Guayama, Puerto Rico News

New York, NY, December 3, 2009 ... Anti-Semitism has been injected into a public debate over a proposed monkey-breeding facility in Puerto Rico, with some opponents accusing "Jewish economic interests" of attempting to destroy the island's environment.

Fool me with monkeys once, shame on you. Fool me twice well, Puerto Ricans won't get fooled again .

In this July 29, 2008 file photo, a rhesus macaque monkey walks on Cayo Santiago, known as Monkey Island, off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico.

PETA's campaign to stop plans by biological supply company Bioculture to build a monkey-breeding facility in Guayama, Puerto Rico, just got another shot in the arm, courtesy of CNN Headline News' Jane Velez-Mitchell. In an update to a story that originally broke on Issues With Jane Velez-Mitchell back in July, PETA Vice President Kathy Guillermo ...

The suspect in the brutal slaying of a gay teenager in Puerto Rico was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder and four other counts, the prosecutor in the case told CNN.

A suspect has been arrested in the slaying of a 19-year-old man found decapitated, dismembered and partially burned, police said Tuesday.

A suspect has been arrested in the slaying of a 19-year-old Puerto Rican man found Friday decapitated, dismembered and partially burned, police said Tuesday.

A civil lawsuit filed last week in state court in Delaware charges Arlington, Va-based AES Corp.

Oscar-winning actor Benicio Del Toro has sent an urgent letter to Puerto Rico Governor Luis FortuA o urging him to halt the construction of a massive monkey-breeding facility in Guayama, Puerto Rico.

Oscar winner Benicio Del Toro has written to Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuno urging him to halt the construction of a massive monkey-breeding facility in Guayama.

Benicio del Toro is asking Puerto Rico to halt a planned monkey-breeding facility, arguing the primates would suffer "extreme animal abuse." In a letter to Gov.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Animal protection organizations across the world have launched a campaign calling on the government of Puerto Rico to stop the construction of a major monkey farm following reports that the monkeys will be supplied to the international research industry; in particular the USA.

Animal rights activist and MP Maneka Gandhi has written a letter to the governor of Puerto Rico seeking a prohibition on importing monkeys to that country from Mauritius for laboratory experiments.

After a weeklong embrace of Puerto Rican heritage, Vineland plans to return the favor and offer some of its traditions in Puerto Rico.

This guy wasn't monkeying around when he and 300 animal defenders recently descended upon Guayama, Puerto Rico , to condemn the proposed construction of a Bioculture monkey-breeding facility within city limits.

A proposed primate-breeding facility in the Puerto Rican city of Guayama could endanger public health and pose serious risks to the island's environment, according to an international coalition of nonprofit health and animal protection organizations.

Residents of a Puerto Rican town are vowing to fight a planned monkey-breeding facility for fear that the primates will escape and overrun their community.