Puerto Rico Government. Puerto Rico is a self-governing commonwealth in association with the United States.
USDA Forest Service FSGeodata Clearinghouse - The Puerto Rico Gap Analysis Project - Maps 1, 2, 6, 10, and 11. The Puerto Rico Gap Analysis Project (PRGAP) is a comprehensive assemblage of information on Puerto Rico's land cover, vertebrate occurrences and natural history information, and land stewardship.
It is based on methods developed by the national Gap Analysis Program (GAP) to determine the degree to which animal species and natural communities are represented in the current mix of conservation lands. Those species or communities not well represented are considered conservation "gaps. " The PRGAP provides geographic and ecological information on the status of not only threatened or rare species, but the common species of Puerto Rico. More information about the program is available at www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/38430 IITF-RMAP-01 Urban and rural land use in Puerto Rico This map identifies three land use regions: Urban, suburban, and rural, and displays (built up) developed surfaces. Authors: William A. History of Baseball in Puerto Rico. Mural history of the puerto rican people, how puerto ricans became us citizens.
During the spring of that year I was approached by my good friend Ana Sanchez (a very talented and dedicated youth social worker) to design a project for Hispanic students, ranging in ages from fourteen to seventeen.
Not being particularly inclined to work with teenagers, I agreed to get involved on the condition that, instead of working with students assigned to the project at random -as was the custom, I reserved the right to do the selection. My main concern was not one of artistic skill, but rather, it was one of discipline. In my experience, nothing proves more chaotic and counter productive on a worksite than a group of unruly kids, and I have no patience for it. Ana worked the arrangement and, after reviewing about one hundred applicants from the Cleveland Public Schools, I selected a group of thirty students.
Not one of them had ever painted before but they were smart and eager to learn and I was pleased with their enthusiasm. Murals are indeed the kings of visual arts. Governor of Puerto Rico. Article IV of the Constitution of Puerto Rico vests the executive power on the Governor and empowers him with the faculty to appoint officers.
Law No. 104 of 1956[2] empowers him with the faculty to delegate functions. These two faculties in conjunction allow the Governor to delegate most of his functions while continuing to be the maximum officer and head of government. Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña. The Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (English: Armed Forces of National Liberation, FALN) was a Puerto Rican clandestine paramilitary organization that, through direct action, advocated complete independence for Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico Legends/History - Ed Hoppe Photography. Traditional Black Folk Art In Puerto Rico. Organizational Chart 09. Puerto Rico: Map, History from Answers. Truman assassination attempt. The second of two assassination attempts on U.S.
President Harry S. Truman occurred on November 1, 1950.[1] It was carried out by two Puerto Rican pro-independence activists, Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola, while the President resided at the Blair House. Torresola mortally wounded White House Police officer Leslie Coffelt, who killed him in return fire. Secret Service agents also were involved and wounded Collazo. President Harry S. Background[edit] 1947 incident[edit] In an unrelated incident in 1947, the Zionist Stern Gang was believed to have sent a number of letter bombs addressed to the president and high-ranking staff at the White House pending the independence of Israel.
Ponce massacre. The Ponce massacre was an event that took place on Palm Sunday, March 21, 1937, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, when a peaceful civilian march turned into a police slaughter that killed 19 Puerto Ricans and wounded over 200 others.
Most of the killed where shot in their backs.[6] The march had been organized by the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party to commemorate the abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico by the governing Spanish National Assembly in 1873 [7] and to protest the U.S. Government's imprisonment of the Party's leader, Pedro Albizu Campos, on sedition charges.[8] Sonia Sotomayor. Sonia Maria Sotomayor (/ˈsoʊnjə ˌsoʊtoʊmaɪˈjɔr/, Spanish: [ˈsonja sotomaˈʝor];[3] born June 25, 1954) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 2009.
Sotomayor is the Court's 111th justice, its first Hispanic justice, and its third female justice. Sotomayor was born in The Bronx, New York City and is of Puerto Rican descent. Her father died when she was nine, and she was subsequently raised by her mother. Sotomayor graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1976 and received her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1979, where she was an editor at the Yale Law Journal. She was an advocate for the hiring of Latino faculty at both schools. In May 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Sotomayor to the Supreme Court to replace retired Justice David Souter. The Jewish Genealogy Blog: New DNA Project: Puerto Rico - Mallorca - Jewish descendants. A new DNA project has been organized for Puerto Ricans.
Its primary objective is to find a possible DNA signature among those with known or suspected Mallorcan/Jewish ancestry. Project members will have some connection to (or combination of) Mallorcan, Puerto Rican, Jewish ancestry. All data will be analyzed along with genealogical and historical information to track the once secret immigration of Jews from Mallorca to Puerto Rico. List of Governors of Puerto Rico. Luis Fortuño. History of Puerto Rico: Dubious Diego Salcedo. Image via Wikipedia Caribbean School.
History and culture of Loiza Aldea. Above: Detail of artist Samuel Lind's 'Yuiza', Indian Cacique Chief.