News Headlines for Aguada, Puerto Rico

Local baseball player brings back lasting memories from his visit to Puerto Rico | By Mike Brohard Loveland ... (Loveland Reporter-Herald)
With one last cut, Brandon Baeckel made sure his trip to Puerto Rico would be memorable. But truth be told, before he crushed that home run in his final at-bat as part of an American all-star team that visited the country, his memory had packed away more than enough mementos to carry through his life. Baeckel, who will be a freshman at Mountain View High School this fall, marveled at how much ...

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Impact Faces The Puerto Rico Islanders Sunday (OurSports Central)
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact (4-6-3; 15 points) is playing Sunday its 14th regular season game against the Puerto Rico Islanders (4-5-3; 15 points) at Saputo Stadium, at 3:30 pm (Radio-Canada, CKAC Sports, THE TEAM 990, USLlive.com).

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Miami FC tops Puerto Rico; stretches undefeated streak to 8 league games (OurSports Central)
Miami, July 4th, 2008 - Miami FC squared off against the Puerto Rico Islanders in a wet July 4th encounter at Tropical Park. The Blues were looking to get back on the winning track after their very close defeat to FC Dallas in the US Open Cup last Tuesday (2-1).

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Puerto Rico police rescue 181 animals (AP via Yahoo! News)
Police say they rescued 181 dogs, cats and birds from a farm in southern Puerto Rico where they were found sick and undernourished in dirty cages.

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Puerto Rico (OneWorld)
OneWorld has not yet published a guide for this place. If you'd like to help create one, contact the OneWorld guides editor at Although there is disagreement over how Puerto Rico should be governed -- as a U.S. territory, U.S. state, or independent nation -- there is consensus that Puerto Ricans themselves must play a major role in deciding the island's fate.

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Puerto Rico police rescue 181 animals (Las Vegas Sun)
Thu, Jul 3, 2008 (2:57 p.m.) Police say they rescued 181 dogs, cats and birds from a farm in southern Puerto Rico where they were found sick and undernourished in dirty cages.

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Diverse group celebrates patron saint of Puerto Rico (The Leaf Chronicle)
On the same weekend Americans celebrated their storied heritage, a diverse group of people recognized the heritage of one of America's closest brothers.

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Puerto Rico archaeological find mired in politics (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
The lady carved on the ancient rock is squatting, with froglike legs sticking out to each side. Her decapitated head is dangling to the right. That's how she had been, perfectly preserved, for up to 800 years, until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers came upon her last year while building a $375 million dam to control flooding in southern Puerto Rico. She was buried again last week with the hope ...

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Diverse group celebrates Puerto Rican culture (The Leaf Chronicle)
Complete with a roasted entire pig and other authentic Puerto Rican dishes, people from America, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Peru, Romania and Italy all gathered to share stories and celebrate St. John the Baptist — the patron saint of Puerto Rico.

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Puerto Rico defiende industria del café (El Paso Times)
SAN JUAN—La debilitada industria de la producción del café en Puerto Rico se enfrenta a la amenaza de la empresa Starbucks que busca que se elimine un arancel que se cobra al grano importado.

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