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The island of Puerto Rico was met with destruction at the hands of Hurricane Maria. The storm was the strongest within United States territory in close to a century. Maria thrashed major parts of the Dominican Republic before making landfall on September 21st in Puerto Rico at 11:15 BST in the town of Yabucoa. It clocked in with 155mph winds and knocked out power to the entire nation. All 3.4 million residents were left in the dark. Puerto Rico Governor, Ricardo Rossello, predicts a long recovery

where me and my family took a roundtrip to Puerto Rico, to visit my father’s side of the family. As I’m walking out of the airplane, and into the airport, I hear these noises “Koki, Koki, Koki”, in a repetitive melody. I start wondering “what is that noise” and “where is it coming from”, and behold, it is a small frog. That was the first thing I noticed once I stepped inside Puerto Rico’s airport. But why did my family and I book a trip to Puerto Rico? To see frogs? Certainly not. My family is very

international perception of Puerto Rico as an American colony a failed economy or a misunderstood predicament of colonization Since the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898 the United States has proclaim the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under United States territory. Spain handed Puerto Rico over to the United States as spoil of war and to liquidate its war debts. To this day, the political, economic, and cultural impact of the occupation and subsequent" annexation" of Puerto Rico as an unincorporated territory

destination has changed over time. Puerto Rico has had a rich history that has affected its development, culture, and population. Puerto Rico's history has shaped the country into the beautiful tourist destination that it now is. Prior to the 1800s, Puerto Rico was a land that was inhabited by indians and was only beginning to be discovered by other large scale countries such as Spain. Between 430 BC and 1000 AD Indians known as Taino settled in puerto Rico. When settled these natives named the island

Larry W Dumas Jr Dr. Wilbert Karigomba World Geography 24 June 2015 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico is an island that is impacted by not having enough land for cultivation. The Three thousand four hundred and ninety-two square miles of this island is about seventy-five percent hills or mountains (Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States b). With the large amount of land consisting of hill or mountains, Puerto Rico has limited amounts of natural resources. While under Spanish colonial rule, the island was largely

Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States since 1898 and in order to change that status citizens of the territory must vote in a plebiscite, a special referendum. The three options available to choose from were to become a state, to remain a territory, or to become an independent nation (Martin). In the November 6, 2012 plebiscite held in Puerto Rico, 54% of the population said that do not like the current commonwealth status of the island (Alexandrino). The next question offered to the population

Two years ago, I went to Puerto Rico and I absolutely loved it! Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island and a U.S territory. It is east from the Dominical republic. The capital is called San Juan with 77 other cities! Puerto Rico has about 3.548 million people living there. Since Puerto Rico is an island the weather there is one of the most unvarying climates in the world. All year around, the temperature is usually from 75 to 83 degrees Fahrenheit. In fact, the island is the hottest and wettest

kind from multiple different regions also make up approximately 99% of the population. In Puerto Rico they have larger families; family there is one of their first top priorities, even closer than families here in North America. Even with larger families they’re very poor and have terrible working conditions.

When island inhabitants first heard that Americans were planning on invading Puerto Rico and driving out Spain's rulers, Puerto Ricans welcomed the North Americans to their home. (To view an in-progress work dealing with the Spanish-American War from a pro-colonial expansion point of view, visit this site/ For an objective historical account view this site). The Puerto Ricans were tired of not having a voice in politics and government and with the knowledge that America was a democracy, there was

Puerto Rico, a spanish island unfamiliar to me, but five of my best friends and I were all on our way there. We all had talked each other into going on the 9 day trip with no parents, just our Spanish teacher. Running on about maybe 3 hours of sleep, we landed in San Juan to begin our journey. We had a group of 29 students and being in an airport with only Spanish speaking people was one of the most stressful places I’ve ever been. I was a little worried this trip might not end well at the beginning