Portal:Puerto Rico/Did you know entries/30

Biographical topics
 * ... that both Rafael Carrión, Sr., the founder of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, the largest bank in Puerto Rico and the largest Hispanic bank in the United States, and Angel Ramos, the founder of Telemundo, the second largest Spanish-language television network in the United States, were orphans born to poor families and neither had college degrees?
 * ... that Juan Emilio Viguié, a pioneer in Puerto Rico's film industry, produced "Romance Tropical" the first Puerto Rican film with sound which in itself was also the second Spanish movie in the world with sound?
 * ... that Nine Puerto Ricans have been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, an award bestowed by the President of the United States and which is the highest civilian award in the United States?
 * ... that Former governor Luis A. Ferré and his sister Isolina Ferré are the only pair of Puerto Rican brothers and sisters to have been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
 * ... that Three Puerto Ricans have been awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal, an award bestowed by the President of the United States and which is the second highest civilian award in the United States?
 * ... that In 2013, the Guinness World Records certified that Guillermo José Torres broke the record of being the anchorman with the longest career in the same station after forty-three years?
 * ... Felícitas Méndez, a native of Juncos, was an American civil rights pioneer? In 1946, Méndez and her Mexican husband took it upon themselves the task of leading a community battle that changed California and set an important legal precedent for ending de jure segregation in the United States. The landmark desegregation case, known as the Mendez v. Westminster case paved the way for integration and the American civil rights movement.
 * ... that Elsa Miranda, a native of Ponce, was a popular vocalist and that she participated in the first "Chiquita Banana" commercial where she sang the jingle? Plus, the she is considered to be the most famous Miss Chiquita?
 * ... that  Carlos Contreras Aponte, born in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, is the first legally blind person to serve as the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works of Puerto Rico?