Puerto Rico

By Joseph Cooper,

Published April 18, 2017 at 12:41 PM EDT

(4-17-2017) Today’s Topical Currents is devoted to the rich history and culture of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

An unincorporated territory of the United States in the Caribbean Sea, Puerto Ricans are natural-born citizens of the U-S.

We’ll get an overview of Puerto Rican past and present from F-I-U Anthropology Professor Jorge Duany, author of PUERTO RICO: What Everyone Needs to Know.

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