http://www.puertoriconetnews.com/article.php?category_id=6&parent_id=0 en-us Puerto Rico Net News editor@puertoriconetnews.com http://www.puertoriconetnews.com/article.php?news_id=500 <p>Near the Caribbean islands of Hispaniola and Cuba lies another, smaller island, the inhabitants of which have never experienced sovereignty. The arrival of Christopher Columbus [Col&oacute;n] to its shores in 1493 heralded an era of enslavement and destruction of the native Ta&iacute;no population.</p> 2009-07-29