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Torres v. Puerto Rico

Upon arriving at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (then known as Isla Verde Airport) in San Juan, police officers noticed that Torres was nervous.


1972 Nicaragua earthquake

Puerto Rican baseball legend Roberto Clemente and three others died on December 31, 1972, when their airplane crashed after take-off from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, while attempting to fly to Nicaragua with help for earthquake victims.

A Quien Pueda Interesar

"Septiembre, Río Piedras" is derived from several political and ideological struggles that occurred in the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras where civilians were the subject of abuse and attacks by the police.

Adolfo de Hostos

His most prominent publication is "Ciudad Murada", the history of the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, the United States' oldest city.

All the Bells

All The Bells is an artwork by Martin Creed first given in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in October 2006, where it attracted little favourable attention.

Aruba at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games

The XXIst Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico from July 17, 2010 to August 1, 2010.

Barrier transfer machine

Moveable barriers are in permanent use in such cities as Auckland (Auckland Harbour Bridge); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York; Honolulu, Hawaii; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Boston, Massachusetts; Washington, D.C.; Dallas, Texas; San Diego, California; and Sydney, Australia; many other cities use them temporarily during construction work.

Bruiser Brody Memorial Cup

The first Bruiser Brody Memorial Cup consisted of a three-day tour from July 15 to July 17, 2005 with shows at the Lenin Lopez Coliseum in Guayanilla, the Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium in Bayamón, and the Wilfredo Toro Coliseum in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico.

Camp Las Casas

Camp Las Casas was established in Santurce under the command of Lt. Colonel Orval P. Townshend in 1904.

Camp Las Casas was a United States military installation established in Santurce, Puerto Rico in 1904.

Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire

:Also, a fictional San Juan street mentioned frequently in the novel is "Calle O'Leary", possibly another reference to the poem (Art Ó Laoghaire's name is anglicized as Art O'Leary).

Cataño Ferry

While this was made mostly to enhance service between Culebra, Fajardo and Vieques, the deal also included the "Lancha de Cataño" service.

Colección

The first eight tracks were recorded during a concert in San Juan in 1993, while tracks nine to eleven were recorded during a presentation in Jayuya in 1992.

Conny Varela

In 2010, with the death of longtime mayor of Caguas, William Miranda Marín, Varela unexpectedly presented his candidacy to the seat, challenging Miranda's son, William Miranda Torres.

Costa Rica at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games

The XXIst Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico from July 17 to August 1, 2010.

Dorado, Puerto Rico

The town's patron saint is Anthony of Padua, and patron saint celebrations are held at the plaza every year on June 13.

El Toro Wilderness

In descending order of land area the wilderness is located in parts of the municipalities of Río Grande, Naguabo, Las Piedras, and Canóvanas.

Ernesto Ramos Antonini

In 1937 he gained fame as a lawyer when he defended the members of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party who were accused of breaking the law after permits issued by the Mayor of Ponce for a peaceful march in Ponce (see the Ponce Massacre) were withdrawn by the colonial governor of Puerto Rico at the time, General Blanton Winship.

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.

Frank H. Brumby

Brumby commanded the Grey Fleet, assigned to defend against an amphibious assault by the Blue force commanded by Admiral Joseph M. Reeves, whose objective was to take one or all of Ponce, San Juan, Culebra and St. Thomas, and who finally succeeded in landing Marines on Culebra on the fifth and last day of the exercise.

Giancarlo Alvarado

Giancarlo Carlos (Martinez) Alvarado (born January 24, 1978 in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a professional baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization.

Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

Guaynabo Fluminense FC is Guaynabo's professional soccer team that plays in the Puerto Rico Soccer League.

Javier Antonio Colón

Colón dedicated the championship to the Mayor of Ponce Rafael Cordero Santiago, an avid fan of the team, who had died early that year.

José Antonio Dávila

Dávila was born and raised in Bayamon, Puerto Rico into a literary family; he received both his primary and secondary education here and went to high school in Santurce, San Juan.

José M. Dávila Monsanto

The government of Puerto Rico named the highway that extends from PR-54 (Puerto Rico Highway 54), in Guayama, to PR-52, in Salinas the Autopista José M. Dávila Monsanto (the José M. Dávila Monsanto Highway).

Los Favoritos

At the same day, "Los Favoritos", were presented at Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico in the reception of Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009, Mayra Matos.

Lucy Fabery

In 1946, at the age of fifteen, Fabery made her professional debut at the Normandie Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Luis F Soto

Luis F Soto, born in Hatillo, Puerto Rico, is a Film and Television director working and living in Los Angeles, California.

Luis Porrata-Doría

A year earlier the United States had invaded the island and installed a military central government based in San Juan.

Manela Bustamante

Manela Bustamante, born Manuela Bustamante (Havana, Cuba, November 14, 1924 – San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 12, 2005)

Manuel Olivieri Sanchez

Olivieri Sanchez was born in Yauco, Puerto Rico, when the island was still a Spanish possession.

Maricao, Puerto Rico

In 2012, Ramón Ruiz and Martín Vargas Morales, from the Popular Democratic Party, were elected as District Senators.

MS Louis Olympia

Following a voyage across the Atlantic, the Song of America entered service with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines on 5 December 1982 on a cruise from Miami to Nassau, San Juan and St. Thomas.

New Wrestling Stars

NWS will relaunch on Sunday March 29, 2009 in Aguada, Puerto Rico at the All-Star Court and it was a great event with plans to hold more events and secure a TV deal.

Puerto Ricans in the Vietnam War

Sergeant First Class Jorge Otero Barreto from the town of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico,with 38 decorations, which included 3 Silver Star Medals, 5 Bronze Star Medals with Valor, 4 Army Commendation Medals, 5 Purple Heart Medals and 5 Air Medals, has been called the most decorated U.S. soldier of the Vietnam War.

Puerto Rico Firefighters Corps

In 1862, under the auspices of the mayor of Ponce, Luis Quijano Font, the fire corps was reorganized as The Fire Services and Thomas Cladellas was appointed Fire Chief.

Puerto Rico Highway 47

Puerto Rico Highway 47, also known as Calle de Diego, is an urban road in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico Natural Resources Ranger Corps

6.3, El Cinco neighborhood, in San Juan.

Rafael Carmoega

As a private architect he produced the designs for the residences of Secundino Lozana (El Cortijo) in Barranquitas and Dionisio Trigo in Santurce, the General Electric store in San Juan, Colegio San José in Río Piedras and the Casino de Puerto Rico in El Condado.

San Germán, Puerto Rico

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, second only to the Medal of Honor, by General George S. Patton, thus becoming the first Puerto Rican recipient of said military decoration.

Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

In 1948, the Michigan congregation began its first missionary work outside the continental United States when the Sisters opened a mission in Cayey, Puerto Rico.

Tren Urbano

There is no service to Old San Juan, Santurce, the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (and many other parts of Guaynabo, Bayamón, and San Juan), and the Tren Urbano doesn't serve important suburbs like Cataño, Toa Baja, Toa Alta, Carolina, Trujillo Alto, Canóvanas and others, which helps to explain low ridership.

Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Universidad is notable for being the location of the main campus of the University of Puerto Rico, from which it takes its name.

Walter McJones

Walter McJones (born: Walter Mc Kown Jones) (May 22, 1883 - January 10, 1944) founded the municipality of Villalba in Puerto Rico and was the first Mayor of Villalba between 1917 and 1919.

Walter Nicks

Forming a small company, "El Ballet Negro de Walter Nicks," in Mexico, he performed at the Insurgentes Theatre in Mexico City in a production starring Cantinflas; at the Sans Souci in Havana; on television in the Dominican Republic, and at the Condado Beach Hotel in San Juan.

Yagüez River

The first attempt to canalize the river was when Don Leonardo de Campos was mayor of Mayagüez in 1852, but the difficulties of the project did not allow it back then.


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