Ya paso... Im very happy and greatful to all of the visitors to our event and to all of the vendors that participated in this years Pasadia Familiar Boricua. We are especially happy with the attendance and counted an average of 900 to 1000 attendance. The day was hot and full of music and fun for all. again from the bottom of my Heart Thank You all for making this Great !!!!! There is a special thanks to the board of director for supporting all of my crazy ideologys and Luis S. You are the Man , Wanda Thanks for being my grounder, Ivan i know the knee hurst, Thank you. Gilberto ....... just kidding Thank you for your very energetic opinons, you keep it real.  

  Homenaje en vida a El Gran Combo Por Zenaida Ramos Ramos Escenario Miércoles 10 de Noviembre de 2010 10:52   'Lo que me vayan a dar que me lo den en vida. No vayan a esperar después de mi partida. Yo no quiero que me pase lo que le pasó a Daniel, al maestro Pedro Flores y al glorioso Rafael...' Tal y como El Gran Combo reclama en su canción 'Que me lo den en vida', 'Los Mulatos del Sabor' agradecieron contentos el especial musical "Salsa: Un homenaje a El Gran Combo" que produjo el Banco Popular de Puerto Rico (BPPR) y presenciaron emocionados la apertura de la exposición sobre su trayectoria.   La decimoséptima producción musical del BPPR incluye 21 canciones de La Universidad de la Salsa, tales como "Desenfuda el cuatro", "Jala jala" y "Brujería". Interpretan los temas varios salseros reconocidos como Willie Colón, Domingo Quiñones, La India, Ismael Miranda, Tito Rojas y José Alberto 'El...

To all former members and current members:   My name is Luis Lozada the new president elect for the Asoc. Puertorriquenos Unidos of Carolina del Norte (APUCN).  It is great pleasure to write to all of you and say Hello. It has been a long and transition but we are back and ready to serve you and our communities in the Triangle.   First, I need to thank Ed Sosa and his board for the opportunity that he and the members have given me and the new Board of Directors. We are all excited about APUCN and its future. The new board members consist of all former members I. We have spent the last 4 months the board members and I have been meeting, organizing and deliberating about APUCN future. All of us have come to many agreements and plans for our organization, but the main consensus is that we are “Ready to serve our Members”   Our New Board Members consist of the following Wonderful and Energetic Individuals: Gilbert Diaz- Castro – Vocal/ Spokes...

TROPICAL PICKEN CHICKEN   Over I-540 and through the woods of Raleigh there lies a the Town of Wake Forest and in this town right there on Main Street lies a small place with mucho “SABOR”   Tropical Picken Chicken   Today I had the great pleasure to visit a small but so familiar place in Wake Forest call the Tropical Picken Chicken. This small venue where culinary masterpieces are created daily to satisfy almost every palette reminds a Boricua of his “Isla del Encanto”, the Dominican of his “Linda Quisqueya”, and the Cuban of his “Madre Cuba”   As you enter come up to the door you are greeted by a Sunglasses and Guayabera wearing chicken that triggers you r inner curiosity about the Latin flavor cuisine you are about to receive. Inside you instantly transported to Cuba, Puerto Rico and Republica Dominicana almost instantly by the intense aroma of fine Latin food. Just as you get to the Counter, the Owner a New York Boricua greets you...

Hello!!! Its been a long hard wait and a long hard Struggle but here we are again in 2012 lifting our Puerto Rican Heritage and embrasing our community. Let me begin by introducing myself to all of our wonderful membership who anxiously awaited the announcment of our "NEW" Board of Directors.  My early Life  My name is Luis Angel Lozada Ortiz, My parents are from Bayamon PR ( where the "chicharon" is never missing). I was born in the Bronx, New York where i was born and raised. AS a young "Boriqua" in the Bronx many can tell you that it was not easy growing up. As a child i traveled to Puerto Rico for the summers where i was able to engulf myself in our culture. I attended PS 59 in my earlier years and then went on to JHS 118, when i graduated i attended the famous DeWitt Clinton HS. In 1992 I made what i called "my maiden" voyage to Puerto Rico. This is where I embraised what was being Puertorriqueño. I Learned the language thet way it was spoken in our tiny but...