Puerto Rico

underground scene of Puerto Rico’s urban life, combining Puerto Rican hip hop with Jamaican dancehall. In Petra R. Rivera-Rideau’s, book Remixing Reggaetón Rivera-Rideau discusses the cultural politics of race in Puerto Rico, focusing on Reggaetón as a critique of Puerto Rico’s “racial democracy.” At the start of this book, Rivera-Rideau focuses on Puerto Rico’s underground music scene as a culmination of the African Diaspora and a political statement of the racial conditions Puerto Rico faced…

The first inhabitants of modern-day Puerto Rico are the Tainos. This group of Indians were a subgroup of the Arawakan. The Tainos started to live in Puerto Rico, approximately 1000 AD. This group of Indians lived in small villages. They were gatherers and hunters. The crops they grew consisted of cassava, garlic, potatoes, sapota, guava and sugar apple. The Tainos were religious, believing in many gods. They believed that being in the good grace of their semis protected them from natural…

Puerto Rican's move to the United States in hope of having a better life. Their journey to the United States is easier than other immigrants because Puerto Ricans are already United States citizens. Therefore, this facilitates their immigration to the U.S. because they have unrestricted access to travel between the two countries. Many Puerto Ricans have various reasons for moving to the United States, but mainly they struggle economically and need to find a job. After living in the United States…

Prior to the military invasion and occupation of Puerto Rico in 1898, the Puerto Rican was already emigrating to the United States. Many of those heading to the mainland were “Puerto Rican revolutionaries who were conspiring on U. S. territory to break once and for all with the yoke of Spanish colonialism.” The four-century-old resilient stronghold of Spanish imperialism over the island was beginning to be confronted when, in 1868, the first pro-independence uprising against Spanish rule…

most important reason why Puerto Rico should become a state is the disadvantages Puerto Ricans have remaining as a Commonwealth of the United States. Ever since Puerto Ricans have become citizens in 1917, their right to vote has been repeatedly rejected by Congress (Roman 1). This type of rule can be easily compared to the monarchy that ruled Britain in 1776, Puerto Ricans representing the exploited Colonists. The Federal District Court of Puerto Rico had ruled that Puerto Ricans “had a…

The economy recession Puerto Rico is facing is dragging the island to the worst it could have been in decades. A 70 billion in debt is sucking Puerto Rico in more problems, causing a decrease in jobs opportunities and increasing poverty, a society limited to expend even in essential, an exodus of professional and an increase of drug consumption, which all increases drug trafficking and crimes. In grand part this economic problem arises due to government agencies corruption and/ or misused funds…

Disasters: Hurricane Maria Natural Disasters: Hurricane Maria Introduction Motivator: In September 2017- October 2017 a massive hurricane called Maria hits the coasts of Puerto Rico. Hurricane Maria is known for one of the top ten worst hurricane that has been record worldwide. It was the strongest storm that has hit Puerto Rico in 80 years. Hurricane Maria was on category five and left more than $40 billion in damage. Some results of this hurricane was millions of houses left without water…

effects the U.S had in South America. Consequently, this enables us to understand the Puerto Rican and Mexican migration towards to United States. The United States expansion towards the South and West was primarily due to its great economic expansion of Anglo business. The factors that had a major effect for the expansion was due to the mining in California known as the…

Puerto Rico in the 1800’s was a colony under the Spanish rule that was collapsing downhill. Located under the United States near Cuba, Puerto Rico was the ideal country for the Spanish to export products. Spain promoted Puerto Rico to be an “all-export” country which is what their economy was only thriving on. Other countries like the United States and various other countries in Europe did not like how Spain was treating its colonies. As the 1800’s became a turning point in the history, many…

Puerto Ricans and The United States. The United States of America since its early days has been the target of mass immigration from all around the world. The promise of the new land, the freedom, and the great nation, was the perfect attraction to many immigrants that migrated for various reasons like a better life, freedom, safety, among others. Out of all the immigrant groups that have historically found their way into the United States of America, Puerto Ricans are a particular case. With the…