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When Gov. Rafael Hernandez-Colon of Puerto Rico made an official visit to Cambridge in March 1987, the University gave him and Harvard's Puerto Rican community a warm reception. The Harvard Foundation presented to Hernandez-Colon an award "for outstanding contributions to governmental leadership and international cooperation...
...main reason for the University's inability to fulfill its plans is inexcusable. Arturo Morales-Carrion, perhaps the most prolific Puerto Rican historian of his time, was the professor the University wanted all along. But Morales-Carrion had been sick for the past few years and died this summer. Without Morales-Carrion, Gen Ed 154 could no longer exist, the University said...
Amidst wining and dining at Leverett House, Hernandez-Colon spoke of the University's enthusiasm to increase awareness of Puerto Rican affairs and culture. For years, La Organizacion (La O), Harvard's Puerto Rican student organization, has asked Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence to consider offering a course on Puerto Rican history...
...thought I could make a difference in the lives of those who were less fortunate. In the patronizing manner of those who think they can achieve the impossible, I underestimated the problems of Villa Victoria, a housing development near the Back Bay area that is almost entirely Puerto Rican...
...United States is upset that the accords set such an early date for the disbanding of the Nicaraguan rebels, as Secretary of State James A. Baker III told Costa Rican President Oscar Arias-Sanchez. Bush Administration officials prefer that the program take effect after the February 25 elections in Nicaragua...