The island of Puerto Rico (formerly Porto Rico) is the most easterly of the Greater Antilles group of the West Indies island chain. Located more than a thousand miles southeast of Miami, Puerto Rico is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on...

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00-00-0000 Voice for Puerto Ricans MIGUEL PEREZ Date: 11-06-2002, Wednesday Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions.=.Two Star B. Two Star P. One Star B From her 19th floor "war room" in downtown Newark, Gloria Soto sends out her troops of "get out the...

Downtown parade and festivities celebrate culture and community. Even the governor couldn't pass it up. A river of red, white and blue flowed through downtown Lancaster Saturday as the 27th Puerto Rican Day Parade made its way from South Duke Street to Lancaster...

After months of denials, Puerto Rico's governor acknowledged Monday he is the target of a U.S. grand jury investigation into campaign finances _ a revelation further jeopardizing his bid for re-election.Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila insisted he has not done anything illegal, dismissing speculation he would...

Dozens of foreign-trained doctors accused of obtaining Puerto Rican medical licenses through fraud or bribery were arrested in raids across the island Thursday.A federal grand jury indicted 88 doctors following an investigation into members of the U.S. Caribbean territory's medical licensing board, who allegedly altered...