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Pop culture in Puerto Rico
'''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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*[[Juliana's]] and [[Isadora]] are popular hotel dance clubs.
*TV shows produced in Mexico like ''[[El Chavo del Ocho]]'' and ''[[El Chapulín Colorado]]'' became top rated shows and gained a huge following.
*Mexican and Venezuelan soap operas become popular during daytime TV while Puerto Rican soap operas are shown in primetime with big ratings.
*[[McDonalds]], [[American Airlines]], [[Taco Bell]], [[The 
Gap (clothing retailer)|The Gap]] and other American companies make significant movements in the island, and [[Plaza las Americas]] becomes the biggest mall in the [[Caribbean]]. American Airlines makes [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]] one of its major hubs.
*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.
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==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]]