Music of Puerto Rico centers. After the island was taken over by Spain, the music and dance of Puerto Rico consisted of a combination of the harmonious musical styles that are borrowed from Spanish, African, and other European cultures, creating Puerto Rico's signature style of Latin dance. Salsa is a Spanish word that means sauce. It refers to the mixture of different rhythms composed of different Latin, African and Caribbean dances. Salsa is said to be first created around the 1960s and became popular to the non-Latino world drastically. The salsa dance is similar to the mambo dance. Salsa dancing is structured in six
Puerto Rican Nationalist Party compensation for what it had done to Puerto Rico's land and people." Articles related to the quest of Puerto Rican independence: Male members of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Female members of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Pagán, Bolívar. "Historia de los Partidos Politicos Puertorriqueños 1898–1956". San Juan: Librería Campos, (1959). Puerto Rican Nationalist Party The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party (Spanish: "Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico", PNPR) is a Puerto Rican political party which was founded on September 17, 1922. Its main objective was to work for Puerto Rican independence. The election in 1930 of Pedro Albizu Campos as its