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On Becoming a Chicano by Richard Rodriguez
Who I am ? What have I become myself ? I speak French, English and Spanish and somehow, just like Richard, Spanish is starting to become a memory in my head. When I’m in the Parisian metro and that I … Continue reading
A Puerto Rican Stew By Esmeralda Santiago
HERS; A Puerto Rican Stew By ESMERALDA SANTIAGO (1994) https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/18/magazine/hers-a-puerto-rican-stew.html I’M IN MY KITCHEN, browsing through Puerto Rican cookbooks, when it hits me. These books are in English, written for people who don’t know a sofrito from a sombrero. Then … Continue reading
Posted in Books, English, Miscellaneous, Scholar
Tagged 1994, A Puerto Rican Stew, American, article, book, boricua, Esmeralda Santiago, memoir, migration, New York, New York Times, newspaper, Newyorican, NYC, Puerto Rico, sofrito, When I was Puerto Rican
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A thought about voting…(Democratic primary)
So, Hillary Clonton jumped out over Bernie Sanders in Puerto Rico’s Democratic primary on Sunday June 5th. Congratulations woman!! So, what if Puerto Rican residents cannont vote in the general election? What if they’re treated as second class citizens. Of … Continue reading
San Juan speaks out his mind.
A mural in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Photo by Stephanie Segarra.I guess it’s a reminder that it’s the next generation the ones who benefit or pay our actions today.
Posted in English, Photography
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Somewhere in socialist Czechoslovakia: “Amerika” Portoriko
So I’ abandoned you for over a year now. But that doesn’t mean that the blog is dead. I’d like to share with you a very exquisite version of “America” from West Side Story; in Czech!!! It was the friend … Continue reading
Posted in English, Music
Tagged 1966, American Samoa, Amerika, Amerika Portoriko, Anita, Broadway, Czech, Eva Pilarová, in socialist Czechoslovakia., jerome robins, Leonard Bernstein, LP - Scény z nejslavnějších amerických muzikálů, Marta Kubišová, Marta Kubišová - Amerika Portoriko, Miss America, Portoriko, Puerto Rico, socialistickém Československu, West Side Story
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Café
In 1904, Americans paid Puerto Rican coffee pickers (who were paid based on volume picked) an average of 12 to 16 cents per day. US colonial administrators argued that if Puerto Ricans were to receive a better wage, they would … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, English
Tagged coffee pickers, drawings, Mario Brau, Mario Brau de Zuzuárregui, Puerto Rican coffee pickers
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Gone democratic
1900 Campaign poster for the Republican Party. “The American flag has not been planted in foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity’s sake,” president William McKinley, July 12, 1900. Left: see how the situation allegedly was in 1896, … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, English
Tagged 1896-1900, 1898, 1900 Republican campaign poster for the US presidential election, Affiche de campagne électorale républicaine de 1900, Affiche de la campagne républicaine de 1900 pour l'élection ... fonctionnent comme des intermittents du spectacle électoral, American flag, American rule, American Rule in Cuba, campaing, Cartel de la campaña Republicana presidencial de los Estados Unidos de 1900, colonialism, colonization, Cuba, McKinley and Roosevelt, politics, Porto Rico, president William McKinley, presidential election, Puerto Rico, Republican Party, resident William McKinley, spanish american war, Spanish rule in Cuba, The administration's promises have been kept, Theodore Roosevelt, US imperialism
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Puerto Rico no sale de mí…
Taken from a fictional account of Puerto Rican bolero singer Daniel Santos. “Salgo de Puerto Rico pero Puerto Rico no sale de mí. ¿Será otro síndrome del colonizado?…La canción de mi país me atrapa.” (“I left Puerto rico, but Puerto … Continue reading
Posted in Books, English, Poetry
Tagged Daniel Santos, I left Puerto rico but Puerto Rico has not left me, La importancia de llamarse Daniel Santos, Luis Rafael Sánchez, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico no sale de mí, Salgo de Puerto Rico, Salgo de Puerto Rico pero Puerto Rico no sale de mí. ¿Será otro síndrome del colonizado?
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Puerto Rico as seen from France [Porto Rico Diary]
I recently found this blog plenty of pictures from Puerto Rico. The last time I went to Boricuolandia was in 2006, so these pictures kind of brought me back memories of good times. Anyway, it’s about a French family discovering … Continue reading
Posted in English, Français, Photography
Tagged boricuolandia, french in puerto rico, Photography, pictures, Porto Rico, Porto Rico Diary, Puerto Rico, Routard, San Juan Airport
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Xmas in Puerto Rico
The content and length of the Christmas celebration are much different from that in the United States. Parrandas or Trullas Navideñas, very common during Christmas, are basically large moving parties in which a musical serenade is brought to a friend’s or family member’s … Continue reading
Posted in English, Miscellaneous
Tagged arroz con dulce, arroz con gandules, Christmas, coquito, lechón asado, nochebuena, nochebunea, parrandas, pasteles, Puerto Rico, traditional Christmas foods, traditional Christmas foods puerto rico, trullas navideñas, United States, Xmas, xmas in puerto rico
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Boricuolandía 