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...Elian Gonzalez case was brewing, a similar episode was unfolding in Miami with a much different outcome. Maria Eugenia Pereira, a Puerto Rican woman who had been living in Jordan with her husband, left him last July and moved to Miami with their two-year-old son Khalil. The father, Ibrahim Shanti, divorced her in Jordan, flew to Miami and won two favorable rulings in Florida courts, giving him temporary custody of the child. The father and son returned to Jordan April 1. Islamic countries, most of which are not signatories to the Hague Convention, tend to rule for fathers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting For Their Children | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

...percentage of Puerto Rican students admitted increased negligibly from 1.7 to 1.8 percent, while the percentage of black and American Indian admits stayed steady at 9.9 percent and 1 percent, respectively...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Class of 2004 Admission Letters Mailed | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

...Neither--it was a nickname I got because my mother is mixed. I used to get cracked on as Puerto Rican...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sisqo | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

...What does the name Sisqo have to do with being Puerto Rican...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sisqo | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

...Nothing. In my neighborhood it sounded Puerto Rican...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sisqo | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

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