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Puerto Rico By: Alex, Ali And Isabella

Les presentamos Puerto Rico! La capital de Puerto Rico es San Juan. El presidente de Puerto Rico es Alejandro Garcia Padilla. La poblacion de Puerto Rico

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Slide 2 Les presentamos Puerto Rico! La capital de Puerto Rico es San Juan. El presidente de Puerto Rico es Alejandro Garcia Padilla. La poblacion de Puerto Rico es 3.7 millones de personas. Los colores de la bandera son rojo, blanco y azul. El clima de Puerto Rico es tropical. Wikipedia.com Slide 3 La musica popular es Danza y Bamba. Un baile popular es Salsa y Salsa Romantica, Puerto Rico has a lot of unique instruments such as: guiro, requinto, cuatro Wikipedia.com Slide 4 La capital es San Juan. Places to visit: Rio Camuy Cave Park El Yunque Slide 5 Bruno Mars Bruno Mars, otherwise not too well know as Peter Gene Hernadez. He is a singer-songwriter, record producer, voice artist, and choreographer. He was born October 8, 1985, in Honolulu, Hawaii. His dad nicknamed him Bruno because he looked like the wrestler Bruno Sammartino. Dos cantantes populares son Bruno Mars y Slide 6 Jennifer Lopezs parents were both born and raised in Puerto Rico. Her moms name is Guadalpe Rodriguez and her dads name is David Lopez. She has two sisters Lynda (younger) and Leslie (the oldest) She and her sisters grew up kind of poor. Slide 7 Puerto Rican Woodpecker (el pjaro carpintero) Puerto Rican Emeralds Puerto Rican Boa Puerto Rican Coqui _____________________________ The Coqui is a tiny singing tree frog (about one inch long). It is the official mascot of Puerto Rico. It is also an endangered species because of deforestation. Slide 8 Los deportes populares son beisbol, basquetbol, el boxeo, futbol y Cockfighting Cockfighting is not legal in the USA but allowed in Puerto Rico Even though Puerto Rico is a US territory it participates in the Olympics as an independent nation. Slide 9 La religion primaria es Catolica. 85% of Puerto Ricans are Roman Catholics. Some Puerto Ricans practice a religion called Santeria, which is a spiritual type of religion from Cuba and Judaism. Slide 10 Puerto Rico uses US dollars because Puerto Rico is a US territory. The currency used to be the Puerto Rican peso. Slide 11 Slide 12 Puerto Rico is in the Atlantic Time Zone (AST) Puerto Rico doesn't have daylight savings Slide 13 The three sides of the triangle represent the three legislative branches of the government. The star stands for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The red stripes are the blood that feeds the government. The white stripes are the rights and freedom of the people. Slide 14 Las comidas populares son quesitos. Buenos Comidas! Slide 15 http://angelusnhc.deviantart.com/art/puerto-rican-flag-39977202 Slide 3 from bing.com Pinterest Wikipedia.com http://www.elboricua.com/coqui.html http://www.topuertorico.org/reference/flag.shtml http://www.timeforkids.com/files/atw/puertorico/images/map.gif http://www.worldatlas.com Special effects by Alex Rofick-Williams!