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Arturo Hernández (lawyer)
Arturo Luis Hernández González is a Puerto Rican attorney who was a gubernatorial candidate in the 2012 Puerto Rican election for the Movimiento Unión Soberanista. Hernández also presided the Bar Association of Puerto Rico from 2008 to 2012. Professional career Arturo Hernández was born on February 7, 1957, in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. His father and his uncle were attorneys, which gave him an interest in the legal profession from an early age. Graduated from high school at Colegio Bautista in Carolina, Puerto Rico. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras, where he was a part of the Honor Roll. After that, he went to the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law becoming an attorney. After graduating, he worked for several months in the Law Faculty of the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico as a paralegal. He then became Executive Director of an association that serviced rehabilitated former convicts and addicts. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rican People
Puerto Ricans (), most commonly known as Boricuas, but also occasionally referred to as '' Borinqueños'', '' Borincanos'', or '' Puertorros'', are an ethnic group native to the Caribbean archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, and a nation identified with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico through ancestry, culture, or history. Puerto Ricans are predominately a tri-racial, Spanish-speaking, Christian society, descending in varying degrees from Indigenous Taíno natives, Southwestern European colonists, and West and Central African slaves, freedmen, and free Blacks. As citizens of a U.S. territory, Puerto Ricans have automatic birthright American citizenship, and are considerably influenced by American culture. The population of Puerto Ricans is between 9 and 10 million worldwide, with the overwhelming majority residing in Puerto Rico and mainland United States. Overview The culture held in common by most Puerto Ricans is referred to as a Western culture largely deriv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
