"Of course, I am Black and that is why all the people of Loíza joined in this dream. Tonight I earned my title of Miss Universe Puerto Rico because of them and the pride I have in my Blackness ...

"A few days in Puerto Rico have convinced me that its people are rising to the challenge ... that food distributed to women and children in Loiza, one of the communities most affected by the ...

For present-day people in Oaxaca ... like the large Afro-Taino population that remains present in Loiza, Puerto Rico. Loiza was settled by enslaved Nigerians of the Yoruba tribe in the 16th ...