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40-453: Rivera Benítez was born in Humacao, Puerto Rico on April 9, 1930 to Juan Antonio Rivera and Josefa Benítez Ortíz. His parents moved to Santurce , where he spent his childhood and adolescence, from Humacao when he was only three years old. After receiving his primary education, Rivera attended the "Escuela Superior Central de Santurce" ( Central High School of Santurce ). He found a part-time job at

80-461: A census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Humacao was 14,313. Humacao was led by mayor Marcelo Trujillo Panisse for over a decade. A basketball star in his early years, Trujillo has pushed for the development of infrastructure facilities for sports and the fine arts in the city. In March 2008, a new Roman Catholic diocese was established as the Fajardo -Humacao diocese. Its first bishop

120-601: A certain amount of social exclusion . A map shows these communities occur in nearly every municipality of the commonwealth. Of the 742 places that were on the list in 2014, the following barrios, communities, sectors, or neighborhoods were in Humacao: Antón Ruiz, Obrera neighborhood, Cotto Mabú-Fermina, Buena Vista, Parcelas Aniseto Cruz in Candelero Abajo, Parcelas Martínez in Candelero Abajo, Cataño, Punta Santiago, Verde Mar, and Cangrejos. To stimulate local tourism,

160-577: A dream sequence inspired by childhood memories of the roles he played. By the 2000s, Rivera was retired from television but making special appearances. He was the protagonist of the locally produced movie for television " Santa Clos es Boricua " (Santa Claus is Puerto Rican) which was telecast in Puerto Rico and the United States through Televicentro on December 20, 2004. Since the early 2010s Rivera, who celebrated his 90th birthday on April 9, 2020,

200-730: A letter to the King of Spain Charles I complaining about how the Governor of the island wasn't complying with their peace agreement. In the letter, Jumacao argued that their people were virtually prisoners of Spain. It is said that King Charles was so moved by the letter that he ordered the Governor to obey the terms of the treaty. During the early 16th century, the region was populated by cattle ranchers . However, since most of them officially resided in San Juan ,

240-511: A local radio station which opened the doors to a new world for him. Rivera became a member of the Drama Department of the University of Puerto Rico . As a drama student, he participated in two of René Marqués ' plays. Having a deep baritone voice he also became a radio presenter. His radio station dramatized comedy sketches, and one of the producers suggested dramatizing Archie Comics over

280-532: A popular co-host, filling Agrelot's considerably large shoes. He also hosted a daily program of Puerto Rican music classics at Allegro WIPR-FM . Puerto Rican writer Giannina Braschi wrote a performance novel using the Yoyo Boing nickname as a title with some punctuation added: " Yo-Yo Boing! ". Featuring a tinted photo of Rivera with superimposed X-ray specs for the book's jacket, the comic bilingual novel has very little to do with Rivera himself, but does feature

320-517: A riding center. Aside from the beaches at the Palmas del Mar resort, Humacao has other beaches. The most popular ones are Punta Santiago , Buena Vista, Punta Candelero, and El Morrillo. The Candelero Beach Resort, built in 1973, with its 107 rooms, 25 which are suites, was purchased and revitalized by the Suarez family. The Astronomical Observatory at the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao , Casa Roig ,

360-535: A settlement was never officially organized. At the beginning of the 18th century, specifically around 1721–1722, the first official settlement was constituted in the area. Most of the residents at the time were immigrants from the Canary Islands , but due to attacks from Caribs , pirates , and other settlers, some of them moved farther into the island in what is now Las Piedras . Still, some settlers remained and by 1776, historian Fray Íñigo Abbad y Lasierra visited

400-452: A smash hit for El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico (original version sung by Pellín Rodríguez). For years, Rivera co-hosted "El Show del Mediodía", a midday variety show, on WAPA-TV alongside Luis Vigoreaux . After Vigoreaux was murdered early in 1983, Rivera became the show's main host, position in which he performed for several years afterwards. In the 1990s, Rivera wrote a book titled "A Reír Con Yoyo" (Let's Laugh with Yoyo) and donated all of

440-528: Is Monsignor Eusebio 'Chebito' Ramos Morales , a maunabeño who was rector of the Humacao's main parish in the 1990s. In 2019, Luis Raul Sanchez became interim mayor of Humacao after Marcelo Trujillo Panisse died in September 2019. On September 20, 2017 Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico. Punta Santiago in Humacao saw a six-foot storm surge. The hurricane caused destruction of homes and infrastructure. Humacao

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480-549: Is a city and municipality in Puerto Rico located in the eastern coast of the island, north of Yabucoa ; south of Naguabo ; east of Las Piedras ; and west of Vieques Passage . Humacao is spread over 12 barrios and Humacao Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area . The region of what

520-498: Is a religious and cultural celebration that generally features parades, games, artisans, amusement rides, regional food, and live entertainment. The Breadfruit Festival ( Festival de la Pana ) is celebrated during the first weekend of September. It is organized by the Mariana's Recreational and Cultural Association (ARECMA), a community organization of the Mariana barrio. Its main theme

560-685: Is about the preparation of dishes whose main ingredient is breadfruit. Typical Puerto Rican music, crafts and foods as well as other cultural and sports activities can also be enjoyed. Most years it has been held at one of the highest elevations within the sector with views to Humacao, Las Piedras , Naguabo , Vieques and Yabucoa . Humacao Grita is an urban art festival held in November. Other festivals and events celebrated in Humacao include: The Grises basketball team ( Humacao Grays ), founded in 2005, belongs to Puerto Rico's National Superior Basketball league. In 2010, they changed their name to

600-593: Is another important highway, which begins at PR-3 and intersects PR-30 and has access to the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao , as well as some main schools in the municipality. Humacao, together with San Juan and Salinas , is one of three municipalities in Puerto Rico that has controlled-access highways leaving its boundaries in all directions (in this case north to Naguabo and south to Yabucoa via PR-53 and west to Las Piedras via PR-30) There are 68 bridges in Humacao. There are various elementary and high school facilities, three of which were recognized by

640-574: Is considered a dangerous beach due to its strong currents. Due to its location on the coast and relative short distance from the capital, Humacao is a frequent stop for tourists. One of the most notable tourist mainstays is the Palmas del Mar resort, which is Puerto Rico's largest resort. This mega-resort is composed of over 3,000 acres (12 km ) of land and occupies the entire southeastern portion of Humacao. The resort contains tennis courts, two world-class golf courses, beach access, several restaurants and

680-497: Is extremely vulnerable to flooding, along with Toa Baja , Rincón , Barceloneta , and Corozal . Located where most cyclones enter the island, Humacao is one of the most vulnerable areas of Puerto Rico. Humacao was working on flood mitigation plans and shared that its barrios located on the coast; Antón Ruíz , Punta Santiago , Río Abajo , Buena Vista and Candelero Abajo barrios, are extremely vulnerable to flooding and destruction. Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Humacao

720-851: Is located in the southeast coast of Puerto Rico . It is bordered by the municipalities of Naguabo to the north, Yabucoa to the south, and Las Piedras to the west. The Atlantic Ocean borders the city in the east. Humacao is located in the region of the Eastern Coastal Plains, with most of its territory being flat. There are minor elevations to the southwest, like Candelero Hill, and northwest, like Mabú. Humacao's territory covers 45 square miles (117 km ). Two islands belong to Humacao: Cayo Santiago and Cayo Batata . Humacao's hydrographic system consists of many rivers and creeks like Humacao , Antón Ruíz , and Candelero . Some of its creeks are Frontera, Mariana, and Del Obispo, among many others. In 2019, updated flood zone maps show that Humacao

760-604: Is now Humacao belonged to the Taíno region of Humaka, which covered a portion of the southeast coast of Puerto Rico. The region was led by cacique Jumacao (also referred to as "Macao"). The Taíno settlement was located on the shores of what is called now the Humacao River . It is believed that the Taíno chief Jumacao was the first "cacique" to learn to read and write in Spanish, since he wrote

800-726: Is subdivided into barrios . The municipal buildings, central square and large Catholic church are located in a small barrio referred to as "el pueblo" , near the center of the municipality. Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions ) and subbarrios, are further subdivided into smaller areas called sectores ( sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial , among others. Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico (Special Communities of Puerto Rico) are marginalized communities whose citizens are experiencing

840-531: The Caciques de Humacao . They play at the new Humacao Coliseum . The Grises is also a Double A class amateur baseball team that has won one championship (1951) and four time runners-up in (1950, 1960, 1965 and 1967). Like all municipalities in Puerto Rico , Humacao is administered by a mayor. In June 2022, Julio Geigel was elected mayor of Humacao. Before then Luis Raul Sanchez got into office, after Marcelo Trujillo Panisse died in September 2019. The former mayor

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880-716: The Middle States Association of Secondary Schools and each has its own National Honor Society chapters. These include Colegio San Antonio Abad, founded in 1957 and operated by the Benedictine monks of the Abadía San Antonio Abad. The University of Puerto Rico at Humacao , formerly the CUH, educates over 4,000 students and is well known for its sciences, producing many of the island's most skilled microbiologists, marine biologists, wildlife biologists and chemists at

920-580: The Puerto Rico Senatorial district VII , which is represented by two Senators. In 2012, Jorge Suárez and José Luis Dalmau were elected as District Senators. There is an FBI satellite office located in Humacao. Humacao has three secondary care hospitals HIMA-San Pablo Humacao, Menonita (Hospital Oriente), and Ryder Memorial Hospital. The municipio has an official flag and coat of arms. It consists of three horizontal stripes: gold that stands for Chief Jumacao's crown, red that symbolizes

960-575: The Puerto Rico Tourism Company launched the Voy Turistiendo ("I'm Touring") campaign, with a passport book and website. The Humacao page lists Reserva Natural de Humacao , its Pueblo with historic architecture, and its cuisine, specifically Granito , as places and things of interest. According to a news article by Primera Hora , there are 8 beaches in Humacao including Punta Santiago . Palmas del Mar Beach in Humacao

1000-775: The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan . Various media producers arranged for many Puerto Rican performers to tour New York City in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Rivera was one of these. As fate would have it, one particularly chilly evening Rivera and Bobby Capó were exiting a performance outside the Teatro Puerto Rico and were looking for a place to eat. While waiting for public transportation, Rivera told Bobby Capó two jokes. These two jokes, reinterpreted by Capó and set to music, became two major musical hits: "El Negro Bembón" , for Rafael Cortijo and his Combo (sung by Ismael Rivera ), and "El Caballo Pelotero" ,

1040-519: The 1980s, Rivera starred in the situation comedies, " Generaciones ", (Generations), with Chayanne , " Los Suegros " (The In-Laws) and later in a spin-off of that show called " Los Suegros y Los Nietos " (The In-Laws and the Grandchildren), broadcast by WAPA-TV . Rivera was also the General Manager of radio stations WKBM-AM ("AM 81") and WORO-FM ("Radio Oro", or Golden Radio), the radio branches of

1080-1169: The Guzmán Ermit, the Humacao Wildlife Refuge, and the Church Dulce Nombre de Jesús may be classed as other places of interest. In the 1980s, the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources established the Humacao Nature Reserve (also called the Punta Santiago Nature Reserve) in the municipality. The Palmas del Mar Tropical Forest is also located in Humacao. Burlington in Humacao employs under 100 people and reopened its doors in March 2019. The store had been shuttered since Hurricane Maria destroyed it on September 19, 2017. Humacao celebrates its patron saint festival in December. The Fiestas Patronales Inmaculada Concepcion de Maria

1120-474: The area and wrote about the population there. By 1793, the church was recognized as parish and the settlement was officially recognized as town. By 1894, Humacao was recognized as a city. Due to its thriving population, buildings and structures like a hospital, a theater, and a prison were built in the city. In 1899, after the United States invasion of the island as a result of the Spanish–American War ,

1160-491: The coat of arms and the green that represents the arrows used by the Taínos. The coat of arms mainly consists of two colors, gold and green but also has gules. The gold represents the sun, Humacao is located in the island were the sun rises. Green symbolizes the native Indian heritage as well as the natural tropical valley where the city is located. The shield itself represents Humacao's native and Indian name origin. The coat of arms

1200-559: The main highway coming from the west ( Caguas , Las Piedras ), while Puerto Rico Highway 53 serves from the north ( Fajardo , Naguabo ) and south ( Yabucoa ). Puerto Rico Highway 60 , the Carretera Dionisio Casillas , is a short freeway located entirely in Humacao, and has exits serving downtown Humacao and Anton Ruiz . Puerto Rico Highway 3 , the main highway bordering the east coastline of Puerto Rico from San Juan , passes through Humacao and has its only alt route in

1240-632: The municipality of Las Piedras was annexed to Humacao. This lasted until 1914, when the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico voted on splitting both towns again. Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became a territory of the United States . In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted

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1280-410: The proceeds to an AIDS organization. He was also active in a television show called " Desde Mi Pueblo " ("From My Town") for WIPR-TV (San Juan's channel 6), where he would visit every town and city and show all of the interesting aspects of the featured place. His co-hosts on the program were Deborah Carthy-Deu , Maria Falcon and Tony Croatto . After José Miguel Agrelot 's sudden death in 2004,

1320-655: The radio. Due to the lack of audiovisual references for the characters at the time, there were no clear cut ways of representing the characters in Spanish, nor there were exact translations for their names. Rivera came up with the name of Yoyo Boing for representing Jughead ; the name "Yoyo" sounded close to "Jughead", and the "Boing" part was a gimmick Rivera developed for the character: a vocalized "boing" that he constantly repeated to fill in silence gaps during each episode. Ever since his Archie stint on Puerto Rican radio, Puerto Ricans rarely refer to Rivera using his real name, and usually refer to him by his by-now "nickname". 1954

1360-484: The remaining co-hosts on Agrelot's long-running radio show "Tu Alegre Despertar" , (Your Cheerful Wake-Up), Aurora Previdi and María Falcón, asked the radio audience to select a permanent replacement for Agrelot from a round of temporary co-hosts. Rivera won the assignment; given the wishes of Agrelot's family to achieve some closure, the program changed its name to "Contigo en el tapón" ("Along With You In The Traffic Jam") and changed its format slightly. Rivera remained as

1400-494: The town, known locally as the Bulevar del Rio (River Boulevard) where it has access to the main judiciary center of the city, as well as a future theatre that is being built, the Centro de Bellas Artes de Humacao (Humacao Fine Arts Center). The alt route allows people to pass by the downtown area, as PR-3 enters into the downtown and business center of the town. Puerto Rico Highway 908

1440-505: The undergraduate level. It also manages an astronomical observatory where many tourists and locals come visit and view the stars and planets and the Museo Casa Roig where arts expositions and cultural events are celebrated. WIPR-FM WIPR-FM (91.3 FM ), branded on-air as Allegro 91.3 , is a radio station broadcasting a classical format, but the station also broadcasts some NPR programs. Licensed to San Juan, Puerto Rico ,

1480-540: Was Marcelo Trujillo , of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) was elected at the 2000 general election and served for many years. In the 2020 general election Luis Raul was defeated by Reinaldo (Rey) Vargas Rodríguez (PNP) by a margin of 4 points. However, on May 5, 2022, Vargas was arrested by the FBI on corruption, bribery, and extortion charges. and was subsequently removed from his position. The city belongs to

1520-436: Was designed by Roberto Brascochea Lota in 1975 and approved by Humacao on November 13, 1975. Humacao's airport is no longer used for daily flights to Vieques and Culebra as it was in the past. It is now used for private flights. Humacao is served by two freeways and one tolled expressway, therefore is one of a few cities in Puerto Rico with good access. Puerto Rico Highway 30 , Autopista Cruz Ortiz Stella , serves as

1560-597: Was the host and producer of the popular radio talk show Tus Compañeros Del Tapón, a daily afternoon program on 940AM, WIPR (AM) . In 2020, Rivera suffered a stroke. A successful fundraiser was organized by a local journalist to provide Rivera with a power wheelchair lift . He died from heart disease at the Hospital del Maestro in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico on November 30, 2023, at the age of 93. Humacao, Puerto Rico Humacao ( Spanish pronunciation: [umaˈkao] )

1600-512: Was the year that television was born in Puerto Rico. Rivera, together with Tommy Muñiz , José Miguel Agrelot and Paquito Cordero was one of the first comedians in Puerto Rican television. In 1960, he starred alongside Norma Candal (Petunia) in a television comedy called " La Críada Malcríada " (The Rude Maid). In the 1970s, Rivera starred in own sit-com called " Mi Hippie Me Encanta " (I'm Crazy about My Hippie) broadcast by Telemundo . In

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