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'''Pop culture in Puerto Rico''', it can be said, has been historically affected both by the political changes [[Puerto Rico|the island]] has gone through, and by the changes in popular culture around the world.

==Timeline of changes in Puerto Rican pop culture==

===[[1950s]]===
*[[Salsa music]]'s popularity grows.
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*The last Puerto Rican [[telenovela]] to date is produced, in [[1989]].
*The [[Cerro Maravilla]] case becomes the first trial to be televised in Puerto Rican history.
*The festivities of [[San Sebastián]] in the historic city of San Juan become popular.
*The fashion industry makes significant strides towards making Puerto Rico one of its strongest places where to make money worldwide.
*Pop rock gains popularity in the early 80s, [[Heavy metal music]] in the middle 80s and [[Rap]] in
[[Image:[[Media: the late 80s. English musical acts popular during the 80s that visited the island included: [[Media:KISS]] [[Duran Duran]], [[Boy George|Boy George and Culture Club]], [[Def Leppard]], [[Judas Priest]]; other acts like [[Ruben DJ]], [[LL Cool J]] and [[Vico C]] were popular.
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*Puerto Rico's national basketball team wins 79-66 against [[Canada]] in the pre-olympic tournament, wins bronze and qualifies for the summer [[Olympic Games]] of [[Athens, Greece|Athens]] in [[2004]], where they went on to beat the U.S. Dreamteam 92-73.
*[[Jose Miguel Agrelot]] dies at the age of 77, in [[January]] 2004. His death had been preceded by a few weeks by that of popular [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]] mayor [[Rafael Cordero (mayor)|Rafael Cordero]].
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Concert comeback from many 70's and 80's performers such as Van Halen, Chicago, Scorpions among others.

==See also==
* [[List of famous Puerto Ricans]]
* [[List of Puerto Rican television programs]]
* [[Culture of the United States]]

[[Category:Puerto Rican culture]]
[[Category:Pop culture|Puerto Rico, Pop culture in]]