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"Formally known as the Bosque Nacional del Caribe (Caribbean National Forest), El Yunque's colloquial name is believed to be derived from the Taíno word yukiyú (good spirit), although some people say it comes directly from yunque, the Spanish word for "anvil," because some of the forest's peaks have snub shapes."
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"Other places of interest include Ponce and the Parque of El yunque."
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"El Yunque Tourist authorities are fond of promoting this reserve as the only tropical forest in the US national park system."
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"Rough plan is: few days in Old San Juan (sight seeing, history, salsa dancing), few days in El Yunque tropical forest, few days in Vieques."
lonelyplanet.com

"And don't forget its lush Caribbean forests, including the only rainforest (El Yunque) on U.S. territory."
frommers.com

"El Yunque & the Northeast."
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"They can be crowded, especially on holiday weekends, since this is a favored destination for Puerto Rican families."
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"Much of the island lives in poverty, but Puerto Ricans have a lot to boast about, including 260 miles of sandy beaches; the third-largest underground cave system on earth; and the world's largest radio telescope, which sends signals into outer space 24 hours a day, hoping ET will call in for a "close encounter."."
frommers.com

"The current terms boricua and borincano derive from Borikén and Borinquen respectively, and are commonly used to identify someone of Puerto Rican heritage."
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"The criollos, or native Puerto Ricans, played a major role in the island's defense and later retained a growing sense of their cultural identity."
frommers.com

"Puerto Rico encompasses the period from the 16th century, when Spanish conquistadores battled native Tainos ,to the present employment of Puerto Ricans in the United States Armed Forces in the military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq."
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"The Foraker Act of 1900, which established a civil government, and the Jones Act of 1917, which granted Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship ,paved the way for the drafting of Puerto Rico's Constitution and the establishment of democratic elections in 1952."
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"Puerto Ricans hold deep pride, not only in their island but in each individual region: San Juan, Ponce, and Mayagüez battle for the title of Puerto Rico’s supreme city, and viequenses and culebrenses both insist that there is really no reason to visit the other island."
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"Casa Pueblo, a Puerto Rican environmental group, reports a study of the flora and fauna of Vieques that "clearly demonstrates sequestration of high levels of toxic elements in plant and animal tissue samples", and that "Consecuently [sic], the ecological food web of the Vieques Island has been adversely impacted."."
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"Broccoli Porto's father was an Italian national and his mother's family, Porto, claim their Puerto Rican heritage, having originally settled in the town of Cayey."
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"Puerto Ricans appear to be withstanding all attempts at molding them into a slice of the U.S. They have resisted attempts to turn them into English-speakers; in Hawaii, there are even families whose ancestors left Puerto Rico in the 1890s that are still obdurately speaking Spanish and eating rice and beans."
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