Five centuries after Christopher Columbus discovered and the Spanish colonized Boriken, Puerto Rico is the oldest European settlement under the American flag. And yet, after 100 years of American rule, it remains the least understood part of America. Separated from the US by the Atlantic Ocean and a cultural, lingusitic and historical divide, Puerto Rico remain an enigma to the vast majority of Americans in the mainland. Incidently, these elements that have contributed to such gap are the very factors that have make Puerto Rico the ... (more)