News

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7 March 2007

President of PuertoDansk is interviewed by the Guardian newspaper about Denmark and Puerto Rico simultaneously being some of the happiest places in the world. Oliver Burkeman writes: "I've joined the society, and look forward to becoming permanently joyful soon."

6 March 2007

President of PuertoDansk attends protest at the Danish Consulate in New York against the closing of Ungdomshuset.

26 February-March 9 2007

President of PuertoDansk attends the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations in New York.

10 January 2007

New member declares that joining the Society is one of the best things he has done for himself in a long time.

November 2006

President of PuertoDansk meets the Governor of Puerto Rico, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá at Taller de Fotoperiodismo in San Juan.

9 August 2006

In a statement to the new global campaign Defending denmark, president of PuertoDansk says:

"As a Dane-of-another-ethnic-background it makes me especially sad to see how much Denmark's brand has suffered abroad in the last years. As president of PuertoDansk, a society that among other things promotes Danish culture in Puerto Rico and around the world, I would like to declare our active support for Defending denmark."

7 August 2006

PuertoDansk calls on all members to help name a new website for global activism, and informs them of a Danish-Puerto Rican coincidence in Coney Island.

29 July 2006

PuertoDansk friends and members met for picnic at Prospect Park during the Boricua Festival.

26 July 2006

Miss Puerto Rico is congratulated by the President of PuertoDansk for winning the Miss Universe competition.

16 July 2006

President of PuertoDansk attended an event at the Palestinian Embassy in Havana, Cuba with the chief representative of the Puerto Rican Mission.

13 July 2006

President of PuertoDansk celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Puerto Rican Mission in Cuba with 80 delegates from Puerto Rico. Also in attendance was the head of the Association of Puerto Rican Descendants in Cuba.

1 May 2006

Thanks to steady pressure from members of PuertoDansk (dozens of emails and text messages), Mexican artist Antonio O'Connell was awarded "creative asylum" and the opportunity to obtain a US visa by Wooloo Productions from Denmark.

27 April 2006

The International Campaign to bring Antonio O'Connell to New York began two days ago when PuertoDansk called on its friends and members to rally the "creative asylum center" where he would have been held, had he been able to travel freely.