Sentences with phrase «ricans living»

Since 2016, the Commonwealth government has been forced to shut down 179 primary and secondary schools, increase the sales tax to 11.5 %, and «sharply [raise] electricity and water rates,» while calling for a $ 450 million cut to the island's public university — all policies that hurt the nearly half of Puerto Ricans living below the poverty line.

More than 40 % of Puerto Ricans live below the poverty line, and the unemployment rate is well into the double digits, according to the New York Times.

One million Puerto Ricans live in New York State, and more are moving to the U.S. mainland every day.

Costa Rican life holds still to watch a hummingbird zip from flower to flower.

I'm 29 Puerto Rican live in Miami Gardens looking to meet someone who enjoys the beach movies very outgoing and romantic...

My name is gwen im 31 im mix with white y Puerto rican i live in Durham nc with my aunt y uncle no kids may be one day im single

Here you can easily spend hours shopping, exploring, and experiencing pure, local Costa Rican life.

Since 1995, Amigo Tico has been sharing the best of Costa Rican life, culture, adventure and accommodation with visitors from all over the world.

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«If you have a startup, and you think it's highly scalable, it's a place to network, meet other entrepreneurs, engineers, programmers and investors,» says the 28 - year - old Puerto Rican who now lives in Miami.

In addition to hurricane victims still living in Puerto Rico, an estimated 17,000 Puerto Rican individuals have so far taken up new homes in New York City, committed to building new lives in the wake of tragedy.

«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..

The rate of Puerto Ricans who chose to end their lives is also on the rise.

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 Ricans had been warned to evacuate or risk their lives, as Maria hit with enormous force, bringing huge waves, torrential rain and harsh winds that knocked out power across the island.

Puerto Ricans are living through intense destruction and suffering.

Puerto Ricans can not vote for the U.S. president when they live in the territory, but they can when they reside in one of the 50 U.S. states or the District of Columbia.

Exacerbated by this, young Puerto Ricans faced with limited job prospects have left the island in droves to come to the mainland, where they can live and work without having to obtain a visa.

Most Puerto Ricans have friends and family members living on the US mainland, and many people go back and forth.

For Ticos, as Costa Ricans are known, the phrase symbolizes what they truly believe and live every day: Life is short, things could always be worse and we're all in this together.

The Costa Rican government report recommends that Oliver North, General Richard Secord, former National Security Advisor John Poindexter, former U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis Tambs, and former CIA station chief in Costa Rica, Joseph Fernandez, be banned from Costa Rican territory for life because of their involvement in illegal gun and drug operations.13

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.

She's Puerto Rican so I love being able to try foods that she grew up on.These Fried Plantains remind me of living in Puerto Rico.

Naomi describes herself as a full - blooded New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent now living in New Mexico.

my grandson wanted to impress is in laws with his cooking but he din't know what to do, so I got this book for him, his chili was a great success, he loves the book, they live in England they R inglish - we Ricans

In a post-Clemente world, were baseball teams more excited to find talent from Puerto Rico, or were Puerto Rican youngsters more excited to play baseball every waking hour of their lives?

It was less advantageous for a Puerto Rican teenager looking to play baseball for a living.

The Puerto Rican fetish model, who is the ex girlfriend of Sunderland striker Connor Wickham, got the boot from the Channel 5 reality show in a special two - hour live show on Monday night.

«One of the causes of the fiscal crisis we are living is the unfair treatment by the federal government on health care funding for Puerto Ricans.

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The Loisaida Awards were reinstated, and we honored living legends such as Adela, the still - standing Puerto Rican restaurant and community epicenter; CHICO, street artist of storied fame; Melissa Mark - Viverito, newly elected as the first Puerto Rican speaker of the City Council; and Rosie Méndez, the Councilmember who played a pivotal role in keeping Loisaida Inc. alive.

Diaz Calls Out Trump's «Dereliction of Duty» Over Puerto Rico On Monday, Bronx BP Ruben Diaz took President Trump to task over his tweets about the NFL and NASCAR while Puerto Rican Americans living in dire circumstances did not hear -LSB-...]

NEW YORK — A Puerto Rican family who evacuated when Hurricane Maria destroyed their home now lives in FEMA housing in New York — but as of June 30, they will have to move out — and they have nowhere to go.

Celebrate Puerto Rican Culture with this exciting outdoor, all - day festival featuring live music entertainment, ethnic food, arts & crafts, and family - fun activities.

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.»

The legislature's chair of the Black, Hispanic, Puerto Rican, and Asian Caucus, Assemblyman Karim Camara says it would help the lowest income earners cope with higher costs of living.

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.»

Puerto Rican evacuees from Hurricane Maria's wrath last fall have been granted another six weeks of federal assistance to live in emergency motel shelters in Florida, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy announced Thursday.

As a city with such a huge population of Puerto Ricans who are U.S. citizens, we must approve this resolution as a call to action by Congress to use its power to aid the U.S. citizens living in Puerto Rico.»

As a Bronx - born Puerto Rican, he said, he is also mindful that «there is a crisis of young men in our society... young people whose only existence is life on the streets.»

WEST HARTFORD — Thousands of Puerto Rican and other Caribbean individuals and families displaced by Hurricane Maria are expected to come to Greater Hartford to begin a new life.

Diaz Calls Out Trump's «Dereliction of Duty» Over Puerto Rico On Monday, Bronx BP Ruben Diaz took President Trump to task over his tweets about the NFL and NASCAR while Puerto Rican Americans living in dire circumstances did not hear a word from their president, not even a tweet.

Friday, October 17th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Gathering of Souls Jam at La Marqueta 115th Street and Park Avenue LIVE fusion jazz music & open jam session hosted by acclaimed Puerto Rican sax player Mario Castro, performance artist María Cotto, LIVE painting by Nicole Bueso, XY Atelier Gallery & Boutique, Photo Exhibit by José Rodríguez: DIASPORA, and pop - up vendors.

In study after study, people of Hispanic descent (typically of Spanish, Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, or Central or South American origin) seem to live longer than non-Hispanic whites, who on average happen to be richer and better educated.

In 2005, Costa Rican demographer Luis Rosero - Bixby found that Costa Ricans who survive to age 60 end up having the longest life expectancy of anyone in the world.

Subsequent research in 2012 found that older residents of Nicoya lived even longer, up to three years more than other Costa Ricans.

In the U.S., Puerto Rican and African - American children — who also have the highest prevalence of asthma nationwide — respond least well to these life - saving drugs.

Eat like a Costa Rican and you might boost your chances of living a long, healthy life.

The inhabitants of Crete, for example, are remarkable for their good health and longevity.19 A study of Puerto Ricans revealed that, although they consume large amounts of animal fat, they have a very low incidence of colon and breast cancer.20 A study of the long - lived inhabitants of Soviet Georgia revealed that those who eat the most fatty meat live the longest.21 In Okinawa, where the average life span for women is 84 years — longer than in Japan — the inhabitants eat generous amounts of pork and seafood and do all their cooking in lard.22 None of these studies is mentioned by those urging restriction of saturated fats.

Easy going looking for someone that is the same I am Puerto Rican Italian and Caucasian that lives in Nicholasville Kentucky

Separated Nuyorican Jew (okay short explanation: I'm a Puerto Rican Jew originally from NYC) living in Baltimore as a part time illustrator, writer, substitute teacher and Uber driver seeking new friends in this brace new world.