This Puerto Rican life

fuckyeahlatinamericanhistory: Grapefruit production in Puerto...

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:59:29 -0430

Grapefruit production in Puerto Rico, 1926.

From Lands of the Caribbean: the Canal Zone, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Santo Domingo, Porto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, by Frank G. Carpenter.

fuckyeahlatinamericanhistory: Puerto Rico’s Jaime Yusept...

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 10:00:59 -0430

fuckyeahlatinamericanhistory:

Puerto Rico’s Jaime Yusept Espinal won a silver medal at the Men’s 84kg Freestyle Wrestling competition today. This is Puerto Rico’s first medal ever in wrestling and its first silver medal in 28 years.

vivirdormiramar: Playa de Somocuevas - Costa Quebrada, Puerto...

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:06:16 -0430

vivirdormiramar:

Playa de Somocuevas - Costa Quebrada, Puerto Rico.

tamaramaz: Aibonito, Puerto RicoUna tienda muy puertorriqueña

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:55:16 -0430

tamaramaz:

Aibonito, Puerto Rico
Una tienda muy puertorriqueña

Photo

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:48:10 -0430

"A common story you hear about Anacaona in the DR is that on the eve of her execution she was offered..."

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 13:13:42 -0430

“A common story you hear about Anacaona in the DR is that on the eve of her execution she was offered a chance to save herself: all she had to do was marry a Spaniard who was obsessed with her. Offer that choice to a contemporary Island girl and see how fast she fills out that passport application. Anacaona, however, tragically old-school, was reported to have said, ‘Whitemen, kiss my hurricane ass!’ And that was the end of Anacaona.”

- Junot Diaz on Taíno cacica (chief) Anacaona, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (via crayon-boxes)

Meetup de tumblr en San Juan el 27 de julio

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 08:36:18 -0430

Meetup de tumblr en San Juan el 27 de julio:

last-kensei:

¡Hagan RSVP! ¡No se lo pierdan! Ya es oficial :) Hay más información en el link. Rieguen la voz :P

mrsfrusciante: “Preoccupy” Americans and people around the...

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:28:32 -0430

mrsfrusciante:

“Preoccupy”

Americans and people around the world are taking the streets to make history. Meanwhile most of you don’t take the time to watch videos like this or take 5 minutes of your time to get informed about everything that’s going on. You are sitting at your computer and wasting your days on tumblr. I am proud to be one of those who do take the time to go to the streets and blog on tumblr about all this hoping that I will get heard and make others want to join in support and solidarity.

Pictures taken at Occupy Puerto Rico day 1 - 10/15/11.

“Capitalist Justice: To anyone, their own. To those who have nothing, ‘nothing’.”

jayleenmarie: Pelican @ La Guancha Ponce, Puerto Rico

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:00:05 -0430

jayleenmarie:

Pelican @ La Guancha

Ponce, Puerto Rico

youlikeairplanestoo: Nice view from inside the cockpit of a...

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:00:05 -0430

youlikeairplanestoo:

Nice view from inside the cockpit of a Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander somewhere over Puerto Rico. Photo by Marco.
Full version here.

iheartpr-maybe: Jack DelanoA Worker in the Sugar Refining Mill...

Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:00:05 -0430

iheartpr-maybe:

Jack Delano
A Worker in the Sugar Refining Mill in Guánica
1941
gelatin silver print, 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (29.9 x 22.2 cm). Gift of Smithsonian Institution
Jack Delano first came to Puerto Rico as a photographer in 1941 to document the island’s need for agricultural assistance from the U.S. government. For four months, he and his wife Irene toured the island photographing coffee plantations, tobacco farms, sugarcane fields, and this man working in a sugarcane-grinding mill. The couple returned in 1946 and made Puerto Rico their home. Delano’s photographs present strong compositions of line and form and communicate his empathy for his subjects. His work expresses a profound concern for the human condition and a commitment to social issues.