Born on January 1, 1910 in Aguas Buenas PR, Diaz was a barber who was a member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and also the personal barber and trusted confidant of Albizu Campos.
In the early hours of October 31st 1950, Vidal Santiago Diaz sent a telegram to the Attorney General of Puerto Rico offering his services as an intermediary upon learning that the police wanted to arrest Albizu Campos, the leader of the Nationalist Party. After sending the telegram, he then opens his barbershop, Salon Boricua located in Santurce , PR waiting for a response that never came. Instead 15 police officers and 25 National guardsman armed with multiple weapons including grenades and a Browning M1919A4 machine gun approach his barbershop that very afternoon and lay seige to It.

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In the last several weeks, Puerto Ricans have taken to the streets to protest the privatization of electricity services. Their main demand is the cancellation of the contract granted to Luma energy, the company hired to fix Puerto Rico's antiquated power grid.

The protesters have also called for governor Pierluisi's resignation, arguing that he has been supporting neoliberal measures, ignoring the needs of the citizens since his election last year. They also condemned him for repeatedly defending Luma.

People have seen seven consecutive price increases in their electricity bills, but the power service has not improved since Luma took over in June of 2021. Residents on the island have constantly had the deal with unsteady power, low-voltage, and massive blackouts. In April 2022, an island-wide blackout left 1 million people ( a third of the Islands population) without power. Puerto Ricans have denounced these power outages and their effects before.

Luma energy is the company responsible for power distribution and power transmission in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. They're also in charge of maintaining and modernizing the power infrastructure. Luma energy was selected by the Puerto Rico public-private partnership Authority, under the auspices of the Financial Oversight and Management Board of Puerto Rico, an oversight board created and forced on the island by the US government.

Luma Energy, headquartered in San Juan, was formed by Canadian utilities limited and Quanta Services, to serve the people of Puerto Rico. The hiring of luma was to mark a new beginning for the island: a 16-year, 1.5 billion dollar experiment with privatization. Luma was contracted to distribute electricity to 1.5 million customers and make badly needed upgrades to the power grid. Also keep in mind that as the result of Hurricane Maria in 2017, FEMA has allocated nearly ten billion dollars in funds for the effort of repairing and updating the power grid.

In the time that Luma has been in charge, problems have worsened by many measures, including numerous sustained power outages and rate increases that have infuriated customers and lawmakers.

Puerto Rico's problems with Luma Energy are also compounded by the fact that its budget is managed by an oversight panel created by Congress in 2016 to rescue the island from a financial crisis created when its government was unable to pay its more than 70 billion dollar debt. Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority supposedly accounted for 9 billion of the debt, and government leaders who had long pushed for privatization saw their chance to create a new model.

By hiring Luma, officials were betting the private sector could come up with solutions where the government had for decades failed. What they discovered however was a private contractor with its own problems.

Many have also argued that the Luma electricity crisis is partly a result of austerity measures imposed by the Fiscal control board on the people of Puerto Rico..They argue that these measures will further hurt poor and working class Puerto Ricans already struggling after the debacles of Hurricane Maria, recurrent earthquakes, the covid pandemic, and the rise in the cost of living. In conclusion, they argue that essential Services should not be exploited for the economic benefit of the ruling class.

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he Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico (also known as la Junta) was created by the United States Congress in 2016 to address Puerto Rico's ongoing debt crisis. The board has the power to oversee the island's budget, enact fiscal reforms, and negotiate with creditors on behalf of the Puerto Rican government.

The issue is that this Junta has dictator powers over the economics of the island. Critics charge that this Junta makes decisions without having to notify or explain to the people..

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Many Puerto Ricans are often confronted with the statement "But you don't look Puerto Rican" And usually the one making the statement is baffled when you insist that you are.

Puerto Ricans in general vary in how they look..They can be anywhere from pale white, to black in skin color, to all variations in between. This includes hair textures and facial features.

So what are Puerto Ricans? Are they a race or just another ethnic group. Well, it's a bit more complicated and like everything else, you must go to the historical roots in order to make sense of it.
DNA studies have shown that the racial ancestry mixture of the average Puerto Rican is about 64% European, 21% African, and 15% native Taino.

And even a small sample study of self identified White Puerto Ricans and self identified Black Puerto Ricans showed that they all carried a contribution from all three ancestral populations (European, African, and Indigenous Ameridian) Obviously, the proportion of each contribution varied. Correlating with their self identified race, European ancestry ranged to under 20% to over 80%, While African ancestry ranged from less than 10% to over 50%. Amerindian ancestry ranged between 5% and 20% irrespective of self identified race.

So basically, the overwhelming majority of all Puerto Ricans carry a contribution from all three ancestral populations in their DNA which explains the different variations in how we look.

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Besides magnificent beaches, a stunning rainforest, bio bays, etc, Puerto Rico can boast about a network of thousands of caves throughout the island.

About 140 million years of geological processes have resulted in stunning cave systems that are a delight to those who who live on the island and those who visit.

We're going to look at the top five caves to explore Puerto Rico, including the third largest Cavern system in the world with a flowing underground river.

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On February 25, 2021, Puerto Rican weight loss guru, Dr. Frank Suarez lost his life after falling from the balcony of his apartment on the ninth floor of a condominium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The police investigation concluded that his death was a suicide with some even suggesting that he had been suffering from depression and anxiety. However some of his fans do not believe that he committed suicide, as the police concluded. They believe that he was murdered by someone who wanted to silence him. Dr. Frank Suarez was a renowned author, researcher, and educator on the topics of obesity and metabolism

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A year after the United States took over Puerto Rico in 1898, the total population of the island stood at approximately 955 thousand or a little less than a million persons. By 1950, the population would more than double in size to approximately 2,230,000. However between 1945-1955, nearly 700,000 Puerto Ricans would leave the island mainly for the US States. By the mid 1960s, more than a million had left.
Despite this great migration, the Puerto Rican population on the island would continue to grow reaching nearly 3,215,000 in 1980 and reaching its highest point in 2002 with a population of  approximately 3,832,000.
However after 2006, the situation would change dramatically. Not only would we see another great migration to the United States mainland, but we would also witness a significant decline of population on the island.

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Puerto Ricans have a storied tradition of military service in U.S. wars, specifically after 1898 when the island became a U.S. territory following the Spanish-American War. Since then, Puerto Rican soldiers have participated in every major conflict involving the United States, from World War 1 to the present day. But what many don't know is that even before 1898, when Puerto Rico was still a colony of Spain, Puerto Ricans played a small but notable role in the American Civil War (1861–1865)

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Taino religion and creation myths throughout the Caribbean can vary and at times can be confusing and contradictory. The Taino creation myth in and of Puerto Rico is a variation of these general Taino myths throughout the Caribbean. It focuses on the role of Yúcahu, also known as Yocahu Bagua Maórocoti. Aside from this God and his mother Atabey, they also worshiped numerous other Gods that dealt with all aspects of their lives

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Throughout the island, you will find areas that are reminiscent of ghost towns. Once vibrant with life, these areas now hold echoes of stories left behind. Cracked windows and overgrown courtyards whisper of people who once gathered there. Most of these abandoned places are single homes but many are relics interwoven with Puerto Rico's history. We're going to look at 5 of these abandoned places on the island that stand as a testament to its past. Each with its own unique story.

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By the 19th century Spain had weakened as a colonial power. This reality forced Spain to take a different approach with it's colonies especially in the latter part of the century as Puerto Rico and Cuba remained its last colonies. This would bring significant events and changes to Puerto Rico.

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The history of Puerto Rico from 1952 to 1999 was marked by continued significant political, economic, and social developments. It began with the continuation of the struggle between Nationalists led by Albizu Campos and Commonwealth supporters led by Munoz Marin. The period is marked primarily by the reign of the commonwealth status, implementation of the economic program known as Operation Bootstrap and heavy migration from the Island to the U.S. mainland. It ends with the islanders coming to grip with what status would be best for Puerto Rico, independence, statehood or continued commonwealth.

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The history of Puerto Rico from 1493 to 1897 is a story of exploration, subjugation, colonization, and cultural transformation. It begins with the arrival of the Spanish in 1493 and it ends during the Spanish American war of 1898. It spans the eradication of the Taino people on the island and domination of Spain for the next 400 years.

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The Puerto Rico Trench is located on the boundary between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It is is 800 kilometres (497mi) long and has a maximum depth of  (27,480 ft) or 5.20 miles. This makes it the deepest trench in the Caribbean and the Atlantic ocean.
The trench has been explored since 1960 by both government agencies and private explorers. The explorations have continued and scientists continue to unravel some its mysteries.


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We're going to look at a chart put together by Puerto Rican economist Dr. Rosario Rivera from the university of Cayey. Dr Rivera's chart was originally presented on a show in Puerto Rico called "El Circo de la Mega" in February of 2012...The show aired in Spanish so I took the liberty of translating the information in English..

Now although this information is 10 years old, it still gives you an idea of the economics between the United States and Puerto Rico. Let's look at these numbers.

In the first part we're going to look at the the numbers in terms of money received from the U.S to Puerto Rico.

And then, we're going to look at money that goes from Puerto Rico to the United States.

Now this information is not intended to say one side is the good guy and the other side is the bad guy. It's intended to give you a balanced view of what's what so we are not misinformed as to the reality of the economic relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States.

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Welcome to Puerto Rico, where a wave of gentrification has property prices rising on an island where 43% of the population live below the federal poverty level..

Many Puerto Ricans say they can no longer afford to stay in their homes with outside investors buying up properties and driving up prices.

Many outside investors buy residential Properties and then resell them at higher prices or turn them into short-term vacation rentals turning entire neighborhoods into airborne carithers and creating a shortage of inventory for local residents.

The creeping gentrification angers many Puerto Ricans who have become increasingly more forceful in questioning how an economy reliant on tax breaks for the wealthy can work for local residents increasingly unable to afford property.

These tax breaks fall under a law known as Act 60, a version of which was initially enacted by the Puerto Rico government under another name in 2012, as the island faced a looming economic collapse. This tax incentive drew more interest after 2017, when hurricane Maria decimated the island. In 2019 the tax breaks were repackaged to attract finance, tech, and other investors.

In 2021, Puerto Rico received over 1,349 applications from people looking to become resident investors. Of those, about 1,000 were approved. In all more than 4,286 applications have been approved since 2012 with more than 35% of them approved in the last 3 years.

Under this law, an investor can qualify for the tax break if he or she has not been a resident of Puerto Rico for at least 10 years prior. The investor must also buy a home to qualify for relief from taxes on capital gains, dividends, income taxes, interest, and revenues from services.

Now an important thing to note here is that the more than 3 million Puerto Ricans already living on the island do not qualify for those tax breaks.

Now keep in mind that those 4,286 applications that have been approved, more than likely are individuals in the millionaire class who have significant resources and money and can buy up a significant amount of the island and in turn drive up residential prices to a point where the average Puerto Rican on the island will find it very difficult to survive.



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The strategic geographical value of Puerto Rico for the United States, especially at the end of the nineteenth century, centered around its economic and military interests.
In 1898, after four centuries of Spanish colonial rule, Puerto Rico came under US control as a result of the Spanish-American war. Upon occupying the territory, the US began shaping the island to suit and serve its interests. In doing so, it would contribute to the growth of US power and influence around the world.


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Billionaires in the United States represent a small but influential segment of society, characterized by immense wealth, diverse backgrounds, and significant influence in various industries. Among this group have been at least three individuals from the small island of Puerto Rico. Now when I say from the island of Puerto Rico, I'm referring to actual Puerto Ricans whose roots come from several generations of family on the island. Now these individuals have not only acquired immense wealth, they have also remembered where they came from.

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Queen Elizabeth had been distraught by the defeat of Drake and Hawkins in San Juan, Puerto Rico and wanted to avenge it as soon as possible. In 1598, she tried again and almost captured the island.
This attempt was led by George Clifford, the Earl of Cumberland who came with 21 ships and 1700 men. It was June 16, when Clifford's fleet reached the island; Having learned of Drake's failure, he took a different approach.

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In an effort to increase awareness of Hispanic and Latino people's contributions to the US, Hispanic Heritage month is celebrated every year in communities throughout the country. It lasts from September 15 to October 15 and recognizes how those communities have influenced and contributed to American society at large. The celebration was initiated in 1968 with a week and then grew to a month in 1988.

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