Sentences with phrase «rican people»
Carter et al. [108] found that, among young black and Puerto Rican people, in two USA cities, positive feelings about a potential pregnancy in their current relationship were associated with relationship length, frequency of sex, not having a previous child and partner's positive feelings about a pregnancy.
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«We look forward to supporting this wonderful destination in showing how the Puerto Rican people and the country's tourism industry have prevailed against recent challenges to get the destination open for tourism.
Comito said the Puerto Rican people's resilience in rebuilding communities and getting their tourism and hospitality sector up and running is inspiring.
«In rolling out a reenergised Caribbean Travel Marketplace, we look forward to showing the world how the courage, determination and hard work of the Puerto Rican people and tourism industry has prevailed in view of the challenges they are currently facing,» said Frank Comito, director general of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association.
Professor Luis Agrait, History Department Chair at The University of Puerto Rico, stops by the show to talk about the diverse backgrounds of the Puerto Rican people.
«I'm here because the Puerto Rican people were treated differently,» he added.
«He robbed the poor and he robbed the Puerto Rican people,» said Lucky Rivera, president of Boricuas For a Positive Image.
«The Puerto Rican people are resilient and the great message that we are providing to them today is that in the darkest moment we are going to be there.»
At a press conference last week de Blasio offered only a brief justification for his decision to march, characterizing the parade as «a very, very important part of the life of our city» and saying that he «will be there to honor the Puerto Rican people.»
He's doing whatever he has to do to not let the Puerto Rican people to get mad at him,» he said.
«This parade is not about any particular individual, but the pride — orgullo — of the Puerto Rican people,» Diaz said in a statement.
«I flew down this morning and this was the first formal event, and I look forward to meeting with Governor Garcia Padilla after to work on all ways that we can help the Puerto Rican people,» de Blasio said.
He warned that without federal action the island will be forced to make severe austerity measures that will hurt both the Puerto Rican people and the national economy.
And Cuomo has criticized President Donald Trump's response to the storm as well, saying the president should have traveled there sooner to show solidarity with the Puerto Rican people.
«Just keeping a good public accountability campaign, making sure the Puerto Rican people know what's happening, and rallying and making noise until we make some change, hopefully.»
At that point, Puerto Rico's strong ties to the United States became a liability because Puerto Rico could not adjust to bad economic times with currency depreciation, but Puerto Rican people could adjust to bad times by moving to the mainland United States.
A related ongoing development is that in response to Puerto Rico's economic woes, Puerto Rican people have increasingly chosen to leave the island.
What the Congressional record makes clear, however, is that the actual welfare of the Puerto Rican people has never been of primary concern to Congress.
Not exact matches
The Haitian people knew the pain Puerto Ricans were feeling.
Andre said the Puerto Ricans themselves have been incredibly welcoming, with people going out of their way to thank them and tell them they've heard of «the Haitian team that came to help us.»
Since then, additional sources and reports continue to point to the same conclusion: that hundreds, not dozens, of people died from the storm, despite claims by President Trump and Puerto Rican officials that the count is 62 or fewer.
«Costa Ricans have higher wellbeing than the residents of many rich nations, including the U.S. and the U.K., and live longer than people in the U.S..
With its slower pace of living, warm, welcoming climate, healthy, fresh foods and reputation as one of the «greenest and cleanest» countries in the world with little pollution, lots of clean water and fresh air... it's no wonder Costa Ricans are considered the «happiest people on the planet».
Puerto Rican officials say only 62 people died from the storm.
Most Puerto Ricans have friends and family members living on the US mainland, and many people go back and forth.
International Red Cross workers are restoring connectivity for people impacted by the hurricane and for humanitarian workers on the ground, installing satellites that are enabling Puerto Ricans to reconnect with family members, charge their phones and access information.
According to findings of the country's National Production Council, in 1983 the daily consumption per person was twenty - three grams.6 Per capita consumption of meat for Costa Ricans declined after that, in spite of the fact that consumption was already at an unacceptable level for supporting basic protein nutrition.
Again, a prejudiced society which expects American Indians to be lazy and dishonest, Mexicans or Puerto Ricans to be vicious and delinquent, and Orientals to be subversive — in every case as a natural racial trait — is likely to adopt attitudes and policies toward these people which will lead them to some extent to respond accordingly.
People in New York didn't even realise that the Puerto Ricans were American citizens, but they were the newest immigrants and so they were to blame for everything.
In a recent interview, Santiago said he was «not a religious person,» but felt an obligation to depict Clemente accurately: «I know as a society Puerto Ricans are very religious... mostly Catholic Christians.
I long to see deeper studies on the Cuban American devotion to N. S. de Caridad and their Afro - Cuban sense of santeria; on the Puerto Rican devotion to San Juan Bautista and other religious practices; on the Cristo Negro de Esquipulas of Guatemala and other devotions and rituals of the various Hispanic peoples living in the United States.
«People said, «This is the person that I want to defend us in the face of international impositions»,» he told a Costa Rican radio station after he took the lead in opinion polls.
The organization interviewed 2,000 people and asked questions about 70 companies with Puerto Rican operations.
People would be outraged and people tend to forget that Puerto Ricans are Americans, and they really do deserve a better response than they're getting.&People would be outraged and people tend to forget that Puerto Ricans are Americans, and they really do deserve a better response than they're getting.&people tend to forget that Puerto Ricans are Americans, and they really do deserve a better response than they're getting.»
They have been at odds over the Puerto Rican Day Parade committee's decision to honor Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera, the one - time leader of a violent group behind more than 100 bombings across the U.S., including one that killed four people in Lower Manhattan in 1975.
New York's Puerto Rican population began growing significantly in the 1950s and»60s as people left the island in search of economic opportunity.
MANHATTAN — A former leader of a group implicated in the 1975 bombing at Fraunces Tavern that killed four people will no longer be honored at this year's Puerto Rican Day Parade, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday.
The island is 1,600 miles (2,575 kilometers) away, but connections often feel much closer in a state with over 1 million people of Puerto Rican descent.
Two western Massachusetts municipalities with large Puerto Rican populations are prepping for a possible large influx of people from the devastated island.
I share a love for this beautiful island, its people and its culture with the nearly 725,000 Puerto Ricans in our city,» said Malliotakis, a n assemblywoman who represents parts of Staten Island and south Brooklyn.
Politicians at Saturday's rally included U.S. Rep. Jose Serrano, who noted that Puerto Ricans didn't need Trump to toss paper towels at people in need last October at a hurricane relief center in the capital of San Juan.
Neither Senft nor Connor said they begrudge ordinary Puerto Ricans turning out to celebrate their heritage at the event, although Connor wondered what parade - goers were thinking as Lopez Rivera's float passed by — noting that the vast majority of people from the Caribbean island don't support independence.
Trump told the Puerto Rican officials they should be «very proud» that hundreds of people haven't died after Hurricane Maria as they did in «a real catastrophe like Katrina.»
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«The National Puerto Rican Day Parade has never been about one person, it's about celebrating our great culture, our heritage, and our contributions to this country, as citizens,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. «Puerto Rico has much greater issues than to worry about who is marching in a parade.»
People tend to forget that Puerto Ricans are Americans.
Assemblyman Karim Camara, chair of the Black, Puerto Rican Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus, told me on CapTon last night that he «commends anyone who wants to work in a bipartisan fashion,» but just can't get comfortable with the fact that there would be no people of color — not to mention very few women — in positions of significant power if the power - sharing agreement Sen. Jeff Klein is pushing comes to pass.
New York City has about 700,000 people of Puerto Rican descent — making up about 1 in every 12 city residents, and roughly twice the population of the Puerto Rican capital of San Juan.
I'm jealous because he is the only person who represents more Puerto Ricans than I do!»
Said Brenda Torres Barreto, Director of the New York Regional Office of the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration, «Puerto Rico is proud to be the home of the largest Jewish community in the Caribbean, as such, in 2005, the Senate of Puerto Rico approved Resolution 1480, recognizing the contributions, of our «Jewish community to the Puerto Rican way of life, and to celebrate the friendship which exists between the peoples of Puerto Rico and Israel.»