VIOLENCE IN

PUERTO RICO

 

 

©2005 Orlando Sentinel  Photo: Ricardo FigueroaWhen Puerto Rico's homicide rate hit an eight-year high in 2004, Matthew Hay Brown and Ray Quintanilla of the Orlando Sentinel's San Juan Bureau began examining its impact on the island. The result is a two-day series exploring the causes of the violence, its emotional toll and what leaders are doing about it. Sentinel staff writer Walter Pacheco interviewed Puerto Ricans to find out why they settled in Central Florida >>

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CHAYANNE PREOCUPADO POR LA VIOLENCIA FÍSICA Y VERBAL QUE SE HA APODERADO DE PUERTO RICO
MIAMI (PH) -- La violencia que se ha estacionado en Puerto Rico es el único tema que logra borrar instantáneamente la expresiva sonrisa que acostumbra iluminar el rostro de Chayanne. Su mayor orgullo, como siempre lo ha pronunciado, es su tierra. Su mayor preocupación, también lo deja saber, es que la Isla se llegue a aclimatar a la rampante criminalidad que la abraza y se pueda convertir en su estilo de vida usual. El astro puertorriqueño se marchó hace poco más de una década a la ciudad de Miami >>
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