Category Archives: PR

Puerto Rico governor will discuss Tesla solar systems with Elon Musk

Following hurricanes Irma and Maria, millions of Puerto Rico residents were left without electricity and it’s expected to take months for power to be restored. Well one person mused on Twitter whether Elon Musk could help out by rebuilding the … Continue reading

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Luis Fonsi’s ‘Despacito’ is the most-streamed song of all time

Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” has been dethroned as the most-streamed song of all time — and ironically, he played a hand in getting a new song to the top of the heap. “Despacito,” performed by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, has … Continue reading

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Top 10 Things to Do In Puerto Rico

I’ve been traveling regularly to Puerto Rico for more than 10 years. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that I never get bored. There’s simply too much to do, too much to see and too and too many places … Continue reading

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DESPIERTA BORICUA! WAKE UP BORICUA!

DESPIERTA BORICUA! Yo no soy independentista ni nada parecido. Pero si soy Boricua y los acontecimientos de la isla me preocupan. No pretendo juzgar a nadie ni ningún grupo excepto uno, los políticos. No hay ninguna respuesta fácil ni rápida … Continue reading

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Google’s New Cuban Tech Center Is a Symbolic Victory for Silicon Valley Elite

Silicon Valley has officially invaded Cuba. Cuban sculptor Alexis Leiva Machado, better known as Kcho, has helped Google open a small “technology center” in Havana that offers free internet via Chromebooks, complete with those goofy cardboard VR headsets. The opening … Continue reading

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Why Isn’t Google Launching Its Modular Ara Smartphone in Puerto Rico?

In January Google announced that Ara, its highly anticipated modular smartphone, would debut first in Puerto Rico as part of a pilot project. Today, Google says it’s not launching Ara there after all, and that it’s “re-routing” its plans. What … Continue reading

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A Financial Control Board Proposal for Puerto Rico — Medium

Back in January, I wrote a piece about how Jeffrey Gundlach was wrong about Puerto Rico’s default risk — “I don’t care if [Puerto Rico] securities flop around,” Gundlach said, they will find a way to pay. The territory’s power utility, the Puerto … Continue reading

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Financial Control Board Should Take Over Debt-Laden Puerto Rico, Lawmaker Says – The New York Times

In one of the strongest bids yet for federal intervention into Puerto Rico’s fiscal woes, a member of Congress is calling for a control board to take over the island’s beleaguered government. Representative Jeffrey D. Duncan, a South Carolina Republican, … Continue reading

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America’s Backyard: Puerto Rico – YouTube

In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt declared that the United States had to intervene in the internal affairs of Latin American. In his own words: “if any South American country misbehaves it should be spanked.”All US presidents that succeeded him have, … Continue reading

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Puertoricans came to North America before Columbus (Photos) – National Native American History | Examiner.com

¿Como? ¿Puertorriqueños en América del Norte antes de que Cristóbal Colón? ¡Por seguro! Forensic geologists and Native American scholars are opening the flood gates of new knowledge about North America’s past. What they are discovering is that what is now … Continue reading

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