Aug 19th, 2008 · An increasing number of residents from Puerto Rico -– particularly those with middle class and professional backgrounds— are looking for work in Florida following an economic slowdown in Puerto Rico. Miami Herald reporter Frances Robles, who has been writing about the issue, is joined by marketing professional Xavier Vilaro to discuss the trend. Vilaro recently left Puerto Rico and is currently looking for work in Florida.
Keywords: economic · residents · Florida · Puerto · Puerto Rico · opportunities · Frances Robles · Rican · emMiami · Puerto Rico x96 · backgroundsmdash · Xavier Vilaro
Jun 1st, 2008 · Sen. Hillary Clinton won a lopsided, but largely symbolic victory Sunday in Puerto Rico's presidential primary, the final act in a weekend of tumult that brought Sen. Barack Obama tantalizingly close to the Democratic presidential nomination.
Keywords: Democrats · presidential · victory · sizeable · Sen · Clinton · Puerto · Rico · Puerto Rico · Hillary Clinton · Barack Obama · nomination
Jun 1st, 2008 · Sen. Hillary Clinton easily wins the Democratic primary in Puerto Rico. But she continues to trail Sen. Barack Obama in the race for the party's presidential nomination.
Keywords: Democrats · presidential · Sen · Clinton · Puerto · Rico · Puerto Rico · Hillary Clinton · Barack Obama · nomination
May 26th, 2008 · The close race for the Democratic presidential nomination has unexpectedly put Puerto Rico — and its 63 delegates — in the spotlight. Political analyst Juan Manuel Garcia Passalacqua talks about the climate leading up Tuesday's primary.
Keywords: politics · Democrats · presidential · Climate · Puerto · Rico · Puerto Rico · nomination · Juan Manuel Garcia Passalacqua
Apr 21st, 2008 · You won't find Marisma, a taqueria in Puerto Vallarta, in any guidebook. But nearly every local Vallarteno knows about the simple, side-street stand that serves up some of the city's best fish tacos.
Keywords: city · local · Mexico · Puerto · taco · Vallarta · Marisma · taqueria · Puerto Vallarta · guidebook · emVallarteno
Dec 6th, 2007 · With the ongoing immigration crackdown, meat and poultry processors are desperate for legal workers. The average hourly wage is $11 to $12 an hour. To get legal workers, many plants must recruit heavily. A Cargill plant in Beardstown, Illinois recently began recruiting workers from Puerto Rico.
Keywords: legal · poultry · immigration · workers · recruiting · processors · Illinois · crackdown · Puerto · Rico · Puerto Rico · meat
Nov 26th, 2007 · Ingrid Marie Rivera was a contestant in the Miss Puerto Rico contest. The winner goes to the Miss Universe pageant. And somebody apparently tried to sabotage Rivera. She broke out in hives. Pageant organizers thought it was nerves at first.
Keywords: organization · winners · Puerto · Rico · Rivera · sabotage · pageant · Ingrid Marie Rivera · Miss Puerto Rico · Miss Universe
Aug 4th, 2007 · The 65th Infantry Regiment was the Army's only all-Hispanic unit. Their story is explained in the PBS documentary The Borinqueneers. The film's producer, Noemi Figueroa Soulet, and Raoul Reyes Cantaneira, a member of the regiment who fought in Korea, spoke with Scott Simon.
Keywords: Scott Simon · army · Korea · documentary · Puerto · Rico · Hispanic · regimented · Infantry Regiment · PBS · Infantry · Borinqueneers
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