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The Justas de Atletismo y Festival Deportivo de Puerto Rico (English: Puerto Rico Athletic Games and Sports Festival) —better known as Las Justas Intercolegiales (English: The Intercollegiate Games) or simply as Las Justas (English: The Games)— is an intercollegiate sports competition held annually in Puerto Rico where Puerto Rican colleges and universities compete against each other in ...
The Spanish and Taíno War of San Juan–Borikén, also known as the Taíno Rebellion of 1511, [a] was the first major conflict to take place in Borikén, modern-day Puerto Rico, after the arrival of the Spaniards on November 19, 1493. After the death of Agüeybaná I, the Taíno high chief who struck the initial peace agreement with Spanish ...
Login. In computer security, logging in (or logging on, signing in, or signing on) is the process by which an individual gains access to a computer system or program by identifying and authenticating themselves. The user credentials are typically some form of a username and a password, [1] and these credentials themselves are sometimes referred ...
Notable alumni of University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. Alumni. Notability. Juan Mari Brás. advocate for Puerto Rican independence from the United States; founded the Puerto Rican Socialist Party. Norma Burgos. (B.A., M.P.A.) State Senator, Puerto Rico Senate (2001–present) Sila M. Calderón. (M.P.A.) 7th governor of Puerto Rico (2001 ...
César Concepción. Césario Concepción Martínez, (28 July 1909 – 11 March 1974), was a Puerto Rican musician, big band leader and composer, who brought the music of his native land to the United States, mainly New York City, and Latin American ballroom dancing between the 1940s and early 1970s and to ballrooms all over the world.
288. The Log from the Sea of Cortez is an English-language book written by American author John Steinbeck and published in 1951. It details a six-week (March 11 – April 20) marine specimen-collecting boat expedition he made in 1940 at various sites in the Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez), with his friend, the marine ...
The Fiesta Nacional de la Danza (English: National Danza Festival), also known as Semana de la Danza Puertorriqueña (English: Puerto Rican Danza Week), [5] is a cultural celebration that takes place every year in Ponce, Puerto Rico. [6] The festival centers on the danza, a musical genre native from the city of Ponce and oftentimes called ...
Academics. Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (PUPR) is a private non-profit institution granting degrees in engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, land surveying and geomatics, and business administration. [3] It is located in San Juan, Puerto Rico's largest city. [3] Among institutions of higher learning in the United States ...