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Homeland legends

This is just too funny. I discovered today that there is a wikipedia entry for the Chupacabra. This mythical creature, now so ingrained in American pop-culture that it scored an appearance in the Cartoon Network’s animated series “The Venture Brothers”, is primarily associated with Mexico in the US but actually started in Puerto Rico back in the late 80’s.
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Back from “the jewel” despite American Airlines

Well, we are back after a week in “the jewel of the Caribbean”. After 11 years of living in the United States, it still surprises me how little most Americans know about Puerto Rico even though our histories have been intertwined for over a century. For most Americans, the island is either a stopover on [...]

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