Word: puerto
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Governor of Puerto Rico will speak at Harvard Wednesday during his two-day visit as part of Semana Puertorriquena or Puerto Rico Week...
After his speech, the Governor will open an exhibition by the celebrated Puerto Rican portrait artist, Francisco Rodon, which will be the artist's first showing on the U.S. mainland. The show will run through March...
...Semana Puertorriquena is a cross-cultural attempt to bring a non-politicized picture of Puerto Rico to the United States and Harvard," said Jaime M. Capella '88, co-ordinator of activities for La Organizacion Estudiantil Boricua de Harvard-Radcliffe (LAO), which is the Puerto Rican students association...
...long Puerto Rico has suffered from a policy of benign neglect by the United States, which is a shame because Puerto Rico is in an unique position in a sort of limbo between the United States and Latin America, so it is so important that the U.S. learn more about us to better communicate with Latin American nations," said Capella...
...Presenting this objective view of Puerto Rico represents the new attitude of LAO. It was founded as an activist group, advocating independence for the island, and in 1980, members burned American flags in front of John Harvard's statue. But now LAO is trying to unify all the groups," said Mariana Ortiz-Blanes...