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Puerto Rico Information
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Puerto Rico, officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: "Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico") is a country composed of an archipelago in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands, approximately...


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Puerto Rico Quotes
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This article contains quotes about the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico . By non-Puerto Ricans The United States for many years has tried to convert Puerto Rico into a model of hybrid culture: the Spanish language with English inflections, the Spanish...


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Cockfighting still popular in Puerto Rico
1/25/2007: 260 words, approx. 1 pages
Cockfighting enthusiasts in this U.S. Caribbean territory, where almost every town has a fighting pit, consider the bloodsport a beloved tradition dating from Spain's colonization of the island more than five centuries ago.Cockfighting is so widespread in Puerto Rico that devotees feel no threat from...
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Puerto Rico seeks FBI raid documents
1/12/2007: 340 words, approx. 1 pages
Puerto Rico's Justice Department asked a U.S. appeals court on Thursday to force the FBI to release information about its two raids against militant independence advocates in the U.S. Caribbean territory.Puerto Rico's solicitor general, Salvador Antonetti Stutts, said the three-judge panel in Boston should order...
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Puerto Rico tackling childhood obesity
5/20/2007: 680 words, approx. 2 pages
The gym routine for 11-year-old Daniel Alvarado mixes music and games with jump ropes and stationary bikes. But like the other children sweating through workouts, he doesn't come just for fun. He is following doctor's orders.The apple-cheeked boy, diagnosed last year with high cholesterol, is...
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Fraud probe targets Puerto Rico doctors
8/2/2007: 562 words, approx. 2 pages
U.S. federal agents arrested dozens of doctors accused of obtaining medical licenses through fraud or bribery, carrying out sweeping raids across Puerto Rico 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...
 


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