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Students Revisit the Unique Link between Corsica and Puerto Rico

Posted 10 January 2013 9:48 GMT 1 · Written by Lova Rakotomalala

Categories: Latin America, Western Europe, France, Puerto Rico (U.S.), Arts & Culture, Citizen Media, Education, History, Photography, Travel, Youth

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Puerto Rican students visiting the town of Bastia in Corsica, France – via Vallendrea- Public domain

Puerto Rico and Corsica (France) share a common bond that is often revisited by an exchange program led by the university of Puerto Rico ^[1] [fr]. Notwithstanding their similar geographic and agricultural traits (Cultivation of Corsican Citron ^[2]), the islands are also link by history when hundreds of Corsicans immigrated to Puerto Rico ^[3] as early as 1830.