Watch: Kamala Harris Claps Along to Puerto Rican Protest Song Before Realizing It’s About Her
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Breitbart ^
| 2024 03 24 | Olivia Rondeau
Vice President Kamala Harris had an embarrassing fumble during a Friday visit to Puerto Rico, where she was spotted clapping along to a protest song against her before an aide translated the lyrics. After
delivering remarks in the territory’s capital of San Juan, Harris stopped by the neighborhood of Santurce to tour the Goyoco community center and hear from community leaders, Fox News reports. A group of protesters holding signs with messages, including “Kamala Harris war criminal,” and calling the United States “genocidal” met the vice president outside of the community center, along with a band playing music. Video captured...
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Embarrassing moment Kamala Harris claps along and smiles to protest in Puerto Rico (before vice president is told what they were ACTUALLY saying)
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Daily Mail UK ^
| March 24, 2024 | Katelyn Caralle
Harris was initially enjoying what she thought was a fun song but it appeared she was clued into the translation of the lyrics by Executive Director Mariana Reyes, who accompanied her on the trip. The
song took aim at the vice president, the Biden administration in general and their policies.A half dozen demonstrators performing on the street in front of the vice president signaled support in their song for the Palestinian people amid conflict between Israel and Hamas terrorists in Gaza, as well as for Haiti as gang violence threatens to completely collapse the island's government.'Long live free Palestine and...
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[Catholic Caucus] Puerto Rico bishop removed by Pope Francis: Bishops must reject Fiducia Supplicans or risk God’s wrath
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LifeSite News ^
| March 12, 2024 | Raymond Wolfe
[Catholic Caucus] Puerto Rico bishop removed by Pope Francis: Bishops must reject Fiducia Supplicans or risk God’s wrathBishop Daniel Fernández Torres denounced Pope Francis’ Fiducia Supplicans for causing ‘scandal and great suffering’ to many Catholics and violating Church teaching, and stressed that bishops ‘must’ rebuke the document.ARECIBO, Puerto Rico (LifeSiteNews) — A
Puerto Rican bishop deposed from his diocese by Pope Francis after opposing COVID “vaccine” mandates strongly denounced Fiducia Supplicans and warned that bishops who fail to speak out against it risk incurring God’s wrath.Bishop Daniel Fernández Torres, who led the Diocese of Arecibo from 2010 until his sudden...
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Christmas nightmare: Frontier flies unaccompanied Tampa Bay minor to Puerto Rico instead of Cleveland
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News Channel 8 Tampa ^
| 12/29/2023 | Walt Buteau
PARRISH, Fla. (WFLA) —It was a nightmare before Christmas for Parrish parents after their son was flown 1,200 miles south to Puerto Rico instead of 1,000 miles north to Cleveland. Logan Lose, 16, waved goodbye to his family last Friday at Tampa International Airport and headed to his flight to visit his
mom for the holidays. When he got to the gate, he saw other passengers boarding and got in line. His father, Ryan said the Frontier Airlines boarding agent checked his son’s baggage, looked at his boarding pass on his phone and told him he could get on the...
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Puerto Rico's famous stray cats will be removed from grounds surrounding historic fortress
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The Associated Press ^
| 11/28/2023 | Dánica Coto
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hundreds of stray cats that roam a historic seaside tourist area of Puerto Rico’s capital where they are considered both a delight and a nuisance will be removed over the coming year, under a plan unveiled Tuesday by the U.S. National Park Service. The agency said
it will contract an animal welfare organization to remove the 200 cats estimated to live on 75 acres surrounding a fortress at the San Juan National Historic Site that the federal agency operates in Old San Juan. If the organization fails to remove the cats within six months,...
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New dating of cave art reveals history of Puerto Rican people
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Phys dot org ^
| October 17, 2023 | Sarah Derouin, Geological Society of America
In Puerto Rican caves, there are three types of art: petroglyphs (carved into the rock), pyroglyphs (drawn from the burnt remnants of objects), and pictographs, or cave drawings. Acosta-Colon
says these pictograph drawings are in organic black material, perfect for radiocarbon dating...The earliest pictographs of abstract, geometrical shapes were dated to ca. 700–400 BCE, coinciding with the Archaic Age...They found that more anthropological-type drawings—with simple shapes of human bodies—were drawn between 200 and 400 CE. "We have gaps of time and that's interesting because we don't know what happened," says Acosta-Colon...The research team also found more detailed human and animal...
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Connecticut couple berate Puerto Rican landscapers, accuse them of being illegal immigrants: video
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Nypost ^
| 10/13/2023 | Alyssa Guzman
A Connecticut couple was charged with disorderly conduct after berating a pair of Puerto Rican landscapers and accusing the brothers of being in the US illegally. The
ugly caught-on-camera confrontation began when Robert Shaw, 62, and Sharon Bourgeois-Williams, 58, verbally attacked the landscapers who were working on a nearby home in Middletown, Connecticut.
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Daniela Arroyo González Will Be First Out Transgender Woman to Compete in Miss Universe Puerto Rico
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People.com ^
| 2/23/23 | A. Adams
An openly transgender woman has been chosen to compete in the Puerto Rico Miss Universe contest for the first time. Daniela
Arroyo González was selected Thursday to compete for the Miss Universe Puerto Rico title, according to the Associated Press and New York Daily News. It was her second attempt at qualifying, per the AP.The winner will go on to represent Puerto Rico in the global Miss Universe pageant, per the Daily News. Arroyo celebrated her landmark selection in a video shared to her Instagram page on Monday, which she captioned, in part, "Let's make history together!" "The emotion and...
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Hard-partying Puerto Rico capital faces new code that will limit alcohol sales
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AP ^
| 8/08/2023 | Dánica Coto
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s capital is renowned for its all-night partying, but a new municipal code is expected to change that. San
Juan Mayor Miguel Romero on Tuesday signed a new measure to prohibit alcohol sales after certain hours, saying he was “morally convinced” it was the right thing to do. The new code, scheduled to go into effect in November, is expected to affect hundreds of restaurants and bars across San Juan. It was fiercely debated in recent months, with businesses and Puerto Ricans used to long nights and decades of no oversight decrying the...
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Tragic Shooting on Puerto Rico Beach Leaves Maryland Teen Dead and Two Others Injured
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BreakingLatest.News ^
| 07/02/2023
Title: 17-Year-Old Boy Killed in Beach Shooting near Casa Cuba Club in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico Subtitle: Incident Marks Third Tourist Murder in Less than Two Months In a tragic incident on a beach near the Casa Cuba club in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, a 17-year-old boy from Maryland lost his life,
while two others were injured in a shooting that took place during the evening hours. The Carolina Municipal Police were quick to respond to the scene after receiving reports of the incident. Preliminary information suggests that the shooting occurred following a heated argument between the three individuals involved....
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Surveillance for Violent Deaths — National Violent Death Reporting System, 48 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, 2020
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) ^
| May 26,2023 | Liu GS, Nguyen BL, Lyons BH, et al.
...Results: For 2020, NVDRS collected information on 64,388 fatal incidents involving 66,017 deaths that occurred in 48 states (46 states collecting statewide data, 35 California counties, and four Texas counties), and the District of Columbia. In addition, information was collected for 729 fatal incidents involving 790 deaths in Puerto Rico. Data for
Puerto Rico were analyzed separately. Of the 66,017 deaths, the majority (58.4%) were suicides, followed by homicides (31.3%), deaths of undetermined intent (8.2%), legal intervention deaths (1.3%) (i.e., deaths caused by law enforcement and other persons with legal authority to use deadly force acting in the line of...
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Lawsuit accuses FEMA of improperly failing to consider renewables in rebuilding Puerto Rico’s grid ('the outdated and polluting electrical infrastructure')
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The Hill ^
| 4/12/23 | Zack Budryk
A lawsuit filed Tuesday in the District of Columbia alleges that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Homeland Security did not properly consider renewable energy in rebuilding Puerto Rico’s power grid, making the island further susceptible to future climate disasters. The
complaint, filed by a coalition of 10 community and conservation groups, accuses the federal agencies of misappropriating billions in federal recovery funds by conducting an incomplete environmental analysis. **SNIP** FEMA, the lawsuit alleges, has not properly considered sources such as rooftop solar and storage in rebuilding the grid, which was knocked out last September by...
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DeSantis & Puerto Rico: A Demo☭rat State
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Major Kalhoun DeSantis Research ^
| 02/24/2023 | Major Kalhoun
Why would DeSantis cosponsor this bill?What was HR 6246?What the bill doesThe Puerto Rico Admission Act [H.R. 6246] would officially make the territory the 51st U.S. state, no later than 2021.The bill was introduced by the territory’s nonvoting member of Congress, Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (R-PR0).The state would gain two U.S. senators,
plus five House representativesaccording to their population, as well as presidential voting rights.How would the state likely vote? Unlike a potential Washington DC statehood, Puerto Rico is more up in the air. Their one nonvoting member of Congress is a Republican, though their governor is a member of...
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[Catholic Caucus] The Bishop of Puerto Rico, who was dismissed by the Pope, breaks his silence: "I still feel the same perplexity"
Daniel Fernandez Bishop Arecibo
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Google Translate of Info Vaticana ^
| March 9, 2023 | Javier Arius
[Catholic Caucus] The Bishop of Puerto Rico, who was dismissed by the Pope, breaks his silence: "I still feel the same perplexity" Today marks one year since the dismissal of Monsignor Daniel Fernández as Bishop of Arecibo, in Puerto Rico.On March 9, 2022, the Holy See made public that “the Holy
Father relieved HE Mons. Daniel Fernández Torres of the pastoral care of the Diocese of Arecibo (Puerto Rico) and appointed Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the same Diocese HE Bishop Álvaro Corrada del Río, YES, Bishop Emeritus of Mayagüez».The news of the dismissal of Monsignor Fernández,...
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[Penn.] Woman reported missing 31 years ago found in Puerto Rico
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AP ^
| 03/03/2023 | Dánica Coto
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman who went missing more than 30 years ago in a case that stumped authorities who later declared her legally dead has been found living in a nursing home in Puerto Rico. Patricia Kopta left behind a husband and siblings and meandered through northern
Puerto Rico for a while before she was taken as a person “in need” to the adult care home in 1999, according to details announced at a news conference this week in Ross Township, where she once lived. Kopta, once known as a street preacher in her home...
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Indiana man dies after falling off cliff in Puerto Rico while shooting TikTok
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NY Post ^
| January 31, 2023 | David Propper
An Indiana man died after falling off a 70-foot cliff in Puerto Rico while shooting social media videos...near a lighthouse in Cabo Rojo, the US Coast Guard said in a press release. The
27-year-old was on a day trip to the southwestern coast when he was last seen alive around 5:37 p.m. near the edge of the cliff, the US Coast Guard said. Garay’s brother Carlos told WTHR that he was on the cliff with his cousin who warned him repeatedly not to get too close to the edge while shooting a TikTok video...Garay was found in an underwater cave...
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Miss Puerto Rico and Miss Argentina: I want what they have—(Married)
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Vogue ^
| 11/4/2022 | Specter
When I first heard that 2020’s Miss Puerto Rico and Miss Argentina had secretly gotten married, I’ll be honest—I thought I was hallucinating. A
secret queer femme romance born out of pageant culture? When my two favourite things in this world are LGBTQ+ love stories and the movie Miss Congeniality? Are you kidding me?
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Puerto Rico Statehood Might Not Be A GOP Disaster Waiting To Happen
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Daily Caller ^
| December 19, 2022 7:32 PM ET | JAMES LYNCH
The island of Puerto Rico becoming a state might not lead to Democrats obtaining two additional senate seats, despite the party’s high hopes. The
U.S. House passed a bipartisan bill to put Puerto Rico’s territorial status up for a vote with three potential options: statehood, full independence, or sovereignty will full U.S. association. In a symbolic 2012 referendum, statehood received over 60% of the vote with the other two options included. New York Democratic Reps. Nydia Velazquez and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have led the push for Puerto Rican self determination, which was included in the party’s 2020 election platform. Democratic proposals...
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House Passes Bill to ‘Decolonize’ Puerto Rico in Lame Duck Session
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Breitbart ^
| 12/15/2022 | Jacob Bliss
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill during its lame-duck session Thursday in a last-ditch effort to allow Puerto Rico to “decolonize.” The
bill, which passed 233-191 with support from 16 Republicans and has very little chance of passing the Senate, would allow the U.S. territory to hold a first-ever binding referendum on whether to become a state or gain independence. It would ultimately offer the Puerto Rico voters three options: statehood, independence, or independence with free association.
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Multiple US border agents shot, one fatally, by narcos near Puerto Rico
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Washington Examiner ^
| November 17, 2022 10:41 AM | Anna Giaritelli
EXCLUSIVE — At least five people were involved in a maritime shooting between U.S. border agents and drug smugglers that took place off the coast of Puerto Rico early Thursday morning, the Washington Examiner was first to report Thursday. The shootout happened 14 miles off the coast of northwestern Puerto Rico. Three
federal agents were shot, according to a federal officer and a statement from Customs and Border Protection. The agents were from the Customs and Border Protection's Air and Marine Operations arm. AMO agents work the air and sea to patrol for human and drug smugglers. The incident took...
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