointment of the Honorable Santiago Iglesias, Puerto Rico's Resident Commissioner.

Robert S. Folkenberg

Folkenberg’s education up to Grade 4 took place in Puerto Rico, before attending schools in Cuba, entering high school in California and completing high school in Milo, Oregon in 1958.

Sonora Ponceña

In the years following 2000, La Sonora Ponceña participated in a large number of events throughout Puerto Rico, including Fiestas Patronales, private parties, graduation parties, and corporate Christmas and holiday parties.

Souvenir de Porto Rico

Souvenir de Porto Rico, Op. 31, is a musical composition for piano by American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk written from 1857 during a tour in Puerto Rico.

Spanish maravedí

By 1531 these coins were still being minted, by now in both Seville and Burgos, and subsequent shipments have been confirmed to other areas such as: Mexico, Panama and Puerto Rico.

Spathodea

In Puerto Rico 9 insect species in the orders Homoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, and Thysanoptera have been reported as feeding on various parts of S.

Stephen T. Owens

He represented Afeni Shakur, the mother of Tupac Shakur, and the Estate of Tupac Shakur in a racketeering (civil RICO) lawsuit against Marion "Suge" Knight, Death Row Records and their attorney, David Kenner, which resulted in the Estate's recovery of the unreleased master tapes recorded by Tupac prior to his murder in 1996.

Sulzbacher

Louis Sulzbacher (1842–1915), Associate Justice of Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

WIVV

Licensed to Vieques, Puerto Rico, it serves part of Puerto Rico, large areas of the US Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands, and the Lesser Antilles.

WNIK

WNIK-FM, a radio station (106.5 FM) licensed to Arecibo, Puerto Rico

WTOK

WTOK-FM, a radio station at 102.5 FM licensed to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Zoé Laboy

Laboy has also worked as Professor in the Faculty of Criminal Justice of the Universidad del Turabo and the Metropolitan University in Puerto Rico.


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