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Jacquline Kleis has been charged with giving traditional favorites like rotisserie chicken (less salt!) a healthy makeover at popular chain Pollo Tropical.

Chef Spotlight: Jacqueline Kleis on giving Latin favorites a healthy makeover

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Vitals: Born and raised in Guynabo, Puerto Rico, Kleis – whose father is Danish and mother is Puerto Rican – grew up with Caribbean food as the focal point … Read More

People file past the casket of former boxing champion Hector ìMachoî Camacho during a memorial in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. Hundreds of people took pictures and filed past Camacho's open casket displayed inside a gymnasium. The boxer wore white, along with a large gold crucifix and a necklace spelling out his nickname, ìMacho,î in capital letters. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Puerto Rico says adios to boxer ‘Macho’ Camacho

By Danica Coto, Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Family, fans and fellow boxers said goodbye Tuesday to Hector "Macho" Camacho at a memorial and wake for the slain former world … Read More

Ricky Martin will be ending his run on Broadway's revival of "Evita."

Ricky Martin to end “Evita” run on Broadway

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Ricky Martin’s return to Broadway with newest revival of “Evita” surpassed critic and fan expectations, creating yet another smash hit for the Puerto … Read More

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A Puerto Rico family’s burden in drug war

By Gabe Gutierrez, NBC News

Luis Romero Font and Marie Jane Rodriguez remember their son, who was killed last year in San Juan. Puerto Rico's murder rate is now roughly six times the U.S. … Read More

Hector 'Macho' Camacho passed away after being shot in Puerto Rico.(Photo by Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images)

Ex-boxer ‘Macho’ Camacho dies after shooting

By Danica Coto and David Skreta, Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hector "Macho" Camacho, a Puerto Rican boxer known for skill and flamboyance in the ring as well as for a messy personal life and … Read More

Drug cartels descend on Puerto Rico

Drug cartels descend on Puerto Rico

By Gabe Gutierrez, NBC News

A vicious drug war has come to the island home of 4 million Americans, which is being used as a transshipment point to the East Coast. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez … Read More

Former world boxing champion Hector "Macho" Camacho, of Puerto Rico, is taken by paramedics inside a medical center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/GFR Media, Primera Hora/El Nuevo Dia, Sebastian Perez)

Vigil for Hector ‘Macho’ Camacho at Puerto Rico hospital

By Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Family and friends of former boxing champion Hector `Macho' Camacho kept a somber vigil Friday at the hospital in Puerto Rico … Read More

Hector Camacho Sr. (right) throws a punch at Troy Lowry during the fifth round of their Middleweight Bout during Mucho Macho Madness at the Level Club in Miami, Florida. Camacho won with a 10-round decision. (Ezra Shaw/ALLSPORT)

Doctor: Puerto Rican boxer Camacho is brain dead

By Danica Coto, Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Famed Puerto Rican boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho is clinically brain dead, doctors said Thursday, but family members disagreed on … Read More

Former world boxing champion Hector "Macho" Camacho, of Puerto Rico, is taken by paramedics inside a medical center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/GFR Media, Primera Hora/El Nuevo Dia, Sebastian Perez)

Boxer Hector ‘Macho’ Chamacho shot in Puerto Rico; on life support

By Danica Coto, Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hector "Macho" Camacho was in worsening condition Wednesday after being shot in the face while in a car, with doctors and his … Read More

A new "virtual" community, Parranda.org, seeks to link Puerto Ricans across the island and U.S.

Opinion: Puerto Rican members of Congress miss the point about island’s plebiscite vote

By Julio Ricardo Varela

Let's make one thing clear about Puerto Rico's recent plebiscite vote on its political status: voters essentially rejected the island's current status quo (a … Read More