The First Flag: Starting in 1493, the Spanish empire controlled Puerto Rico for more than 400 years, a violent period marked by the genocide of the indigenous Taíno people and the importation of ...

Video shows Puerto Rican food, barbecue, and an in-depth look at life in Puerto Rico Antonio Ramos, the owner of Sabor Taino ... he plans to add a Puerto Rican flag to his truck soon to show ...

Tell us where, and email a photo to [email protected]. We might do a story on it. “The Puerto Rico flag itself was an illegal symbol for many years, but it was the only thing that Puerto ...

with 42,000 of the 3.7 million people then living on the island identifying themselves as at least partially Taino in the 2010 Census. Puerto Rico's legislature is considering declaring Melendez's ...

(Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY) For Hiram Carmona, who has attended almost every parade for the past 20 years, it’s a time to display his pride, and to remember a time when Puerto Ricans couldn’t fly ...

Patricia Chali’naru Dones, a Newton resident, works to preserve the culture of Puerto Rico’s native population called the Taíno. Many people are unaware that common English words come from ...

The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture is hosting a tribal council from Puerto Rico and sharing the special ceremony with the community. Even as she waits in the audience ...