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Bronx PR Festival is this Sunday

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Originally uploaded by clarisel.

This Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade young queen Ariana poses with her dad Noel after the parade in May. She is part Chinese and part Puerto Rican. This reportedly is the first time in the parade's history in the Bronx that there is a reigning Chinese/Puerto Rican queen. (photo by Clarisel Gonzalez)

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Bronx boricuas will finally have their festival this Sunday, months after the Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade.

Here's a link to a Bronx News report titled "Party on My Puerto Rican Friends" that provides more info. on this Sunday's free festival:

http://www.bxnews.net/http%3A__www.bxnews.net_google123462b68effff4c.html/Headlines.html

(See related August 27 entry posted at Bronx Latino at www.bronxlatino.blogspot.com.)

RIP

Puerto Rican novelist Edgardo Vega Yunqué dead at 72

Puerto Rican writer Edgardo Vega Yunqué, who founded the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center in the lower East Side, has died, his literary agent said. He was 72.
The author of 17 novels, who was born in Cidra, Puerto Rico, and lived alone in Brooklyn, died at Lutheran Hospital on Aug. 25, the agent, Tom Colchie, said.
For the news report, go to
http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2008/09/04/2008-09-04_puerto_rican_novelist_edgardo_vega_yunqu.html

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In case you missed, here's a YouTube video of Resident Commissioner Luis Fortuño from Puerto Rico speaking about the environment at the Republican National Convention earlier this week.



Fortuño is running for governor of Puerto Rico under the New Progressive Party (pro-statehood) ticket. He is a Republican and supports the candidacy of Senator John McCain for president and of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for vice president of the United States.

Film

Fundraiser in El Barrio for 'Who is Albizu' Documentary


Here's an excerpt of the synopsis of this documentary:
Albizu is a two-hour documentary poised to revitalize the legacy of Puerto Rico’s most prominent freedom fighter. The film’s unique approach not only captures the personal story of a charismatic leader at the center of a major socio-political conflict; it takes a contemporary look at Pedro Albizu Campo’s invaluable contribution to Puerto Rican identity, culture, and the continued struggle for independence throughout Latin America.

For more information and to watch the trailer, go to www.whoisalbizu.com.