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Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset (born 31 October 1960) is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, from 2009 to 2013. Fortuño served as the first secretary of economic development and commerce of Puerto Rico (1994–1997), as the executive director of the Puerto Rico ...
Museo de Arte de Ponce is the finest art museum in Puerto Rico. [13] The largest art museum in the Caribbean, [14] it has also been called one of the best in the Americas. [15] [16] [17] It was the first museum in Puerto Rico accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. [11] [18]
Biography. Luis Nicolás Rivera-Pagán was born in San Juan de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, on December 5, 1942. Rivera-Pagán earned his M. Div. at the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico in 1966, S.T.M. (1967) and M.A. (1968) at Yale University and in 1970 his PhD, also at Yale with the dissertation Unity and Truth: The Unity of God, Man, Jesus ...
Luis Manuel Irizarry Pabón was born on 12 November 1958 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. His parents were Félix Irizarry and Carmen Lydia Pabón. A graduate of the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Irizarry Pabón was an internal medicine physician prior to becoming Ponce's mayor-elect in November 2020.
José Tous Soto (October 2, 1874 – March 22, 1933) was a Puerto Rican politician and former Senator and Representative. Early years and education [ edit ] José Tous Soto was born in San Lorenzo [ citation needed ] on October 2, 1874.
Pedro Albizu Campos (June 29, 1893 [2] – April 21, 1965) was a Puerto Rican attorney and politician, and a leading figure in the Puerto Rican independence movement. He was the president and spokesperson of the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico from 1930 until his death. He led the nationalist revolts of October 1950 against the United States ...
José Celso Barbosa. José Celso Barbosa Alcala (July 27, 1857 – September 21, 1921) was a Puerto Rican physician, sociologist and political leader. Known as the father of the statehood movement in Puerto Rico, [1] Barbosa was the first Puerto Rican, and one of the first persons of African descent to earn a medical degree in the United States ...
Instrument (s) Voice. Florencio (" Flor ") Morales Ramos (September 5, 1915 – February 23, 1989), better known as Ramito, was a Puerto Rican trovador, and composer who was a native of Caguas, Puerto Rico. Fans of the genre consider him the king of Jíbaro music. Known as "El Cantor de la Montaña" (The Singer from the Mountain), [1] Morales ...