Judith Ortiz Cofer is a Latina poet and prolific writer, born in Puerto Rico in 1952 and now residing in Athens, Georgia. She married Charles John Cofer in 1971, and has one daughter, Tanya. She immigrated to the United States with her parents in 1956, and they settled in New Jersey, where she had...

 It all started on July 30th, 1909 when Juan Bosch was born to a Catalan father and a Puerto Rican mother. Juan Bosch was born in La Vega, Dominican Republic where most of the income came from farming. Due to Bosch's surrounding he grew up close to peasants and landowners, even though his ...

The Disuniting of America Reflections on a Multicultural Society By Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. After reading the book than Shlesinger realizes, I have to say that it was interesting and admit that I agree with most of the views about multicultural society and mult...

"Merengue en Boca Chica," reveals a bright and moving piece of work that makes native Puerto Rican music come to mind. In the painting, there is a group of three Hispanic males playing various instruments. These three figures are painted in such a way that they appear to be moving to the rhythm ...

Aspects of Life in Puerto Rico Imagine all the nations in the world belonging to one big family. The United States would be the father, China the mother, Japan the daughter, France the son, and so on. In this family of nations, Puerto Rico would only be a family relative. Proud to be Ameri...