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...However, the new presidential candidates, election officials and an increasing number of foreign governments argue that Honduras has to move on, even if in imperfect circumstances. One of the latest figures to recognize the ballot is Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, who had overseen talks to try and get Zelaya back into the presidential palace. With those attempts apparently failing, sanctions and isolation of Honduras now will only punish an already poor country, Arias said. "Why do we want to make Honduras into the Burma of Central America? Why do we want a second Hurricane Mitch?" he told...
...night, Pacquiao had his seventh. After the referee stopped the fight in the 55th second of the 12th and final round, Pacquiao became the new welterweight champion of boxing by TKO. He had knocked down Cotto in the third and fourth rounds, even as the Puerto Rican had traded tough blows to the head and body with Pacquiao throughout the early going. By the end of the sixth round, however, after Pacquiao's punches came at him from unexpected places, Cotto saw his power diminish. His defenses came down and his face became the recipient of so many blows that...
...fight. Pacman, as he is called by his fans, is a crossover hit. In the world's capital of gambling, almost everyone, from cab drivers to bartenders to street people, was talking about the big fight - and why Pacquiao was going to take it. "I know I'm Puerto Rican," said a woman on the plane over from New York, "but I love the Pacman." The rowdy rivalry between the two island peoples (appropriately abbreviated P.R. vs. R.P., Puerto Rico vs. the Republic of the Philippines) did its fair share to rev up excitement in a town that is used...
...Hamza Pérez experiments with Boricua (Puerto Rican) halal cooking. How is he as a cook...
...sure, of course. I mean, I asked them to explain. When I first saw them perform and they had the flaming machetes, I was a little taken aback, and it certainly conformed to them and the image that they were from the ’hood, Puerto Rican, and America’s worst nightmare. When I first met them, I thought the flaming machetes were a little over the top. But as I got to know them, I realized that these men were just really funny and that they’re good showmen and they?...