Word: rico
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...governor of Puerto Rico told an audience of 300 at Leverett House last night that the United States must increase cultural diversity following incidents of racial violence in Forsyth County, Ga. and Howard Beach...
...Rafael Hernandez-Colon ended his two-day visit to Harvard yesterday which was the highlight of "Semana Puertorriquena," a week-long program designed to increase student awareness of Puerto Rico's politics and culture...
...Chauvinism is not our trade, but neither is servility," said the governor. He expressed his pride and pleasure that Puerto Rico "is not the mythology of West Side Story, but the story of people who have found themselves in a different setting but have still managed to retain their cultural identity...
...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...
Until this week, LAO achieved greatest recognition in the last few years from its Salsa party, members said. Although another party is planned this year, "The purpose of this week is to show Americans that there is more to Puerto Rico than Salsa, rum and status politics," said Ortiz-Blanes...