Posted by: margaritaspen | September 18, 2010

Puerto Rico, USA, — now and a little history since 1898


Old San Juan, the oldest city in all of the Americas he was founded in 1521.

A little piece of history about the Island country with the oldest city in all of the Americas: Old San Juan was founded in 1521. Puerto Rico first visited by Columbus in 1493 and settle by Juan Ponce de Leon over a decade later.

History of Puerto Rico, USA, since 1898


Puerto Rico, USA since 1898, Puerto Rico Democracy Act-1

Puerto Rico in the 1940s – Music: Lamento Borincano, Marc Anthony

Contemporary

About the people:

With nearly 4 million, it is one of the most populated islands in the world. One-third of the population is in the San Juan metropolitan area. People are a mixture of Spanish, native, African, Italian, French, German, Lebanese, and later in the 1960s Cubans and now Dominicans.

http://www.topuertorico.org/people.shtml

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