Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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  Puerto Rico Catholics support archbishop

  Roman Catholics in Puerto Rico rallied Wednesday around an archbishop who is apparently under pressure from the Vatican to resign for allegedly ... 

• Another Puerto Rico university official resigns

  The president of the University of Puerto Rico's main campus has resigned just days after the presidents of the university's 10 other campuses did the ... 

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  St. Lucia police detail rescue after boat sinking

  A boat captain and his first mate swam through dangerous waters for nearly a day before they were rescued after a sinking that was also survived by ... 

• Spanish company unveils wind farm in Puerto Rico

  A Spanish company has begun operating a wind farm in eastern Puerto Rico as part of a $90 million investment. Gestamp Wind said in a statement Friday ... 

• Puerto Rico welcomes return of hero's remains

  The 200-year-old remains of a Puerto Rican hero arrived on the island Saturday after an exhaustive quest to identify his body and bring it home. 

• Puerto Rico welcomes 200-year-old historic remains

  The 200-year-old remains of a Puerto Rican hero have arrived on the island after an exhaustive quest to identify his body and bring it home. 

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  Justice Sotomayor visits Puerto Rico on book tour

  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visited Puerto Rico to present her new memoir on Tuesday, drawing hundreds of fans in her parents' homeland 

• US says hunger strike grows to 21 at Guantanamo

  A hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison has grown and now involves at least 21 men, a U.S. military official said Monday while denying reports ... 

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  Catholics overjoyed at 1st Latin American pope

  Tears and cheers erupted across Latin America on Wednesday as an Argentine cardinal became the first pope from the hemisphere, and many expressed hope ... 

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  Catholics, world leaders welcome church's new pope

  World leaders sent in their congratulations and Catholics around the world were celebrating Wednesday after the Vatican announced the election of ... 

• SPEECHLESS IN PUERTO RICO

  At the St. Francis of Assisi church in the colonial Old San Juan district in Puerto Rico, church secretary Antonia Veloz exchanged jubilant high-fives ... 

• Judge grants access to secret Guantanamo camp

  The judge presiding over the Sept. 11 war crimes tribunal is allowing defense lawyers their first chance to see the secret section of the Guantanamo ... 

• Charges stay for now in Sept. 11 at Guantanamo

  The prosecution of five Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks will go on — for now — with eight charges against each ... 

• Puerto Rico to consider anti-discrimination bill

  Puerto Rico's legislature is expected to approve a long sought-after bill that would make it a crime to discriminate against people based on their ... 

• US seizes gold bars from Curacao worth $1.7M

  U.S. authorities in Puerto Rico have confiscated 11 gold bars sent by mail from Curacao, officials said Tuesday, without saying whether the suspected ... 

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  Puerto Rican TV show faces scrutiny amid outcry

  A TV station in Puerto Rico that broadcasts a popular news and gossip show featuring a puppet has announced that the program will now be prerecorded. 

• US finds Guantanamo prisoner death was overdose

  An autopsy has found that a Guantanamo Bay prisoner who died in September took an overdose of medication in an apparent suicide, a U.S. official said ... 

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  Brash boxer 'Macho' Camacho dies in Puerto Rico

  Hector "Macho" Camacho was a brash fighter with a mean jab and an aggressive style, launching himself furiously against some of the biggest names in ... 

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  Somber vigil for 'Macho' Camacho in Puerto Rico

  Family and friends of former boxing champion Hector 'Macho' Camacho kept a somber vigil Friday at the hospital in Puerto Rico where he remains on life ...