Word: puerto
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...weeks the back-country jibaros (farmers) had planned for El Dia Dos (Jan. 2)-the great day when Puerto Rico would inaugurate its first elected governor. When the day came this week, 150,000 islanders turned out to cheer for Governor Luis Mufioz Marin in the biggest celebration of San Juan's 455-year history...
...There is no reason why you should not all share this oath with me . . . It is in this way, and not by the oath and dedication of man alone . . . that the Puerto Rican people may, within the smallness of their territory, realize the greatness of their destiny...
...Munoz added a blunt warning that Puerto Rico's destiny was not to be achieved by phony nationalism...
...tomorrow could, without loss, declare Puerto Rico a nation apart and the most notable political novelty would be a change in my title . . . but there could be economic changes that would be highly damaging . . . A political status cannot exist in an economic vacuum...
Unquestionably the council could take credit for snuffing the fuse to an explosive situation-though next day a new fuse sputtered briefly. On Christmas night a band of machine-gunning raiders slashed into tiny Puerto Soley, on Costa Rica's Pacific shore, shot up the town, set it afire, then scuttled back to Nicaragua...