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Puerto Rico Independence Activists at UN Walk Out on Disgraced Former Governor
Around 18-20 independence activists walked out of a UN hearing on the decolonization of Puerto Rico Monday right before disgraced former governor…
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Dennis Schaal
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The Tough Pitirre Bird of Puerto Rico Is Bossing Me Around
The Pitirre birds of Puerto Rico arrived a few weeks ago and built a nest on a pole right above my apartment’s generator, my garbage cans, and the…
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Dennis Schaal
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April 2022

Viaje en Auto por La Carretera PR 400 de Puerto Rico, Los 1.8 Kilómetros
Olvida tu itinerario y sencillamente aventúrate a disfrutar de las carreteras secundarias de Puerto Rico. Las pequeñas carreteras como la PR 400 no…
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Dennis Schaal
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December 2021

Sana Farm to Table in Rincon Offers Locally Sourced Food Rooted in Community
The evolution of Sana Farm to Table restaurant, next to the Rincon post office on PR-115, has all of the elements you can imagine in culinary tale.
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Dennis Schaal
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September 2021

August 2021

PR 400 Road Trip in Puerto Rico, All 1.8 Kilometers of It
One of the cool things about visiting Puerto Rico is you can take a slight detour down a side road, such as PR 400 between Rincon and Aguada, and you’ll…
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Dennis Schaal
Puerto Rican Restaurant Owners Have a Certain Solidarity
I’m sure I can do a Google search and find tales of Puerto Rican restaurant owners going after one another. But one thing that has struck about…
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Dennis Schaal
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Ponce's El Rastro Restaurant Combines More Than a Trace of International Fare With Local Roots
The story of Lucecita Mendez and Maria Rivera’s El Rastro restaurant in a gritty Ponce neighborhood is very much a community tale, but it also has…
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Dennis Schaal
Rincon's Chicken Shack BBQ Food Truck Has a Grand Opening in Every Sense
Luis Lugo, co-owner of the Chicken Shack BBQ food truck in Rincon, handed me a rib, and it was so good I got in my Jeep and sped home faster than usual…
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Dennis Schaal
Governmental Services in Puerto Rico: A Concrete Reality Check
Take a walk or run along Puerto Rico 413, the "Road to Happiness" in Rincon," and you'll see that local services are in tatters: The weeds have…
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Dennis Schaal
Ocean Front Restaurant Owner Saw an Untapped Opportunity in Isabela, Puerto Rico
Carlos Torres, the owner of Ocean Front Hotel & Restaurant in Isabela, said the building was still standing after Hurricane Maria, but it was surrounded…
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Dennis Schaal
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July 2021

Isabela's Ocean Front Restaurant Has Right Blend of Seafood and Beach Views
As a returning traveler to Puerto Rico, I was thrilled to discover a new gem, Ocean Front Hotel & Restaurant in Isabela in the northwest part of the…
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Daniela Schaal
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