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The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico) is a commonwealth of the United States located east of the Dominican Republic in the northeastern Caribbean. Puerto Rico, the smallest of the Greater Antilles, includes the main island of Puerto Rico and a number of smaller islands and keys, including Mona, Vieques, and Culebra.
The nature of Puerto Rico's political relationship with the United States is the subject of ongoing debate in the island. Those who support maintaining the status quo (i.e., Commonwealth status) insist that upon attaining this status, Puerto Rico entered into a voluntary association with the U.S. "in the nature of a compact", but opponents of Commonwealth disagree: according to them, Puerto Rico is no more than an unincorporated organized territory of the U.S., subject to the plenary powers of the United States Congress.
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The Cerro Maravilla Incident, also known as the Cerro Maravilla Case or the Cerro Maravilla Killings (Caso del Cerro Maravilla or Asesinatos en Cerro Maravilla in Spanish, respectively) is the name given by the Puerto Rican public and media to describe the events that occurred on July 25, 1978 at Cerro Maravilla, a mountain in Puerto Rico, wherein two young Puerto Rican pro-independence activists were killed in a police ambush. The event sparked a series of political controversies where, in the end, the police officers were actually convicted of murder and several high-ranking local government officials were accused of planning and/or covering-up the incident.
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A Common Coquí (Eleutherodactylus coqui), arguably the most recognizable species of Puerto Rico's fauna.
Selected anniversaries for Apriledit
- April 3, 2005 - Death of Tony Croatto, Italian-Puerto Rican singer and composer
- April 6, 1897 - Birth of Jesus T. Piñero, first native Governor of Puerto Rico
- APril 8, 1827 - Birth of Ramón Emeterio Betances, main leader of the Grito de Lares
- April 12, 1848 - Birth of José Gautier Benítez, famous poet
- April 12, 1935 - Birth of Baltasar Corrada del Río, former Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
- April 12, 1944 - Birth of Federico Hernández Denton, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
- April 12, 1975 - Death of Tomas Blanco, writer and historian
- April 15, 1868 - Birth of Antonio R. Barceló, politician and father of Governor Carlos Romero Barceló
- April 16, 1866 - Birth of José de Diego, statesman, journalist, poet and advocate for Puerto Rico's independence from Spain
- April 17, 1921 - Birth of Graciela Rivera, singer
- April 18, 1873 - Birth of Ana Roque, one of the founders of the University of Puerto Rico
- April 24, 1898 - Birth of Ernesto Ramos Antonini, co-founder of the Partido Popular Democrático de Puerto Rico (Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico)
Things to do edit
- Expand all articles on Puerto Rico's municipalities.
- Create articles on Puerto Rico's flora and fauna.
- Work on:
- Article requests: Art of Puerto Rico, Lourdes Chacón, Dagmar, Law of Puerto Rico, Central Fajardo, Flora of Puerto Rico more
- Cleanup: Mona, Puerto Rico, Vieques, Puerto Rico, Ponce Massacre, Morovis, Puerto Rico, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, Caguas, Puerto Rico
- Verify: Dominican immigration to Puerto Rico
- Wikify: Ceiba, Puerto Rico
- Expand: Public welfare in Puerto Rico, Culture of Puerto Rico, Demographics of Puerto Rico, Geology of Puerto Rico, Transportation in Puerto Rico, Education in Puerto Rico, Communications in Puerto Rico, Public housing in Puerto Rico more
- Merge: Puertorrican people –> Puerto Rican
- Category Sorting: Category:Puerto Rican politicians, Category:History of Puerto Rico
- Images needed: Roberto Clemente
Did you know... edit
- ...that Telemundo, the second largest Spanish language television station in the United States, was founded by Angel Ramos in Puerto Rico?
- ...that the Commander of the Cuban Liberation Army, General Juan Rius Rivera, was a Puerto Rican who also participated in the Grito de Lares revolt?
- ...that the 65th Infantry Regiment (pictured) was recognized as a World War II liberating unit by the U.S. Army's Center of Military History and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994?
- ...that in 1596, Sir Francis Drake, the famed British Admiral who defeated the Spanish Armada, was defeated twice in his attempts to take San Juan and that he died of dysentry while attacking the island?
- ...that the old lighthouse at Isla de Mona was designed by Gustave Eiffel?
- ...that the world famous drink, the Piña Colada was invented in Puerto Rico and that its' main ingredient Coco Lopez was invented by Ramon Lopez Irizarry?
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