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Sign from former headquarters of the El Día newspaper, while on Calle Salud, Ponce (1945–1970), now on display at Museo de la Historia de Ponce El Nuevo Día was founded in 1909 in the city of Ponce as "El Diario de Puerto Rico," [a] later changing its name to "El Día" in 1911, a name it kept for nearly seven decades.
This paper was the successor of El Diario de Puerto Rico (1909–1911); Eugenio Astol, director; Guillermo Vivas Valdivieso become its director in 1928. [ 481] In 1970, its name was changed to El Nuevo Día; Guillermo V. Cintrón, founder [ 466] El Observador[ 482] Ponce.
El Nuevo Día: Puerto Rico Guaynabo: 1909 La Opinión del Sur: Puerto Rico Ponce 2001 Periódico El Oriental, Inc. [13] El Oriental: Puerto Rico Humacao: 1980 Periódico La Esquina: Puerto Rico Maunabo: La Perla del Sur: Puerto Rico Ponce: 1982 La Perla del Sur, Inc.; Omar Alfonso, editor. [14] Primera Hora: Puerto Rico Guaynabo 1997 El Sol de ...
Luis A. Ferré. Don [ 1] Luis Alberto Ferré Aguayo (February 17, 1904 – October 21, 2003) was a Puerto Rican engineer, industrialist, politician, philanthropist, and a patron of the arts. He was the governor of Puerto Rico from 1969 to 1973. He was the founder of the New Progressive Party, which advocates for Puerto Rico to become a state of ...
Asociación de Periodistas de Puerto Rico, ed. (2006). Dos siglos de periodismo puertorriqueño (in Spanish). Vol. 2. San Juan: Casa de Periodistas Editorial. ISBN 0974310212. (Essays) Lourdes Lugo-Ortiz (2011). "Valores y motivaciones profesionales: los periodistas en Puerto Rico en la era digital" [Professional Values and Motivations: Puerto ...
August 22–23 – Tropical Storm Dean dropped heavy rainfall across Puerto Rico, peaking at 12.7 inches (322 mm) in Salinas. The passage of Dean resulted in widespread flooding in eastern and southern Puerto Rico, collapsing two bridges and one road. Several highways were under water, and one car was swept away by the floodwaters.
The Grito de Lares flag was replaced by a new revolutionary flag, which is the current of the flag of Puerto Rico. In December 1895, Juan de Mata Terreforte and other exiled Puerto Rican revolutionaries, many of them veterans of the Grito de Lares (Cry of Lares) revolt who fought alongside commander Manuel Rojas Luzardo, re-established the ...
The University of Puerto Rico ( Spanish: Universidad de Puerto Rico ), often shortened to UPR, is the main public university system in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It is a government-owned corporation with 11 campuses and approximately 44,200 students and approximately 4,450 faculty members. [4]